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Vietnam: Integral to ASEAN and Reliable for Indo-Pacific
May 1 , 2020 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Dr Faisal Ahmed
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Introduction
Vietnam will chair the 36th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in June this year. The summit which was initially scheduled in April has been shifted to June due to the Covid-19 outbreak. For Vietnam, this summit will also mark the 25th anniversary of its accession to ASEAN.

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN 2020 , ASEAN Centrality , Code of Conduct , Hanoi Plan of Action , Post Covid 19 , South China Sea , Vietnam

Shift to Plant Based Proteins to Prevent Future Pandemics
May 1 , 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Article Views: 5116
Three consignments of African Pangolin scales have been recently seized at ports in two Southeast Asian countries. On the first day of April, port authorities in Port Kelang, Malaysia confiscated six tons of the contraband packed in a shipping container.

Governance and Political Studies, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : COVID-19 , Kebabs , Lab-grown meat , Poultry , SARS-CoV-2 virus , Satvik , Soy , Vegan , Vegetarian

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 1, 2020
May 1 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3457
Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine president, appealed to Ursula von der Leyen, his European Commission counterpart, to boost global development and equitable distribution of fast and affordable testing, treatment and vaccines for Covid-19.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , COVID-19 , Covid-19 Drugs , Daily scan , G20 Fundraiser , Global virus response , Interior Ministry , MSMEs , Trump , US medical academy , Wuhan virus

कोविड-19 पर हिंद-प्रशांत बैठक
May 1 , 2020 Amruta Karambelkar
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हिंद-प्रशांत के कुछ देशों के बीच 20 मार्च को कोविड-19 महामारी पर टेलीकॉन्फ्रेंस आयोजित की गई। बैठक अमेरिका ने बुलाई और उसमें भारत, जापान, ऑस्ट्रेलिया, दक्षिण कोरिया, न्यूजीलैंड तथा वियतनाम आदि देशों ने ...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अंतरराष्ट्रीय संबंध , कोविड-19 , कोविड-19 महामारी , कोविड-19 संकट , दक्षिण कोरिया , हिंद-प्रशांत , हिंद-प्रशांत बैठक

Myanmar Ethnic Strife: The Rise of Arakan Army
April 30 , 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
Article Views: 11137
On 10 April 2009, the separatist Arakan Army (AA) established itself as a “revolutionary armed organisation” in Myanmar. Till 2015, it operated in Kachin and Shan States under the guidance of the Kachin...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : 11th Anniversary of Arakan Army , Arakan army , Arakan Dream 2020 , India’s Role. , Myanmar Government and Tatmadaw , Riverine Warfare , Way of Rakhita

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 30, 2020
April 30 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3853
There are two virus research-related facilities in Wuhan- Wuhan Institute of Virology and the other is the Wuhan Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Unlike Wuhan Centre for Disease Prevention and Control which is closer to the alleged wet market responsible for the pandemic, the Wuhan Institute of Virology is located a certain distance from the Hunan seafood market.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Air Pollution , Air Traffic , Amazon , BSL-4 Lab , Christian Drosten , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Federal Reserve , Green Recovery , IATA , Locusts , Medical Waste , Oman , Pakistan , Remedesvir , Russia , Shenzhen , Tax Havens , US GDP , Wuhan Institute of Virology

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