Delegates at the event (Photo: VNA) This is the first time the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia joins hands with the Cham community in Klang to organize the Hari Raya Festival. On this occasion, Vietnamese Cham people gathered together to cook traditional Cham dishes such as savory cakes, spring rolls, and the snakehead fish vermicelli specialty of the western region of Vietnam. Speaking at the event, Counselor Nguyen Hong Son expressed his excitement to see the Cham people well integrated with the host country, living in harmony and sharing with each other. He also affirmed that the Embassy always accompanies the Cham people and provides the best possible support for them to have a stable and developed life. The Counselor emphasized that the Embassy was very pleased and grateful to see that in recent festivals held at the Embassy, such as the Death Anniversary of the Hung Kings, and Homeland Spring 2022, the Cham community nominated Representatives to attend in traditional costumes. Ms
A COVID-19 vaccination site in Putrajaya, Malaysia. (Photo: VNA/AFP)The planning of a second booster shot is one of such efforts, especially as the Hari Raya Festival - Islam's biggest festival – approaches, he said.The ProtectHealth’s CEO advises high-risk individuals to protect themselves against the coronavirus by obtaining their second booster dose.Malaysia’s Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced on April 14 that those above 60 with comorbidities such as diabetes, chronic lung disease, chronic renal disease, underlying dialysis or chronic liver disease; as well as individuals at home care centres for a long-term who are more susceptible to severe COVID-19 infection can now obtain a second booster dose after four to six months obtaining the first booster shot.The vaccine that will be used for the second booster dose is the Pfizer-BioNTech (mRNA Comirnaty).Anas said that the elderly who are healthy and above 60 years old without comorbidities could only opt for the se