Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 30

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HO CHI MINH CITY -- The final round of the 19th "Chinese Bridge," an annual Chinese language proficiency competition, for southern Vietnam was held in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

A total of 26 students from 12 colleges in southern Vietnam participated in three sections of quiz, speech and talent show in the nearly 10-hour-long competition, themed "One World, One Family," winning applause and cheering from the audience with their fluent Chinese and outstanding talent.(Vietnam-Chinese Bridge)

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KABUL -- A journalist and a driver were killed and four others wounded after a bomb hit a local TV channel's bus in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, an Interior Ministry official confirmed.

"The roadside bomb blast occurred at 4:05 p.m. local time in Police District 4 of the city. The killed along with the wounded were shifted to a hospital shortly after the explosion," Marwa Amini, deputy spokesperson of the ministry, told Xinhua.(Afghanistan-Bomb attack)

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NEW DELHI -- India will enter the fifth phase of lockdown with effect from June 1 till June 30, to fight the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, said new guidelines issued by the federal home (internal security) ministry on Saturday.

Beginning March 25, the country has so far witnessed four phases of lockdown. The fourth phase is slated to end on Sunday.(India-Lockdown)

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MANILA -- The number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines surged to 17,224 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 590 more infections on Saturday.

According to the DOH, 380 of the newly reported cases were found in Metro Manila, 18 cases in the Central Visayas region in the central Philippines and 183 cases were reported in other parts of the country. The DOH added that 9 overseas Filipinos workers repatriated by the government are infected with the disease.(Philippines-COVID-19 cases)

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HONG KONG -- A senior official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Saturday that the national security legislation will protect the legitimate rights and interests of Hong Kong residents.

Hong Kong residents have no need to worry, Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng of the HKSAR government said, stressing that the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) will protect the legitimate rights and interests of Hong Kong residents when making the relevant law. (Hong Kong-National security legislation) Enditem

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