Asia Laos Savannakhet businesses have openly expressed interest in providing jobs for over 50.000 Laotian migrant workers who have returned from Thailand
Asia Myanmar Myanmar's military governor has again promised new multi-party elections and said his government is ready to work with any special envoy appointed by the ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Asia Mongolia Increased cooperation with Hungary on education, trade and medicine leads to having today 500 Mongolian students on a Hungarian scholarship, while the volume of trade between the two countries has increased by 19 percent despite the pandemic
Asia Vietnam During the most recent Covid-19 outbreak Government institutions have worked with e-commerce platforms to remove barriers to the transportation of essential goods bought online
Asia Uzbekistan A pilot population census will be completed by the end of 2021: according to preliminary data, the current population reached 34.860.170 people, or 302 thousand more than at the end of 2020
Asia United Arab Emirates 319 doctors from the Aster DM Healthcare network in the country were awarded the long-term Golden Visa for their continued contribution to the field of medicine and health services
Asia Thailand Volunteers have transformed a cargo warehouse at Bangkok's Don Muang airport into a 1.800-bed field hospital for Covid-19 patients with less severe symptoms, as the country deals with its largest outbreak to date
Asia Oman Network and pyramid marketing have been banned in the country, with heavy fines for anyone selling, buying, trading, advertising or promoting any goods, products or services through such means
Asia Jordan There is a significant lack of demand for wedding venues as 90% of citizens planning to get married choose private premises, according to Mamun Al Manaseer, head of the Association for Wedding Venues and Planning Enterprises
Asia Nepal The Nepal Telecommunications Authority has cancelled the process of launching its satellite into orbit as none of the companies selected responded to the call
Asia Cambodia From today all cigarette packs on the market must have new text and images to further encourage smokers to quit; the announcement has been made by the Cambodia Movement for Health
Asia Kazakhstan Under the recent OPEC+ agreement, the country will boost oil production: this month it will reach 1,5 million barrels per day, and will increase monthly by an average of 16 thousand barrels