TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided on Monday to suspend entry of all foreign visitors from around the world to guard against the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The new measure will take effect from Tuesday, Kishida told reporters. (Jap...

HANOI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded an estimated trade value of 599.12 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of this year, up 22.3 percent year on year, with a trade surplus of 225 million U.S. dollars, the General Statistics Office sai...

© Provided by Xinhua by Chanthaphaphone Mixayboua, Zhang Jianhua"The railway will result in the growth of many industries like tourism, trade and investment, especially in the processing industry, and it's going to help a lot for Laos' post-pa

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 29 (ANI/VOVWORLD): President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay an official visit to Russia from Monday to Thursday on the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi said this...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 29 (ANI/VOVWORLD): The Ministry of Health confirmed 12,936 new cases of COVID-19 in Vietnam on Sunday, bringing the national tally to 1,210,340. The Ministry said that Vietnam has not yet detected any cases infected with the...

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh, former prime minister and the son of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, died Sunday in France, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith announced on his Facebook page. He was 77.Khieu Kanharith, who said he ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia has banned international visitors who have travel histories from eight African countries in the last 14 days, to prevent transmission of the new, more contagious variant of coronavirus Omicron to the country, an official said on ...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh passed away on Sunday of illness at the age of 77, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said in a condolence letter. "I and my wife were extremely saddened to learn that Pri...

HANOI, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 12,936 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 12,928 locally transmitted and eight imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including...

Beijing, [China], November 28 (ANI): China's recent move of penalising Taiwan's Far Eastern Group's mainland units for supporting Taiwan's leadership is now threatening thousands of Taiwanese companies who promote the island's independence. Earlier, ...

SINGAPORE: Three months after Cambodia rolled out COVID-19 vaccines, just 11 percent of its population had received at least one dose, while in far wealthier Japan, it took two weeks longer to reach that level.However, both countries now boast vaccin...

HANOI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 13,063 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 13,048 locally transmitted and 15 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including ...

NEW YORK - Americans returned to stores for the 'Black Friday' kickoff of the holiday shopping season, but online data shows that consumers have been spending big for weeks amid worries over shortages.The day after the U.S. Thanksgiving celebration i...

New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Taking note of the historical perspective of barriers and challenges faced by women in participation in elections in the country, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said that today seven decades and 17 ge...

VIENTIANE -- In order to better meet the socio-economic development along the China-Laos Railway and the logistics needs of enterprises, the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC) has recently held an online promotion meeting for its transportation serv...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 13th virtual Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit concluded on Friday under the chairmanship of Cambodia, adopting three outcome documents, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said. The three adopted docume...

NANNING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 4th China-ASEAN (China-Laos) Higher Education Cooperation Forum was held on Friday in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Lao national capital city of Vientiane. The event took place both o...

HANOI, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 13,109 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 13,094 locally transmitted and 15 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including 1,...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 26 (ANI): Another worker in the Vietnamese city Thanh Hoa has died after receiving a Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine shot, local media reported adding that two others had also passed away after the vaccination. A Vietnamese newsp...

Scott Morrison's chant over "people wanting their lives back" recalled some 200 young men dead in Vietnam, conscripted by his political Party, the Liberals, who cannot have their lives back.Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on 18 November - accusin

Kathmandu [Nepal], November 26 (ANI): Fifteen foreign dignitaries including former Indian Union Minister for Health Dr Harsh Vardhan will attend the inaugural session of Nepal's CPN-UML General Convention starting from Friday. These dignitaries repre...

Kathmandu [Nepal], November 26 (ANI): Fifteen foreign dignitaries including former Indian Union Minister for Health Dr Harsh Vardhan will attend the inaugural session of Nepal's CPN-UML General Convention starting from Friday. These dignitaries repre...

© Provided by Xinhua A situation like the pandemic needs solidarity, needs multilateral response and a global approach, but not the attempts to have national responses, which might be effective for a brief period of time, but not in the long run, ac...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday approved the draft budget of 8.5 billion U.S. dollars for the government spending in 2022, an increase of 8.4 percent compared to that of 2021. One hundred and four lawmake...

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Hanoi [Vietnam], November 25 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Vietnam reported additional 12,450 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours as of 4 pm Thursday. They included 21 imported cases and 12,429 locally-transmitted cases in 59 cities and provinces. So far, Vietnam ...

New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday emphasized the need for reforms in the UN Security Council and other key international organisations, so as to make them reflective of contemporary realities and capabl...

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 25 (ANI/SRV): Symbiosis Law School, Pune - one of the elite institutions catering to teachers and students of the country is all set to spearhead the reconstruction of the Indian educational system by infusing 21s...

HANOI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 12,450 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 12,429 locally transmitted and 21 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including ...

Belgrade [Serbia], November 25 (ANI): Hundreds of Vietnamese workers working for a Chinese company in Serbia are forced to work under inhumane conditions, with no money, no passports, and no hot water. "No food, no electricity," a Vietnamese worker t...

HANOI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's benchmark VN-Index rose 0.8 percent to reach an all-time high of 1,500.81 points on Thursday with some 31.8 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.4 billion U.S. dollars) poured into the market. On Wednesday, the VN-Index be...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's COVID-19 case total has risen to 120,009 on Thursday after 32 fresh infections were confirmed in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. The new infections included 25 domestic c...

Vientiane [Laos], November 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Laos hit a new high of 1,504, surpassing the previous record of 1,401 cases last Thursday. Director-General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under...

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VIENTIANE, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Laos hit a new high of 1,504, surpassing the previous record of 1,401 cases on last Thursday. Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao M...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 24 (ANI/VOVWORLD): The Ministry of Health said that from 4 pm on Tuesday to 4 pm on Wednesday, 11,811 new infections were recorded in Vietnam. Of them, 22 cases were imported and 11,789 cases were recorded domestically in 59...

New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will lead the Indian delegation for the 13th ASEM Summit which will be held on November 25, 26. The summit with the theme 'Strengthening Multilateralism for Shared Growth' will be ...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 24 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Vietnam and Egypt have opportunities for economic and trade cooperation, said Ambassador Tran Thanh Cong during a 2-day working visit to Egypt's Damietta province earlier this week to boost diplomatic, eco...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The third batch of anti-epidemic supplies donated by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to the Lao People's Army, carried by PLA Air Force's Y-20 transport aircraft, has arrived at the Wattay International Airport i...

HANOI, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 11,811 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 11,789 locally transmitted and 22 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. The infections brought the total tally to 1,155,778, with 24,243 deaths, sa...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Wednesday called on the Asia-Europe regions to give more support for multilateral trading system, in order to further boost trade cooperation between the two continents...