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Vietnam among most successful Asian countries in containing coronavirus: Foreign media
The Australia-based website Eastasiaforum.org on May 28 ran an article titled “Vietnam’s COVID-19 political gains” affirming that Vietnam has earned international accolades as one of the successful countries in Asia.
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ADB helps Indonesia develop geothermal power
The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan worth 300 million USD to help PT Geo Dipa Energi, an Indonesian state-owned company, expand its geothermal power generation.
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Malaysian economy capable of positive growth in 2020
The Malaysian Islamic Party’s Central Committee on Economic, Real Estate and Entrepreneur Development has predicted that the country’s GDP growth rate can reach 2.5-3 percent in 2020 despite the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Singapore announces fourth stimulus package against COVID-19
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Singapore Heng Swee Keat on May 26 announced another 33 billion SGD supplementary budget to tide over the COVID-19 crisis and the bleak economic outlook ahead.
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Cambodia’s GDP to fall 0.3 percent in 2020: Moody’s
Cambodia’s GDP growth is projected to drop 0.3 percent due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdowns in China, the EU and the US, Moody’s Investors Service has said.
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Indonesia arrests 16-year-old terrorist suspect
Indonesian National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad has arrested a 16-year-old boy terrorist suspect in Merapi Subur housing complex in Batam, Riau Islands.
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Japan’s NHK television channel hails Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight
Japan’s NHK television channel has lauded Vietnam’s effective containment of COVID-19 with 324 infections and zero death.
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WB: Indonesia may lose market confidence due to debts
The World Bank has called on the Indonesian government to formulate a sound fiscal strategy to “flatten the debt curve” and maintain financial market confidence as debt mounts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Thailand’s e-commerce projected to grow 35 percent this year
Thailand's e-commerce, excluding business-to-business engagement, is expected to grow 35 percent to 220 billion THB (nearly 7 billion USD) in 2020.
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Indonesia attracts 4.1 billion USD worth of net inflow
Indonesia posted a net inflow of 4.1 billion USD from April to May 14, after recording a net outflow of 5.7 billion USD in the first quarter of 2020, said Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo on May 19.
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ASEAN, China's friendship organizations hold video meeting on COVID-19
Leaders of friendship organizations of ASEAN member nations and China held a special video meeting on May 19 to discuss the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ways to boost people-to-people exchanges in the new situation.
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Vietnam joins 32nd ASEAN – Australia Forum
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting Vietnam, on May 18 participated in the 32nd ASEAN – Australia Forum, which was held in the form of an online conference.
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