Laos has recorded 786 new cases of Covid-19 across the country today, as well as four new deaths.
Laos Confirms 786 New Cases of Covid-19 and Four Deaths
Amazon Singapore Launches 11.11 Sales for the First Time, Giving Customers Access to Incredible Holiday Savings
Customers can shop epic deals across categories with incredible discounts on top brands like Apple, Muji, Cerave, Nintendo, Lenovo, explore a wide selection from small businesses like Click and Grow, KeaBabies, Yvolution, and save on exciting daily promotions from November 11 to November 29
Amazon is launching its largest selection of holiday gift guides for Singapore shoppers, covering ideas for toys, books, Christmas décor, Secret Santa, and more
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 November 2021 – (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Amazon today released 11.11 deals, giving customers the opportunity to start shopping now into the holiday season, across categories including toys, baby, beauty, home, electronics, groceries, and more on Amazon.sg. From November 11 to November 29, 2021, customers can enjoy deep discounts from brands including Apple, Muji, Click and Grow, KeaBabies and more. In celebration of Amazon Singapore’s first-ever participation in 11.11 sales, all shoppers can watch a stand-up comedy show by Sharul Channa and Rishi Budhraani, premiering on amazon.sg/promotions on November 11, 2021. In addition, Prime members can enjoy unlimited, free local and international delivery with no minimum spend on eligible orders till December 31, 2021.
From November 12 to November 25, customers can enjoy a series of exciting deals with Brand Days, where different brands run special offers every day. Participating brands include Philips Signify, Panasonic, Ninja, Philips, Cuisinart, 3M, Vichy, Instant Pot, Skip Hop, Apple, Groupe Seb, Lenovo, Braun, Jabra, Logitech, Brabantia, Asus, Cerave, Snailax, Epitex, Rom&nd.
Early Holiday Shopping Deals
With thousands of deals available and a series of curated Holiday gift guides, Amazon is making it easier than ever to find great gifts at amazing prices ahead of the holiday hustle. The deals kick off a month of shopping at amazon.sg/promotions till November 29, while stocks last.
Here’s a peek into what to expect during the upcoming 11.11 at amazon.sg/double11.
Amazon Fresh
- Get S$20 off S$60 daily essentials across Health & Personal Care, Beauty, Baby, Pets, Toys and more
- Buy 2 get extra 15% off Ice cream, Beverages, Beer, Wine & Spirits and more
- Customers new to Amazon Fresh get S$15 off a min. spend of S$60 with promo code FRESH15
Toys, Books & Baby
- Get up to 45% off Gerber Puffs
- Get up to 40% off selected items from Leap Frog, including kids learning toys
- Buy 2 get 20% off selected Activity and Assessment Books
Household, Kitchen, Home Improvement & Smart Home
- Get up to 20% off selected items from Instant Pot, including the Duo 6 Quart Multicooker
- Get up to 20% off selected items from Panasonic, including the Automatic Bread Maker and Microwave Oven
- Get up to 15% off selected items from Muji
Beauty, Health & Personal Care
- Get up to 35 % off selected items from La Roche Posay
- Get up to 35 % off selected items from philosophy
- Get up to 30% off selected items from Cerave
PC, Gaming & Electronics
- Get vouchers of up to $50 off with Apple purchases
- Get up to 50% off selected items from Lenovo including ThinkPad and Legion Laptops
- Get up to 16% off selected items from Nintendo, including the Switch Console
Support Small Businesses at amazon.sg/smallbusinesses
- Up to 50% off selected KeaBabies items including the Baby Wrap Carrier
- Up to 46% off selected Yvolution items including the Baby Tricycle
- Up to 40% off selected Snailax items including the Massage Mat and Therapy Heating Pad
- Up to 40% off selected Click and Grow items including the Smart Garden
- Up to 39% off selected MANSCAPED items including the Perfect Package 3.0 Kit
T&Cs apply to all promotions.
More Ways to Shop, All Season Long
- Holiday Gift Guides : Find the perfect gift for those closest to you with Amazon’s largest selection of holiday gift guides, available earlier than ever at amazon.sg/holiday. Whether you’re looking for gifts for Secret Santa with friends, or getting the home ready for the holiday season with festive decor, or to even shop for a furry friend, browse from our curated lists across categories:
- Holiday Toy Store
- Tech & Gadgets Store
- Holiday Beauty Parlour
- Holiday Bookstore
- Holiday Treats
- Home & Holiday Décor
- Secret Santa
- Amazon Vouchers : Discover more ways to save with Amazon Vouchers. Find discounts on everyday essentials, as well as gifts, electronics, beauty, toys, and more. Simply clip the voucher and the discount will be applied at checkout. Explore the most popular vouchers on amazon.sg/vouchers.
- Amazon.sg eGift Cards offer a simple and convenient gifting experience. Consumers can shop for Gift Cards at amazon.sg/giftcard and check out the latest holiday designs at amazon.sg/xmasgiftcard
- Bank Promotions on amazon.sg/bankpromotions
- On 11.11.,
- Get a S$10 Amazon.sg Gift Card when you spend S$150 or more on your DBS/POSB card on Amazon.sg. T&Cs apply.
- Get a S$10 Amazon.sg Gift Card when you spend S$100 or more on your Standard Chartered Mastercard or OCBC card on Amazon.sg . T&Cs apply.
- From Nov 12 to 25, get a S$5 Amazon.sg Gift Card when you spend S$60 or more on your Standard Chartered Mastercard, GrabPay or OCBC card on Amazon.sg
- Corporate Gift Cards
Giving Back This Season
- Amazon X Shop for Good Wishlist : Amazon makes it easier for customers to give back this holiday season. Customers can support local NPOs and their causes by purchasing items off their Amazon wishlist – a depository of items they need the most. Shoppers keen to do good this holiday season can join Amazon’s season of giving by donating through Amazon x Shop for Good Wishlist , where we have a growing list of new NPOs joining the initiative including Singapore Children’s Society, New Hope Community Services, Arc Children’s Centre, SHINE, SADeaf, Willing Hearts, Beyond Social Services, Fei Yue, Blessings in a Bag, Children’s Wishing Well, Club Rainbow (Singapore), The Food Bank Singapore, Singapore Red Cross, and SOSD.
Fast, Free & Convenient Delivery Options
- Unlimited Free Local and International Delivery from now till December 31, 2021 : This holiday season, all customers can enjoy free local delivery with no minimum spend and free international delivery with a minimum spend of S$40 on eligible orders shipped by Amazon SG. Prime members can enjoy unlimited free local and international delivery with no minimum spend. Terms and conditions apply.
- Reduced Price for Same Day Delivery on Amazon.sg : All customers enjoy reduced price Same Day delivery on items fulfilled by Amazon SG. Prime members can choose Same Day delivery for $2.99, and non-Prime members pay $3.99, from now till December 31, 2021.
- Ultrafast & Free Grocery Delivery : In addition to tens of thousands of groceries and local favourites, Prime members in Singapore can find toys, gifts, household products, and everyday essentials, electronics, and more available on Amazon Fresh, all with free, ultra-fast two-hour delivery.
Stand-Up Comedy Special
This holiday, Amazon is releasing a free stand-up comedy show for all Amazon customers featuring renowned local stand-up comedians, Sharul Channa and Rishi Budhraani. Kicking off on November 11, 2021, shoppers can catch the duo on amazon.sg/promotions. Sharul and Rishi are ready to spread laughter and smile this shopping season with jokes regarding their marriage life during the pandemic, how Singaporeans shop in the past and now as well as their ideas on features Amazon.sg has to include to be local. Runtime: Approximately 30 minutes.
Every Day Made Better with Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime was designed to make your life better every single day. Over 150 million paid members around the world enjoy the many benefits of Prime, including the best of shopping and entertainment. In Singapore, Prime membership includes unlimited access to award-winning movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, unlimited access to video game benefits with Prime Gaming, Prime Day, and more. Prime was built on the foundation of unlimited fast, free shipping. Prime members enjoy access to tens of thousands of items available for free two-hour delivery on Amazon Fresh on orders over S$60, as well as free one-day delivery on domestic Prime eligible selection on Amazon.sg. Prime is S$2.99 per month. Start a 30-day free trial of Prime at amazon.sg/prime.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth’s Best Employer, and Earth’s Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit Amazon.sg.
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Laos and Thailand Discuss Land Border Reopening at Infrastructure Meeting
Officials from Laos and Thailand are to set up a working committee to discuss regulations regarding the reopening of land borders.
Laos May Vaccinate 70 Percent of Adult Population By End of This Year
Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh says the Government of Laos hopes to vaccinate 70 percent of the adult population by the end of this year.
Medallia appoints Denise Miura to spearhead growth in Asia Pacific and Japan
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 November 2021 – Medallia, Inc., the global leader in customer and employee experience, has appointed Ms Denise Miura as Vice-President to spearhead growth in Asia Pacific and Japan.
Ms Miura has deep experience working in the region for clients in the big data and analytics industry, having worked with MarkLogic for 17 years, where she set up and grew the Japan operations for the American-based enterprise software and data integration company.
Commenting on her appointment, Mr Greg Philiotis, Senior Vice President and Head of International, Medallia, said, “On behalf of everyone at Medallia, we welcome Denise on board. Her on-the-ground experience particularly in Japan, as well as strong knowledge of channel marketing and familiarity with the enterprise-grade software space are extremely valuable. Under her leadership, I am confident that Medallia APAC will continue to scale in this very important market – especially in the area of partnering companies to deliver real business impact.”
Ms Miura said, “I am excited to be part of this high-growth company. Medallia has a great product that enables enterprises to build strong customer advocacy and an engaged workforce. Its focus on consultative selling and building long-term partnerships resonates with me. Amid the pandemic, we will step up our support for enterprises in APAC to accelerate their digital transformation by enabling them to seamlessly integrate both online and offline experiences, so as to connect better with their employees and customers. We believe these efforts will help enterprises effectively navigate the pandemic environment, make smarter decisions, and augment sales.”
Medallia’s operations in APAC has grown significantly from a single market presence in Australia to five markets, including New Zealand, Singapore, Japan and South Korea. With its award-winning SaaS platform, Medallia Experience Cloud™, the firm has built a track record in APAC, in key industries such as automotive, telecommunications, retail and financial services.
Enterprises in these industries are keen to evolve from the traditional survey-focused voice of customer programs to Medallia’s best-in-class operational customer experience programs. At the same time, as work-from-home becomes the new normal, enterprises are finding new ways to maintain team cohesiveness and boost morale.
To widen its outreach, Medallia has been expanding its reseller network with like-minded, top-tier system integrators in the region.
About Medallia
www.medallia.com.
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VinFuture foundation hosts public dialogue about “Renewable energy & new materials for the future” with Nobel-Winning professor
VinFuture Foundation will hold its Online Science Dialogue series’ second installment discussing “Renewable energy and new materials for the future” on November 12th, 2021. The Dialogue will see the attendance of world-class scientists, most notably Professor Konstantin (Kostya) Sergeevich Novoselov, a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics. The event is aimed at bringing science and technology closer to the general public with solutions that have high real-world applicability.
HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 8 November 2021 – This November, VinFuture‘s Dialogue is titled “Renewable energy and new materials for the future” and centers around foundational knowledge and applications of new energy and materials in humanity’s response to the global energy crisis. As part of the program, young scientists will also have chances to converse with world-leading scientists, and to discuss the opportunities and challenges they encounter in their start-ups, thereby bringing research projects into industrial production and out into the world.
Participants in VinFuture’s Dialogue on “Renewable energy and new materials for the future”
Most notably, leading the discussion on “Future materials” will be the Nobel Prize laureate in Physics – Professor Konstantin (Kostya) Sergeevich Novoselov. As the youngest scientist to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics since 1973, Prof. Novoselov has a global influence in condensed matter physics and nanotechnology. His achievements with graphene – the strongest ultra-thin material in human knowledge – promise to deeply change the fields of Science and Technology, Industry, and Medicine. Prof. Novoselov is currently a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the US National Academy of Science, as well as the National University of Singapore’s Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor and Director of the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials. Since 2014, Prof. Kostya Novoselov has always been featured as one of the most cited scientists globally and as part of the world’s top 0.01% in the field of Science and Nanotechnology (PLOS, 2021).
Professor Nguyen Thuc Quyen, Director for Polymers and Organic Solids, Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), will speak at the Dialogue on the topic of solar energy. With more than 418 research projects and 24 patents on renewable energy, electronic – organic devices, solar cells and photovoltaics, etc., Prof. Thuc Quyen was one of the world’s most influential scientific minds and Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in Materials Science according to Thomson Reuters and Clarivate Analytics for 5 consecutive years, from 2015 to 2019.
Dr. Corey Hoven, Founder and CTO of Next Energy Technologies, will bridge the gap between scientific research and practical application. His company has successfully commercialized smart windows that can generate electricity for high-rise buildings using solar energy.
VinFuture’s Science Dialogue series aims to provide a space for open dialogue with the public, spreading the values of “science at the service of humanity” and contributing to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Dialogue gives special attention to undergraduates, postgraduates, scientists, and young technology entrepreneurs in Vietnam and around the world. They will have the opportunity to share new perspectives, discuss breakthrough ideas, and raise their concerns about research topics or start-up projects and innovations in order to be discussed and addressed by the guest speakers.
Dr. Le Mai Lan, Vice Chairman of Vingroup and Representative of VinFuture Foundation, shared: “Through the public dialogue series, we hope that leading scientists and researchers around the world can share their great contributions to the public in easy-to-understand language, turning science into a familiar and inseparable part of people’s lives. At the same time, we would like to inspire youth to take on responsibility for pressing global issues, thereby encouraging them to pursue scientific research to find solutions.”
Previously, in September 2021, the first dialogue titled “How Science is Changing Global Health?” was successfully organized by VinFuture Foundation with the participation of world-leading scientists in the field of health management, such as Prof. Ezekiel Emanuel (Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, USA), Professor Alta Schutte (Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia),…
All VinFuture webinars will be open to the public free-of-charge via Zoom and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VinFuturePrize/ (Language: English). Register to participate in the event here.
About VinFuture Foundation
VinFuture Foundation is an independent and non-profit foundation operating in Vietnam. It was founded with the vision of creating meaningful changes in people’s daily lives through the celebration of global technological innovations. The Foundation’s core activity is awarding the annual VinFuture Prize for breakthrough scientific and technological innovations that have made or have the potential to create meaningful changes in people’s lives. In addition, the Foundation will conduct many activities to accomplish its mission, such as funding research projects, collaborating in academic development, and promoting STEMM education.
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Transition To Primary School Made Easy With Singapore’s First Live Multi-Subject Online Platform, EDOOVO
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 November 2021 – EDOOVO sets itself up as the first sole proprietary online learning platform in Singapore that offers live interactive enrichment classes of all three core preschool subjects – English, Chinese, and Maths. Compared to single subject packages often provided by other e-learning portals, this approach allows EDOOVO to make the transition to primary school smoother for learners aged three to eight.
First Founded For Parents
The surge in class uptake at EDOOVO reflects the high parental demand for purposeful ways to facilitate their child’s learning during the pandemic. It also points to the reliance on innovative technologies to better prepare them for primary school.
“We noticed a gap in the market as there was a lack of real-time online classes with two-way communication focusing on the three core subjects of every preschool. EDOOVO was thus founded for local parents, while addressing the needs of international students with a world-class educational framework,” stated Xiaobing Bai, founder of EDOOVO.
Students are given the choice to attend one or all three subjects, with classes assigned based on their learning levels. Building a strong foundation for a seamless transition into primary school, the curriculum adapted from the MOE framework is designed by qualified specialists and taught by experienced educators who receive specialised in-house training.
Seamless Interactivity Without Privacy Concerns
Held on their sole proprietary platform, games and activity sheets steer clear of dull rote learning. Unlike Zoom or pre-recorded lessons conducted on other platforms, privacy infringement risks are eliminated and lesson delivery is more communicative and controlled in this safe space.
“We’ve seen an increase in parents signing up for our free trial and registering for our classes since March, 2020 – and most parents have shared with us that interactive live online learning is just as effective, if not better, given the changing regulations due to the pandemic,” adds Mr Bai.
With more parents and children getting comfortable with remote learning, EDOOVO taps into their interest in digital experiences and inspires engagement through live teaching and virtual in-class rewards. Beyond the unlimited playback accessible 24 hours after lessons, the emotional connection created even through the screens, offers a unique learning experience for a strong start.
Supported by teacher-student interactions in small classes of four to six students, EDOOVO maximises the attention of children who learn better with continuous engagement.
About EDOOVO Singapore:
EDOOVO is an established online enrichment learning platform in Singapore. Focusing on the future of learning, the interactive platform harnesses edtech and real-time teaching to unlock every child’s curiosity, supplement their school curriculum and stretch learning. Since its inception in 2019, EDOOVO’s innovations have reached thousands of students from all over the world and attained accolades like the ‘Best Online Enrichment Platform in 2021’. Changing the way kids learn, EDOOVO and its progressive curriculum model set itself up as a trendsetter in the online education industry. For more information, please visit: www.edoovo.com.
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National Assembly Members Ask Government to Reassess Fuel Price Structure
Members of the National Assembly and People’s Provincial Assemblies have asked the government to reassess the structure of fuel pricing.