Number Of Foreign Tourists To Cambodia’s Famed Angkor Down 69 Percent In H1

PHNOM PENH, July 1 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 387,840 foreign tourists in the first half of 2020, down 69 percent over the same period last year. The ancient site made gross revenue of 18.09 million U.S. dollars from ticket sales, during the Jan-June period this year,…

India’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises To 17,400 As Total Cases Reach 585,493

NEW DELHI, July 1 (NNN-UNI) – India’s health ministry, today said, 507 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 18,653 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 17,400 and total cases to 585,493. “As of 8:00 a.m. (local time)…

Sri Lanka’s Bank Of Ceylon Signs Cooperation Treaty With China Development Bank

COLOMBO, July 1 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s Bank of Ceylon, on Tuesday, signed a long-term treaty with the China Development Bank, a joint statement from the state-owned bank and China Development Bank, said. Both banks entered into a 140-million-U.S. dollar long-term cooperation, through which draw-down will be made under two…

Three Students Drown In Central Vietnam

HANOI, July 1 (NNN-VNA) – Three school girls drowned while swimming in a river, in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province, local media reported today. The three victims, who were all six graders of a local school in Ha Tinh’s Duc Tho District, drowned, while taking a bath in a river…

Mongolia Reports No New COVID-19 Cases, One More Recovery

ULAN BATOR, July 1 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia conducted a total of 406 tests for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and the results were all negative, with the national tally remaining at 220, the country’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said today. Meanwhile, one more patient has recovered from…

S.Korea’s Exports Decline 10.9 Percent In June

SEOUL, July 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s exports declined 10.9 percent in June from a year earlier, keeping a double-digit fall for the third consecutive month, a government report showed today. Exports, which take up about half of the export-driven economy, came in at 39.21 billion U.S. dollars in June,…

Foreign Tourist Arrivals To Plunge 80 Percent This Year Due To COVID-19: Thailand Tourism Council

BANGKOK, July 1 (NNN-TNA) – The Tourism Council of Thailand said, it expects to see only an estimated eight million foreign tourists this year, 80 percent down from last year, due to the impact from COVID-19. “However, we are confident that tourism in Thailand will begin to pick up in…

Nepali Airline Signs Cooperation Agreement With Huawei Cloud To Promote Smart Aviation

KATHMANDU, July 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepal’s Himalaya Airlines and Huawei Cloud, a Chinese multinational technology company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) earlier this week, for strategic cooperation to promote smart aviation, the airlines said. Under the MoU, Himalaya, a Nepal-China joint venture international airline and Huawei will cooperate…

ASEAN, Australia Vow To Work With WHO To Enhance Collective Response To COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, July 1 (NNN-AKP) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, on Tuesday, vowed to work with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and relevant agencies, to enhance collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Cambodian foreign ministry’s press statement. The statement was released after…

Bangladesh Passes 67-Billion-USD Budget For Next Fiscal Year

DHAKA, July 1 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladesh parliament, on Tuesday, passed a record 5.68-trillion-Taka (nearly 67 billion U.S. dollars) national budget, for the 2020-21 fiscal year (July 2020-June 2021). Finance Minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal, placed before parliament the annual budget of Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina’s government. Unanimous by voice vote,…