Myanmar morning news for January 28

Sixty Myanmar Students to Be Evacuated From China as Coronavirus Spreads The Myanmar Embassy in Beijing plans to evacuate 60 students from the Wuhan area by bus and plane as the coronavirus death toll rises […]

Sixty Myanmar Students to Be Evacuated From China as Coronavirus Spreads The Myanmar Embassy in Beijing plans to evacuate 60 students from the Wuhan area by bus and plane as the coronavirus death toll rises […]

Vietnam isolates 35 suspected cases of coronavirus As of January 26, Vietnam recorded 59 people with high fever who had traveled from coronavirus-hit areas; 35 of them are isolated under close supervision. — Sggp News […]

Coronavirus travel ban: Malaysia stops visas for Chinese travellers from affected areas The government has halted all immigration facilities including issuing visas for Chinese citizens from Wuhan and the areas around Hubei province with immediate […]

No Coronavirus infections found in Yangon Region: MoHS No novel coronavirus patient is found in Yangon Region, although Wuhan in China is facing the outbreak of the pneumonia and the Waibagi Hospital in North Okkalapa […]

Amid new coronavirus outbreak, Airlines refund Vietnam-China flight tickets Vietnamese airlines have offered to refund customers who want to cancel their flights to and from China amid the coronavirus outbreak. — Vietnam Insider Vietnam’s Competitive […]

Malaysia has experience, capacity to handle coronavirus situation: DPM Malaysia has the capacity to deal with the 2019 novel coronavirus situation after having successfully dealt with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Ebola virus and Nipah […]
The current Wuhan novel* 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak and its rapid spread globally is a good excuse to resurface this video from InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia (Instedd) on the capabilities provided to the Cambodian people through […]

Top UN Court Orders Myanmar to Protect Rohingya Rights, End Genocide In a blow to State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the International Court of Justice has approved provisional measures to protect the Rohingya. […]

ADB agrees financing package for 50-MW solar project in Vietnam The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has inked a USD-37.8-million (EUR 34.1m) deal to support the development and construction of a 50-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) park […]

Report: Malaysia to buy more sugar from India to help resolve palm oil spat Malaysia’s top sugar refiner said it will increase purchases of the commodity from India, which according to two sources is part […]

Myanmar manufacturers oppose potential wage hike Garment manufacturers will conduct surveys of their own to determine whether workers are justified in calling for a substantial raise to the national living wage, according to the Myanmar […]

In Vietnam, economic success underpins literary boom Against the colorful backdrop of Vietnam’s Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays in late January, there is plenty of evidence of rising consumerism among the country’s burgeoning middle class. […]