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The bank forcast Cambodia's economy to contract by 5.5 percent in 2020 due to the decline in tourism; lower exports of garments, footwear, and travel goods; and a slowdown in construction. The downturn risks pushing an additional 1.3 million Cambodian people into poverty. … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia July 9

Under the Prime Minister’s instruction, Vietnamese authorities and representative offices abroad will continue conducting more flights to bring Vietnamese citizens home in the coming time, based on the citizens’ aspirations and quarantine capacity in localities. … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia July 10

At the conference, the Việt Nam Association of Tourism and associations of tourism in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, HCM City, and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Bình Thuận, Bình Định, and Tây Ninh provinces signed agreements on training and development of human resources in hotel management with international standards with the Imperial International Hotel College and the University of Finance – Marketing. — VNS … [Read more...] about Practice-based training needed to produce high-quality tourism staff

According to relevant agencies in Quảng Trị Province, the water level in the Sê Pôn River is now lower than normal, enabling smugglers to transport pigs from Savanakhet Province in Laos. Traders also buy the pigs in Thailand. … [Read more...] about Pigs smuggling threatens food safety

"Eight campuses have announced their policies for the fall over the past two weeks. When we realised and the presidents realised based on these campus policies that we couldn't have competition we wanted to make sure the student-athletes were aware of the outcome. … [Read more...] about Ivy League colleges halt sport over virus concern