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Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia is expected to peak in mid-April and there are signs of a flattening of the infection curve, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on April 2. Based on available data, the WHO Country Office has projected that Malaysia will see a peak in hospitalised cases in mid-April, said Ying-Ru Lo, the WHO's head of mission and representative to Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. The number of critically ill patients is estimated to reach the peak within the next week, she added. Malaysia has the highest number of known infections in Southeast Asia with 2,908 confirmed cases, including 45 deaths. Furthermore, the Malaysian government has set up a special Cabinet committee to develop strategic measures to safeguard the country’s economy and labour market impacted by COVID-19. The committee will be co-chaired by Minister of International Trade and Industry Mohamed Azmin Ali and Minister of Defence Ismail Sabri Yaakob. … [Read more...] about WHO expects Malaysia’s COVID-19 cases to peak in mid-April

Lao Cai (VNA) – Exports of several kinds of farm produce to China via Lao Cai border gate (the northern border province of Lao Cai) increased in the first quarter of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, said deputy head of the border gate’s customs branch Tran Anh Tu on April 1. As of the end of Q1, export revenues of watermelon hit over 8.4 million USD, a year-on-year surge of 190 percent; while those of mango stood at 7.4 million USD, up 11.5 times compared to the same period last year. However, earnings from dragon fruit, cassava and tapioca starch strongly declined in the reviewed period. The export of machinery and industrial goods through the border gate has almost stopped since the beginning of the year. As a result, total exports-imports through the Lao Cai border gate in January-March stood at 242.8 million USD, a year-on-year decrease of 33.8 percent. Of the figure, 119.6 million USD was from exports, dropping 49 percent, while imports reached 123.2 … [Read more...] about Exports of some farm produce via Lao Cai border gate surge in Q1

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Many enterprises in the manufacturing and processing industry are optimistic about the outlook for the second quarter of 2020, according to a survey conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO). … [Read more...] about Many firms optimistic about business in Q2

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has sent a report to the Prime Minister, proposing a reduction in the prices of electricity for three months to help ease difficulties facing production and business in the context of the ravaging COVID-19 epidemic. In the document, dated April 1, the ministry proposed that in the April – June period, the price of electricity for household consumption of up to 300kWh be cut by 10 percent. By so doing, it will suffer a loss of 2.930 trillion VND (about 124 million USD). A cut of the same level was also proposed for production and business customers which will set the ministry back by 6 trillion VND. As for the accommodation customers, the electricity price for them will be reduced to that of the production households and this will lead to a loss of 1.8 billion VND for the ministry. Besides, it also proposed the exemption of electricity costs for concentrated quarantine and treatment establishments related to the COVID-19, … [Read more...] about 10 percent cut in electricity prices proposed to help ease COVID-19 impact

The VFF central Committee receives funds from the Party Central Committee Office,  the Government Office, the National Assembly Office, and the President Office The same day, it received funds worth VND 420 million from the Party Central Committee Office, VND 325 million from the Government Office, VND 400 million from the National Assembly Office, and VND 30 million from the President Office, and VND 500 million from the State Treasury. … [Read more...] about Nearly USD 29 million raised for COVID-19 fight