Vietnam will play Myanmar in a friendly match on March 20 as part of their warm up ahead of their 2027 Asian Cup qualification.

With the arrival of 22,000 tonnes, a total of 52,000 tonnes of atap rice have already been imported from Myanmar and another consignment of 30,000 tonnes of atap rice will come by the end of this month. The rest of the consignment of atap is scheduled to arrive in the middle of February this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 22 emphasised that Vietnam is always closely monitoring the situation in Myanmar and hopes for a prompt return to stability there, for the benefit of the local people as well as for regional and global peace and stability.

Vietnam is closely monitoring the situation in Myanmar and hopes for a prompt return to stability there, for the benefit of the local people and for regional and global peace and stability, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said.

Police in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam on Friday announced the arrest of Lo Thi Kem, a 38-year-old woman from Than Uyen District, for trafficking women and minors under 16.

In the pretext of getting high-paying jobs, about 47 people from Gopalganj district of Bihar are stranded in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia, and they are forced into conducting cyber fraud and other illegal activities.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced Vietnam's readiness to mediate peace talks in Myanmar during his meeting with United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

In a rare call, the junta asked other nations to “participate in combating online scams and online gambling”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Officials from China, Myanmar, Thailand reached a consensus on eradicating telecommunication fraud centers in Myanmar during a meeting on Tuesday, said China's national broadcaster.

ASEAN's fifth envoy to Myanmar, Tan Sri Othman Hashim, appointed during the bloc's meeting of foreign ministers.

With the arrival of 22,000 tonnes, a total of 52,000 tonnes of atap rice have already been imported from Myanmar and another consignment of 30,000 tonnes of atap rice will come by the end of this month. The rest of the consignment of atap is scheduled to arrive in the middle of February this year.