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The United Nations Security Council on May 16 held the third emergency meeting in a week to discuss the escalating tensions between Israel and Palestine.

The Canada – Vietnam Friendship Society on May 15 held an online seminar featuring the life and career of late President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 131st birthday.

The foreign investment consulting firm Dezan Shira & Associates’ Vietnam Briefing website, on May 13, published an analysis on a trend of increasing EU investment in Vietnam.

The Republic of Korea and the US held virtual talks on May 13 to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation with Southeast Asian countries based on Seoul's New Southern Policy and Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy.

All Changi Airport passenger terminal buildings and Jewel Changi in Singapore will be closed for two weeks to all members of the public from May 13, amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases linked to the airport.

The Health Ministry of Cambodia on May 12 announced 472 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours – the highest-ever number recorded in a single day since the pandemic broke out in the country in January 2020.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy expressed Vietnam’s serious concern over recent tension in East Jerusalem and called on sides involved to restrain themselves at an UN Security Council emergency meeting held in New York on May 10.

Malaysia’s economy should see a less severe slump in the first quarter of 2021 than it did in the previous three months, on the back of resilient manufacturing activity and growing external demand, Reuters reported.

The Cambodian Ministry of Health on May 8 reported 538 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections so far to 18,717, including 7,340 recoveries.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, on May 7 attended the UN Security Council's Arria-formula meeting on the impact of COVID-19.

The phone talk between General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on May 5 launched the Janingan Prihatin Programme, involving an allocation of 3.5 billion RM, in an effort to bridge the digital gap of the B40 group (low-income earners).