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By Andreas Jorgensen • Sep 25, 2021
Covid-19 has contributed to demographic problems in the ageing nations of the region, requiring a response including more education and access to healthcare for women
By Govi Snell • Sep 22, 2021
Binh Duong has been hard hit by the virus. Many migrant workers find themselves struggling to survive in Vietnam’s latest outbreak of Covid-19
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 07, 2021
A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 06, 2021
The Philippines to lift a stay-at-home order in the capital Manila, in a bid to rein in coronavirus cases fueled by the Delta variant and revive the economy
With lockdown restrictions getting tighter, bamboo poles, beer crates, ladders and broken chairs are some of the everyday objects forming makeshift barricades on Hanoi's streets as authorities try to slow the spread of coronavirus
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 02, 2021
Ho Chi Minh City's traditional taxi firms have taken a hit with intense competition from Grab in recent years. But with ride-hailing apps suspended amid a spiralling Covid outbreak, a return of business for drivers comes with risks as they become front line workers
By Madeleine List • Aug 30, 2021
Decades of conflict, racism and human rights abuses are fuelling Covid conspiracy theories in Papua at a time when their breakaway region is facing a renewed threat from the pandemic
By Andrea Christiani and Haeril Halim/AFP • Aug 26, 2021
Thailand decriminalised kratom, a tropical leaf long used for herbal remedy, but some health regulators around the world have criticised it as potentially unsafe
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 24, 2021
Malaysian contract doctors have experienced financial instability and burnout since 2016. Now, with life on the frontlines of the country’s escalating Covid-19 outbreak pushing many to the brink, they are pushing for unionisation through the Hartal Strike
By Kymberley Chu • Aug 23, 2021
Following the IPCC's landmark report earlier this month warning of an impending climate catastrophe, on World Mosquito Day, Dr Sarthak Das warns of the potential for climate change to reverse much of the progress made in eliminating mosquito-borne diseases
By Dr Sarthak Das • Aug 20, 2021
Despite liberal laws and among the highest abortion rates in the world, stigma towards the practice is pervasive in Vietnam. Representing a hard-line faction of anti-abortion sentiment, groups across the country collect fetal remains from clinics for burial
By Govi Snell • Aug 16, 2021
The Southeast Asian nation has been hit by its worst Covid-19 surge yet as the ultra-infectious Delta variant sent deaths skyrocketing and left a trail of devastated parents in its wake
By Dessy Sagita and Haeril Halim/AFP • Aug 13, 2021