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Laos Confirms 2,762 New Cases of Covid-19

Savannakhet Covid-19 Update

Laos has recorded 2,762 cases of Covid-19 across the country today.

Melco’s signature Chinese fine dining restaurants Jade Dragon and Yí are honored Four Diamonds by Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2022

MACAU – Media OutReach – 31 March 2022 – Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s signature Chinese restaurants Jade Dragon and Yí have been honored with a collective total of four diamond accolades by Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2022. Cantonese fine-dining restaurant Jade Dragon (City of Dreams) received Three Diamonds and was hailed as a ‘Once-in-a-lifetime Dining Experience’, while Melco’s contemporary Chinese restaurant Yí (Mopheus, City of Dreams) achieved One Diamond and was named ‘Best for Gathering’. This marks the third consecutive years for both Jade Dragon and Yí’s achievements of Three Diamonds and One Diamond accolades from the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide respectively.

Jade Dragon


Jade Dragon – Three Diamonds

Three Diamond Cantonese restaurant Jade Dragon showcases exquisite culinary masterpieces created with the freshest seasonal ingredients and delectable delicacies. With spectacular designer décor and superlative personalized service, Jade Dragon sets the benchmark for fine dining in Macau. Honors and awards include:

  • Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2018, 2020 – 2022 (Three Diamonds)
  • Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2019 (Two Diamonds)
  • Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2019 – 2022 (Three Stars)
  • Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2016 – 2018 (Two Stars)
  • Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2014 – 2015 (One Star)
  • Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Awards 2014 – 2021
  • Trip.com Group Top Global Restaurant List 2021 (Black Diamond)
  • Tatler Dining Best Restaurants Hong Kong & Macau 2017 – 2021 (Best Restaurant)
  • SCMP 100 Top Tables 2014 – 2021
  • Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence 2014 – 2021

Yí – One Diamond

One Diamond award winner Yí on the 21st-floor Sky Bridge of Morpheus offers the very heights of innovative fine dining and Chinese cuisine served in a modern seasonal tasting menu format. Its degustation menu is inspired by the 24 Solar Terms of the Traditional Chinese Calendar (Jie Qi), changes 12 times a year and highlights many of the restaurant’s signature dishes. Yí’s honors and awards include:

  • Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2020 – 2022 (One Diamond)
  • Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2019 – 2022 (Recommended)
  • Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Awards 2020 – 2021
  • Trip.com Group Top Global Restaurant List 2021 (Platinum)
  • Tatler Dining Best Restaurants Hong Kong & Macau 2019 – 2021 (Best Restaurant)
  • Tatler Dining Best Restaurants Hong Kong & Macau 2019 (Top 20 Best Restaurants)
  • SCMP 100 Top Tables 2019 – 2021
  • Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2019 – 2021

About Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited

The Company, with its American depositary shares listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: MLCO), is a developer, owner and operator of integrated resort facilities in Asia and Europe. The Company currently operates Altira Macau (), an integrated resort located at Taipa, Macau and City of Dreams (), an integrated resort located in Cotai, Macau. The Company also majority owns and operates Studio City (), a cinematically-themed integrated resort in Cotai, Macau. In the Philippines, a Philippine subsidiary of the Company currently operates and manages City of Dreams Manila (), an integrated resort in the Entertainment City complex in Manila. In Europe, the Company is currently developing City of Dreams Mediterranean () in the Republic of Cyprus, which is expected to be the largest and premier integrated destination resort in Europe. For more information about the Company, please visit .

The Company is strongly supported by its single largest shareholder, Melco International Development Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and is substantially owned and led by Mr. Lawrence Ho, who is the Chairman, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

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Provinces in Laos Tighten Covid-19 Restrictions Ahead of Lao New Year

Lao people at a market wearing facemasks.
The 22-year high inflation rate has caused an increase in the prices of food, medicines, fuel, and other consumer goods.

Some provinces in Laos have tightened restrictions in response to rising Covid-19 infection rates before Lao New Year.

SonicWall Posts Record-Breaking Year as Channel Partners Thrive with Unparallel Product Demand

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 31 March 2022 – SonicWall today announced that 2021 was its best year on record. Propelled by the delivery of high-demand products, including the evolution of its Generation 7 next-generation firewalls and a laser focus on its customers, SonicWall delivered record levels of sales and profitability in 2021.

“An unwavering commitment to SonicWall customers has had a major impact on the last 12 months of business,” said SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner. “We have more than 17,000 active SonicWall partners helping protect our customers every day, and those same partners have increased market share in key price bands and market segments, confirming SonicWall’s place as one of the unquestioned leaders in the cybersecurity space.”

Despite a difficult economic climate, the company posted strong financial results strengthening its pipeline growth, including a 33% increase in new customer growth and generating a 45% increase in new customer sales. Additionally, SonicWall has seen incredible growth in cloud-delivered products and services, which are up 36% year-over-year. Plus, new Generation 7 products have represented 90% of sales over the past year.

Boundless 2022: The Benchmark of Partner Enablement

Created and produced exclusively for SonicWall partners, Boundless 2022 — the company’s global virtual partner experience — provided unparalleled content, insight and expert analysis to help partners succeed in 2022 and beyond. The attendance for the event was up 16% to the previous years, with over 47,000 live reactions throughout the content.

At Boundless 2022, SonicWall applauded its partners for the following successes in 2021:

  • Double-digit growth across all customer segments, from SMBs to enterprise and government customers
  • Over 90% customer retention rate
  • 10% increase in partner annual recurring revenue
  • 34% growth in new customer unit volume, with a 40% increase in per-transaction value
  • 24% increase in the creation of new deal registrations

“No question we had a record-setting year,” said SonicWall Chief Revenue Officer Bob VanKirk. “What’s equally important is that 2021 was a record-setting year for many of our partners. We continue to be completely committed to our channel and our go-to-market model, welcoming over 5,000 new partners last year alone due to SonicWall’s momentum and strong value proposition.”

SonicWall partners who missed the live Boundless 2022 event may still visit boundless2022.com to watch the on-demand content.

Capture ATP Earns Four Consecutive ‘Perfect Scores’

The SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service, which includes patented Real-Time Deep Memory InspectionTM (RTDMI) technology to catch the most advanced and unknown malware faster, was the only solution to receive four consecutive perfect scores in ICSA Labs Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) certification testing across the last four quarters. ICSA Labs is an independent third party that tested SonicWall’s solutions using never-before-seen malware samples.

During 128 total days of testing in 2021, SonicWall detected 2,578 (100%) malicious samples of new and little-known threats, while weeding through 3,010 innocuous apps without issuing a single false positive — the only vendor in the security industry that can make that claim.

The ICSA Labs ATD test is unique in that it uses never-before-seen malware samples not found in any of the well-known third-party malware reputation services. Additionally, some malware samples are custom-modified by ICSA Labs, thus making them completely unique to the ICSA ATD test environment.

The conditions make it virtually a certainty that in order for a malware detection solution to produce a high score on such tests, it would have to have a superior dynamic analysis capability that’s accurate at identifying malware while ignoring truly benign samples.

“The past year was an important chapter in our journey, especially in the creation of numerous and successful product generations while navigating the fast-moving global threat landscape,” said Debasish Mukherjee, Vice President, Regional Sales-APAC at SonicWall. “Our mission to provide technology that is as affordable and effective, still remains unchanged today – and we will continue to stay one step ahead to safeguard the needs of our customers, partners and growing networks across the 215 countries and territories.”

SonicWall Excellence Recognized with Industry Accolades

SonicWall has been recognized consistently by cybersecurity industry experts over the last several months for the quality of its programs and the prominence of its partner program and employees.

On its most recent analysis of the global network firewall market, Frost & Sullivan awarded SonicWall with its 2021 Global Competitive Strategy Leadership Award. Frost & Sullivan applies a rigorous analytical process to evaluate multiple nominees for each award category before determining the final award recipient.

In addition, SonicWall was named as one of the 20 Coolest Network Security Companies of 2022 in CRN’s coveted Security 100. CRN’s Security 100 examines 100 vendors across five market segments to guide solution providers on where to place their bets in a crowded market.

CRN also spotlighted SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner in the 2022 CEO Outlook, while also recognizing three SonicWall channel team leaders as 2022 CRN Channel Chiefs: Bob VanKirk, HoJin Kim and David Bankemper.

SonicWall’s SecureFirst Partner Program earned a five-star rating in the 2022 CRN Partner Program guide. The perfect rating is given only to an elite set of vendors that deliver the ‘best of the best’ to solution providers, going above and beyond in their partner programs.

About SonicWall

SonicWall delivers Boundless Cybersecurity for the hyper-distributed era in a work reality where everyone is remote, mobile and unsecure. SonicWall safeguards organizations mobilizing for their new business normal with seamless protection that stops the most evasive cyberattacks across boundless exposure points and increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled workforces. By knowing the unknown, providing real-time visibility and enabling breakthrough economics, SonicWall closes the cybersecurity business gap for enterprises, governments and SMBs worldwide. For more information, visit or follow us on , , and .

#SonicWall

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More Factories Begin Producing Molnupiravir Covid-19 Medication in Laos

Laos to increase production of molacovir.
Laos to increase production of Molacovir.

The government of Laos has authorized three more pharmaceutical factories to produce Molnupiravir to treat Covid-19 patients across the country.

CYOTC: Brand New Store Launch at Yuen Long

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 31 March 2022 – In recent years, the emerging investment industry – cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, etc., have become a new trend in the market. Entering 2022, Bitcoin has fallen rapidly within 10 days, with a single-day drop of 5%, which has caused many investors to worry. Although the investment risk of cryptocurrency is high, stable coins are one that can play a risk-averse role for investors. In 2022, CYOTC has launched their store in Yuen Long, with free consultation seminars to help investors solve problems and assess risks.

CYOTC provides exchange services for USD Tether and Hong Kong dollar and holds regular talks for beginners to gain knowledge of cryptocurrency investment. According to CoinGecko’s data, as of March 8, the circulation of stablecoins on the entire network has exceeded $187.2 billion, of which USDT ranks first with $80.2 billion, and USDC ranks second with $52.6 billion. The increase of stablecoins has accelerated significantly and entered a typical period of rapid expansion. CYOTC’s stablecoins transactions are suitable for transactions ranging from small to millions of dollars. In addition, they offer complimentary one-on-one tutoring to help customers better understand their own investment products.

CYOTC’s Background

The initial tie that Chan formed with Bitcoin was through her client. Since then, Chan has started to grow her knowledge of cryptocurrency. After gaining a complete understating of cryptocurrency’s huge market potential, Chan has been committed to promoting cryptocurrency to Hong Kong people.

Chan has been positive about Bitcoin’s and Ether’s development since 2020 when the market value of Bitcoin and Ether were around 9,000 US dollars and 200 US dollars respectively. While the market value of Bitcoin was only about 400 US dollars in 2014. The upside potential of Bitcoin is huge and the growth of its market value could be said to outperform many investment products. Many people made their first pot of gold as they followed Chan’s advice on cryptocurrency investment.

Being able to help other people has further reinforced Chan’s confidence in cryptocurrency. Moreover, she received many requests for assistance due to fraud in cryptocurrency transactions. This has planted the seeds in Chan’s mind to open CYOTC as she believed that cryptocurrency is a good investment product and should not be used as a cheat on people.

CYOTC (陳大怡加密貨幣找換店) was opened in March 2021, located at Wing On Plaza in East Tsim Sha Tsui. The founder of CYOTC is YouTuber Ms Yee Chan. Chan has shared about cryptocurrency on her Channel since July 2020, prior to the time that the world’s wealthiest man Mr Elon Musk hasn’t embraced cryptocurrency yet. It has shown that Chan has a strong foresight in cryptocurrency investment. The establishment of CYOTC was built on customers’ trust in Chan.

CYOTC believes that cryptocurrency will be an investment tool for wealth accumulation. CYOTC aims at promoting cryptocurrencies to more Hong Kong people, enabling people to achieve financial freedom in the nearest future.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cyotc.crypto
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cyotc_crypto/?hl=en

#CYOTC

Launch of the IX Crypto Spot Price Index Series

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 31 March 2022 – IX Asia Indexes Company Limited (‘IX Asia Indexes’) announced the launch of 11 IX Crypto Spot Price Index Series (“the Spot Price Index Series”) on 1 April 2022. The 11 spot price indexes are selected from the constituent list of the ixCrypto Index (“IXCI”) which aims to cover 80% of the total market capitalisation with a 40% cap on single largest constituent.

The Spot Price Index series provides a single price for the market at every 5 second interval real-time, USD-equivalent spot rate for the most representable coins in the world. With over 300 crypto spot exchanges in the world and more product issuance on cryptocurrencies, the launch of the spot index series would provide fund managers and investors the fairest price in order to gauge the performance of some most important coins in the world. This is particular important for product issuers for mark to market purpose with a need to reflect a true and fair valuation of their crypto portfolio to their investors. Each of the 5-second interval disseminated indexes is an average price of the coin in at least 8 exchanges. The exchanges are reviewed every quarter accordingly to their trading volume, pairs, key region of business etc. For details of the selection of exchange and how to calculate the spot price indexes, please refer to “Methodology Explained : Why We need a Spot Price Index Series?“.

The 11 IX Spot Price Indexes are as follows:

Spot Price Index Name Short Name
IX Bitcoin Spot Price Index IX Bitcoin SP
IX Bitcoin Cash Spot Price Index IX Bitcoin Cash SP
IX Cardano Spot Price Index IX Cardano Cash SP
IX Dogecoin Spot Price Index IX Dogecoin Cash SP
IX Ethereum Spot Price Index IX Ethereum Cash SP
IX Litecoin Spot Price Index IX Litecoin Cash SP
IX Polkadot Spot Price Index IX Polkadot Cash SP
IX Polygon Spot Price Index IX Polygon Cash SP
IX Solana Spot Price Index IX Solana Cash SP
IX Terra Spot Price Index IX Terra Cash SP
IX Ripple Spot Price Index IX Ripple Cash SP

Indices will be disseminated via the https://ix-index.com/ at a 5-second interval from 9 A.M to 9 P.M. on every Hong Kong trading days.

About IX Asia Indexes

IX Asia Indexes Company Limited (“IX Asia Indexes”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the IX Fintech Group. Aiming to become one of the leading index compilers in Asia, its services in the areas of both real and digital assets cover index consultancy, index design, index calculation and dissemination, and index education. It is missioned to bring transparency and standardization to the digital asset and tokenisation world through building an investment-grade and rules-based benchmarks.

IX Asia Indexes launched the award winning ixCrypto Index (IXCI) in 2018, followed by two new Indexes ixBitcoin (IXBI) and ixEthereum (IXEI) Index to complete the ixCrypto Index Series in early 2021. They are currently available in 85 countries via Nasdaq and IX Asia Indexes Company data feed to Bloomberg, Reuters, banks institutions and information vendors. Real time index is disseminated every 15 second interval from Hong Kong Time 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.. An index advisory committee with representation from different industries to ensure the professionality and impartiality of the index methodologies and operations.

For more information on data dissemination and product licensing, please visit or contact

About IX Asia Indexes Advisory Committee

To ensure the professionality and impartiality of the index methodologies and operations, IX Asia Indexes has established its index advisory committee with representation from different industries, including fund management, exchanges, brokerage, financial blockchain experts, crypto service providers, etc. The committee will meet at least quarterly to discuss matters relating to the IX Asia Indexes, including to review and to comment the data sources, methodologies, and operations of IX Asia Indexes, to provide guidance to the future development of new IX Asia Indexes and to handle other issues and decisions on an as-needed basis.

Webpage:

#IXAsiaIndexes

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Japan Supports Laos through Covid-19 Pandemic

Mr. Kobayashi Kenichi, Ambassador of Japan, welcomed 320,000 doses of AstraZeneca at Wattay Airport.
Mr. Kobayashi Kenichi, Ambassador of Japan, welcomed 320,000 doses of AstraZeneca at Wattay Airport.

The Japanese government has continued to expand its support for Laos during this unprecedented period of uncertainty.