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The Indonesian government has disbursed 304.6 trillion Rp , or 43.8 percent of the 695 trillion Rp national economic recovery budget, with social safety net spending accelerating but healthcare spending still lagging.

Malaysia’s National Security Council convened a special meeting on October 3 after the number of COVID-19 infections in the country hit its highest level, reported by the national news agency Bernama.

The mask manufacturer Hancom Healthcare affiliated with Hancom will be exporting four million pieces of KF94 masks per month to US government agencies.

The World Bank on September 30 said it has approved a loan worth 600 million USD to support the Philippine government's efforts to sustain social protection for the poor and most vulnerable families amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to visit Vietnam and Indonesia around mid-October in his first official overseas trip since taking office earlier this month.

The confidence in business activities of small- and medium-sized enterprises operating in Singapore for the remaining months of 2020 falls to the lowest level since 2009.

Indonesian media have applauded Vietnam’s success in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which helps the country’s economy to expand.

The ASEAN-Korea Centre has recently held the 2020 ASEAN Youth Career Mentorship Programme in the form of a teleconference, where many questions regarding visa, labour market and employment were cleared up.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, has welcomed recent progress in Sudan in general and Darfur in particular, especially the peace agreement reached on August 31.

Thailand on September 24 began legal action against two major social media providers - Facebook and Twitter - for ignoring requests to take down content.

Vietnam has been playing an active and responsible role in ASEAN cooperation in fighting cross-border crimes, Lt. Gen. Nguyen Thanh Son, head of the Foreign Relations Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

CounterPunch, a US magazine, has recently run an article highlighting the strength of social solidarity in the fight against COVID-19 in Vietnam.