HANOI – Vietnam’s most seriously ill COVID-19 patient, a 43-year-old British pilot who works for its national airline, has started recovering from the illness and may no longer require a major lung transplant operation. According to the state media, Vietnam has mounted an all out effort to save the British pilot identified as “Patient 91”. British Consul General Ian Gibbons …

Although awaiting the decision of the government to prolong or remove the conditional movement control order expiring this Tuesday (June 9), Today, Malaysians will look forward to an announcement on the Short-Term Economic Recovery Program in a special message from Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured). Local news outlets and social media networks will air the Premier ‘s unique message live …

Special Staff of the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Arya Sinulingga, noted that the total government debt to the state-owned company has reached Rp 108.48 trillion. The debt comes from seven companies. He detailed the total government debt that must be paid to PT PLN (Persero) reached Rp 48.46 trillion. PT Pertamina Persero IDR 40 trillion, BUMN Karya IDR 12.16 …

Supreme Council leaders of Four Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia stormed out of their meeting tonight after maintaining that the effort to remove Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four others from the group today is unconstitutional. The four — Abu Bakar Yahya, Akramsyah Sanusi, Ulya Aqamah Husamudin and Tariq Ismail — said the reason given for canceling Dr Mahathir ‘s membership …

An Thai Army spokesman in Thailand has denied reports that a whistleblower is facing punishment for exposing alleged graft in an army unit. Army spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree said the charges are related to another offense. Col. Winthai  told reporters that whistleblower Sgt. Narongchai Intharakawee faces disciplinary and criminal action for dereliction of duty. Which is in violation of the …

Member states of the of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations together with China, Japan and South Korea on Thursday vows to strengthen and maintain open markets among nation amid the Covid-19 pandemic in hopes to fight off the impact created by the health crisis. The economic ministers of each nations met on an online video conference chaired by Vietnam …

This year, Malaysia will double the limits for online settlement, as the rush of small investors into stocks helped push the market into bull territory. In the second half, the Securities Commission would require up to RM100,000 regular electronic settlement, from the current cap of RM30,000 to RM50,000, said executive chairman Syed Zaid Albar in an emailed reaction to request. …

The Ministry of Finance plans to issue state debt securities (SUN) specifically for overseas diaspora or diaspora bonds by the end of 2020. It is expected that the issuance can be carried out around November 2020 if the relevant ministry ministries are ready. This Diaspora bond has become one of the government’s moves to meet the funding needs of Covid-19 …

MANILA – ABS-CBN Corp. chairman emeritus Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III on Wednesday attended the congressional hearing of the House of Representatives on the network’s bid on a fresh franchise amid questions over his citizenship. Lopez attended the hearing after Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta who raised several issues against Lopez’s citizenship, said that the chairman emeritus should present in attendance in …

Asean chair for the regional bloc Vietnam has made a proposal this year to hold a physical summit despite the Covid-19 pandemic, A high rank official from Indonesian Foreign Ministry announced today. The face to face meeting, if approved, is expected to be held on June 27 and 28 i Da Nang, Vietnam. The two day summit which includes Asean …