By Pushpesh PantNew Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Entomophagy is a word that has suddenly gained currency in the gastronomic lexicon in the West. Translated literally, it means consuming insects for food. Gourmet diners and innovative chefs also ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Lao government officials and business operators have been discussing plans to reopen the country to tourists next month with special COVID-19 measures in place. The online meeting took place after the government approve...

MACAO -- The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Monday voiced support and welcome to the completion of local legislation on the central government's decision to institute advisers to ...

HANOI, VIETNAM - It took 10 years for the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line in Hanoi, Vietnam's first, to enter service November 21.Despite initial positive reviews, though, the value of the controversial project is being questioned.The 13-kilometer elevat...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Laos increased to 90,458 on Monday after over 1,100 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. Deputy Director General of the Department of Communi...

HANOI, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 14,638 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 14,621 locally transmitted and 17 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, including 1,...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 71 percent of the construction work on the Chinese-invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway has been completed despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) said ...

WASHINGTON - In Oslo, Norway, on Friday, dignitaries from around the world gathered to celebrate the awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Filipina journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov. But as speeches were delivered an...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia, the incoming chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2022, will promote the bloc's spirit as a united family in order to maintain peace and prosperity in the region and beyond, the cou...

HANOI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,141 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 16,104 locally transmitted and 37 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, including ...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia, the incoming chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2022, will promote the bloc's spirit as a united family in order to maintain peace and prosperity in the region and beyond, the country's Foreign Min...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The Vietnamese government has approved the resumption of regular commercial flights between Vietnam and international destinations which are highly safe from COVID-19 since January 1, 2022. According to the ...

HANOI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government has approved the resumption of regular commercial flights between Vietnam and international destinations which are highly safe from COVID-19 since Jan. 1, 2022. According to the latest notice by th...

Editor's note: Images of seized items available to download via hightail.The AFP High Volume Drug Crime Teams are targeting syndicates attempting to send millions of parcels of drugs through the post this festive and celebratory season.Drug trafficke...

Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): China continues to have strategic and tactical interest in government and private sector organizations in Southeast Asia through its cyber-espionage operations for a range of objectives intended to support a deepen...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 10 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Vietnam recorded 14,839 new infections of COVID-19, of which 20 were imported and 14,819 were recorded domestically on Friday, down 481 cases compared to the previous day, in 57 provinces and cities nation...

Agartala (Tripura) [India], December 10 (ANI): Principal Secretary Tripura Industries and Commerce Prashant Kumar Goyal on Friday said that more than 50 investors have shown their interest to invest in several sectors of Tripura and subsequently inke...

JAKARTA -- The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia's Semeru volcano has risen to 45 after rescuers recovered two more victims in Kampung Renteng hamlet of Lumajang district in East Java province, an official said Friday. Meanwhile, nine people ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's largest COVID-19 hotspot Ho Chi Minh City on Friday started administering extra vaccine shots for prioritized groups, being the first locality in the Southeast Asian country to do so upon the health min...

HANOI, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 14,839 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 14,819 locally transmitted and 20 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, including 1,...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Friday ordered armed forces across the country to collect all U.S. made military weapons and materials to keep in caches or to have them burned down. The move came afte...

VIENTIANE -- Lao Ministry of Health on Friday recorded 1,644 local COVID-19 transmissions, the highest daily infection ever, taking the total tally to 86,148. The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported 1,644 locally...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The second phase of the China-aided rural water supply project in Cambodia has come to an end, constructing 964 pumping wells and 54 community ponds in 10 provinces, officials said here on Thursday.Speaking at a ceremo...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Lao Ministry of Health on Friday recorded 1,644 local COVID-19 transmissions, the highest daily infection ever, taking the total tally to 86,148. The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control repo...

New York [US], December 10 (ANI): As many as 293 media workers were put behind bars globally in 2021, said the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). "CPJ's 2021 prison census found that the number of reporters jailed for their work h...

© Provided by Xinhua by Xinhua writers Zhao Cailin, Ding YiquanKUNMING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- At about 9:26 p.m. on Dec. 3, the first train on the China section of the China-Laos Railway arrived at Mohan railway station in the southwestern province of ...

KAMPONG CHHNANG, Cambodia -- The second phase of the China-aided rural water supply project in Cambodia has come to an end, constructing 964 pumping wells and 54 community ponds in 10 provinces, officials said here on Thursday. Speaking at a ceremony...

by Xinhua writers Zhao Cailin, Ding Yiquan KUNMING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- At about 9:26 p.m. on Dec. 3, the first train on the China section of the China-Laos Railway arrived at Mohan railway station in the southwestern province of Yunnan, less than fiv...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 27 percent of the construction work on the 1.5-billion-U.S.-dollar new Phnom Penh international airport has been completed despite the COVID-19 crisis, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Th...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 15,311 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 15,300 locally transmitted and 11 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localit...

HANOI, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 15,311 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 15,300 locally transmitted and 11 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, including 1...

JINAN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos freight train service linking east China's Shandong Province with Laos started service on Thursday, local authorities said. The first outbound train departed from the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Coopera...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's economic growth is projected to reach 2.2 percent in 2021, impeded by slow growth in services including tourism, and in construction and real estate, the World Bank said in a press release on Thursday. Other ...

KAMPONG CHHNANG, Cambodia, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The second phase of the China-aided rural water supply project in Cambodia has come to an end, constructing 964 pumping wells and 54 community ponds in 10 provinces, officials said here on Thursday. Speak...

HONG KONG -- Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, an instigator of Hong Kong riots, and two others were convicted on Thursday of taking part in an unauthorized assembly in Victoria Park in Hong Kong last year. The District Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrati...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 9 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Vietnam recorded 14,599 new COVID-19 cases, of which 4 were imported and 14,595 were recorded domestically in 58 provinces and cities from 4 pm on Tuesday to 4 pm on Wednesday. In the past 24 hours, 24,737 ...

The People's Bank of China is encouraging Chinese banks to lend more to businesses and consumers by cutting the proportion of deposits that they have to ho

Washington [US], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has introduced a trade embargo on "sensitive items" against Cambodia over the country's human rights violations, corruption and the increasing influence of China in the country, the US Depa...

Washington [US], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday that Counselor Derek Chollet will travel to Cambodia and Indonesia on December 8-13 to hold discussions on key regional issues, including the burgeoni...

HANOI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- President of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Saysomphone Phomvihane on Wednesday wrapped up an official visit to Vietnam from Dec. 6 to 8 to promote bilateral ties between the two countries. In the Vietnamese capital city Han...

HANOI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 14,599 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 14,595 locally transmitted and four imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, includin...

In November, the world's first global citizens' assembly - made up of 100 people chosen by lottery from around the world - declared its recommended responses to the climate crisis at the UN climate conference

by Xinhua writer Ma Qian BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States has long been habitually touting itself as the "beacon of democracy," yet as the world has increasingly come to realize, America's democratic system is only in form, not in substa...

"The U.S. became a very militarized state bureaucracy with a high peacetime military budget, and this led it to consistently exaggerate security threats, coupled with the related claim that military approaches to foreign policy challenges continued t...