South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday highlighted the nation's newly- launched microcredit lending program, calling on citizens to support the project. The project, so-called Miso Financing, aims at helping working- class people who wish to stand on their own through providing low interest loans and other support, Lee said in his biweekly national radio address, adding that it is the core of his government's policies. (SKorea-President-Microcredit) HANOI -- Vietnam confirmed that a 40-year-old man died of A/ H1N1 influenza, the 7th death of the flu in the country, said a daily report on the website of the Ministry of Health on Monday. The man, living in the central province of Danang, was admitted to the Military Hospital No. 7 on Sept. 16 with fever and difficulty in breathing, said the ministry. (Vietnam-Flu) BANGKOK -- The Thai government will lift the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Bangkok on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban announced Monday. From Friday until Tuesday (Sept. 18 to 22), the ISA law has been enforced by the government at Dusit district in the center of the capital Bangkok in a bid to ensure the law and order during a mass anti-government rally on Sept. 19 Meanwhile, the government will evaluate the situation again if it is essential to enforce the ISA law at the 15th ASEAN Summit's venues in late October, Suthep said. (Thailand-Security Act) CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday told U.S. television network CNN that the federal government's stimulus packages and infrastructure investment had insulated Australia from the worst of the global financial crisis. Rudd is in New York for a climate change-focused session of the United Nations General Assembly, before heading to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the Group of 20 (G20) developed and developing nations meeting later this week. (Australia- Economy) 