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Liquidity also improved significantly, with a total of VND6.45 trillion ($273.47 million) worth of shares changing hands Monday, 31 percent higher than last week’s daily trading average. Order-matched transactions accounted for 81 percent of these transactions. … [Read more...] about VN-Index posts highest single-day gain in 19 years

Jakarta (VNA) - The Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration and Energy Agency said on April 6 that a total of 162,416 workers in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, have been laid off and forced to take unpaid leave due to COVID-19 pandemic. Of the figure, 30,137 workers of 3,348 registered companies were laid off, while 132,279 others from 14,697 firms were also put on forced unpaid leave," according to the agency. The data will soon be submitted to the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, it said. As part of its stimulus package to counter the effects of the epidemic, the Indonesian government has issued a policy of expanding its pre-employment card programme which provides job skills training and incentives for laid-off workers. President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) Said Iqbal has called on the government to prepare more measures to support workers who lose their jobs, such as providing money to workers and drivers. On … [Read more...] about Hundreds of thousands of workers in Jakarta affected by COVID-19

In a related move, the Prime Minister has asked ministers and heads of ministry-level agencies, chairpersons of the people’s committees of centrally-run cities and provinces, within their authority, to focus on directing, guiding, inspecting, promptly discovering and strictly dealing with violations regarding COVID-19 prevention and control, in line with law. … [Read more...] about PM requests preparing scenarios for second wave of COVID-19 infections

Notably, China has been continuing this type of illegal activity by sending vessels to James Shoal, which lies just 80 km off Malaysia’s coast, Reed Bank on the east side of Vietnam’s Spratlys Islands that is currently controlled by the Philippines and most recently, the blatant intrusion of Haiyang Dizhi 8 into Vietnamese waters. … [Read more...] about China fomenting East Sea instability to advance superpower ambitions: expert

11. The two Heads of Government noted with satisfaction the enhanced cooperation between the local authorities of the two countries, inspired by the dynamic exchanges between the cities of Hue and Iași, Da Nang and Timișoara, as well as the provinces of Ninh Binh and Hunedoara, Hoa Binh and Prahova, which adds substantial value to the Vietnamese – Romanian relations. They agreed to further boost and diversify this cooperation framework. To this end, Prime Minister Cioloș visited Quang Ninh province and met the local high-ranking officials who provided fresh ideas on ways to expand cooperation between local authorities and non-governmental organizations from Vietnam and Romania. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Romania issue Joint Declaration