HANOI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,985 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 3,977 locally transmitted and eight imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, i...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government on Friday approved the draft budget of about 8.5 billion U.S. dollars for the government spending in 2022, up 8.4 percent compared to that of 2021. The approval was made during a weekly Cabinet...

Hong Kong, October 22 (ANI): China is continuously violating international obligations and has been involved in the abuse of international bodies through its political, economic clout and unconstrained power, a media report said. Beijing has imposed ...

© Provided by Xinhua NANNING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region handled 235 China-Vietnam freight train trips in the first nine months of this year, up 117 percent year on year.The number has surpassed that of the wh...

HANOI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,636 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 3,618 locally transmitted and 18 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, in...

Zurich [Switzerland], October 21 (ANI): October 2021 was a busy month in international football, with qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, friendlies, and the final rounds of the UEFA Nations League all on the agenda. A total of 160 fixtures...

NANNING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region handled 235 China-Vietnam freight train trips in the first nine months of this year, up 117 percent year on year. The number has surpassed that of the whole year of 2020, sai...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Health on Thursday reported two new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 49. Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Minis...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Wednesday launched a Siem Reap provincial tourism development master plan 2021-2035, aiming at turning the northwestern province into a major tourist destination in the kingdom and in the Southeast Asian re...

HANOI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,646 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, including 3,635 locally transmitted and 11 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, incl...

Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday quoted Lord Buddha's teaching "Appa Deepo Bhava" meaning 'be your own light' and said it is the motivation for India to become self-reliant. The Prime Min...

Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parinirvana Stupa on Wednesday after the inauguration of the Kushinagar International Airport in the city. Following ...

TOKYO -- Japan's auto exports dropped 40.3 percent in September from the previous year, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the supply chain in Southeast Asia and a worldwide semiconductor shortage forced domestic automakers to cut production, governm...

Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa along with ministerial colleagues and a group of around 100 Buddhist monks arrived at Kushinagar International Airport to attend the inaugural ceremony ...

HANOI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is estimated to post a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of between 3 percent and 3.5 percent in 2021, far below the target of around 6 percent set earlier by the National Assembly (NA), Vietnamese Prime Minister ...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government has held a National Policy Dialogue to reconfirm its commitment to eliminating violence against children (VAC), according to a statement Xinhua received on Wednesday. The online event held Tues...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's APSARA National Authority (ANA) has started the work to restore the eastern entrance of the famed Angkor Wat temple, said an ANA news release on Wednesday. The entrance was damaged by the impact from aging, ...

Colombo [Sri Lanka] October 20 (ANI): A Sri Lankan delegation including a Holy Relic entourage departed for the inaugural international flight to Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar from Colombo. The inauguration of the Kushinagar International Airport will b...

New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at the Mahaparinirvana Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar on the auspicious occasion of Ashwin Poornima on Wednesday. Eminent monk...

Vientiane [Laos] October 20 (ANI): Weeks before the opening of China's bullet train project in Laos, villagers who lost land to the project say they are still waiting for promised compensation. The project is part of Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road...

New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday and participate in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at Mahaparinirvana Temple. Eminent monks from Sri ...

HANOI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,034 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 3,027 locally transmitted and seven imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, ...

Photo: Pixabay/Free PhotosFar from emerging from the COVID shock awash with fuel, as might be expected after an economic slowdown, the world is entering a new energy crisis the like of which hasn?t been seen since the 1970s.European and Asian gas pri...

SYDNEY, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A study found coronavirus discovered in bats in Laos extremely adept at infecting human cells, which pours cold water on the theory COVID-19 is so infectious it had to be created by humans in a lab. The study, featured las...

Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state who saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died Monday from complications from Covid-19.The 84-year-old retired four-star general was fully vaccinated...

HANOI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,168 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 3,159 locally transmitted and nine imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, in...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 40-million-U.S. dollars loan to support Cambodia's efforts to expand access to credit among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and implement reforms to bo...