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Singapore received its first shipment of China's Sinovac vaccine but has yet to authorise it for use, said the Ministry of Health on February 24.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Russia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote and develop their engagement in the area of disaster management.

Indonesia’s Ministry of State Owned Enterprises, SOEs, geothermal group, become the largest in the world, Long An

More than 5,000 people had to evacuate to temporary shelters in the southern Philippines as tropical storm Dujuan brought heavy rains, submerging dozens of villages.

Indonesia’s state-owned oil company PT Pertamina and other state enterprises that are part of Indonesia Battery Holding are currently focusing efforts towards developing an electric vehicle ecosystem.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand wants to establish Thailand as the first country to welcome cryptocurrency holders by targeting Japanese tourists in the initial phase.

The US independent management consultancy Asia Perspective has published a report on the Vietnamese economy.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on February 17 affirmed that there will be no Cabinet reshuffle in a near future as the government is focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic combat.

Vietnam condemns all terrorist attacks and extreme violence in Iraq, Vietnam's representative said at an online meeting of the United Nations Security Council on February 16.

The Indonesian National Council for Special Economic Zones has approved two new special economic zones (SEZs), namely the Lido in West Java and the Java Integrated Industrial Ports and Estate (JIIPE) in East Java.

Fifty-two couples got married while riding elephants on February 14, in an annual Valentine's Day mass wedding ceremony at a botanical garden in the eastern Thai province of Chon Buri.

Leaders of several foreign countries have extended their greetings in the Vietnamese language on the occasion of the 2021 Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.