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Cambodia logged an additional 41 COVID-19 infections on March 14 morning, raising the number of cases linked with the “February 20 Community Event” to 792.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has proposed stronger cooperation between the Quad countries and others such as members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to pursue a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy underscored the need for the UN Security Council to double efforts to resolve conflict-driven hunger while speaking at a high-level open debate of the council on the issue on March 11.

Vietnam has affirmed its support for the enhancement of cooperation between the United Nations and regional and sub-regional organisations in addressing common challenges.

Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy spoke at a UN Security Council videoconference on March 9 where he called on Sudan to augment efforts to protect civilians and address the root causes of violence among communities.

Ireland and 11 member states of the UN Security Council co-held on March 8 an Arria-formula meeting entitled “Call to Lead by Example: Ensuring the Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation of Women in UN-led Peace Processes”.

China is ready to work with ASEAN to build an even closer community with a shared future, and open up another three decades of even greater cooperation.

The Ratchakitcha, or Government Gazette website, of Thailand on March 6 published an order prohibiting rallies or public gatherings that could risk spreading COVID-19 in provinces at high risk.

Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, attended the 22nd meeting of the ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee via videoconference on March 5.

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises of Indonesia Erick Thohir has said the Indonesian Government will build the Sanur area in Bali into a world-class Health Special Economic Zone.

The Indonesian economy is gradually recovering, owing in part to a bold, comprehensive, and coordinated policy response to address the socio-economic hardship inflicted by the COVID 19 pandemic in the first half of 2020.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has played an important role in promoting political and security progress in South Sudan in the past time.