VIENTIANE, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, working in partnership with Health and Population Services International, has received new funding to assist pharmacies and clinics to eli...

As Russia's attempt to intimidate Ukraine and, presumably, install a puppet regime stumbles into its second week, it is clear the Kremlin has miscalculated on several fronts.Ukrainian resistance is proving more resilient than anticipated, and a globa...

PHNOM PENH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has launched a code of conduct for the banking and financial institutions, aiming at promoting effective, reliable, accountable, and responsible banking and financial practices, said a joint statement on Monda...

HANOI, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Daily COVID-19 tally in Vietnam rose to a new record of 147,358 cases on Monday, up 5,222 cases from Sunday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwide, included 147,335 dome...

PHNOM PENH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested a group of four men for allegedly trafficking almost 64 kg of illicit drugs, the Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP) said on Monday. The suspects, one Cambodian and three Thais, ...

SEOUL -- South Korea recorded 210,716 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday, bringing the total number of infections to 4,666,977, the health authorities said Monday. The daily caseload was down from the 243,626 cases reported in the previous day ...

Seoul [South Korea], March 7 (ANI/Global Economic): South Korean trading companies are suffering from economic sanctions on Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine. Due to the US and European countries-led economic sanctions against Russia, lots of Kor...

TBOUNG KHMUM, Cambodia, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia inaugurated a China-funded landmark hospital here on Monday, which would greatly contribute to improving health care services in the country's eastern and northeastern regions. Officially named the...

© Provided by Xinhua It will be possible to fill and finish some 3 to 6 million doses of vaccines per month when production starts, with Malaysian pharmaceutical company Solution Biologics aiming to work hand in hand with China's CanSin

HANOI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The daily COVID-19 tally in Vietnam surged to a new high of 142,136 cases on Sunday, an increase of 10,319 cases from the previous record set on Saturday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 6...

Research has shown venom from an Asian cobra species has strong analgesic properties. Snakes mostly invoke fear, but we should also appreciate the gifts they offer, writes Peter Mirtschin.TO SOME PEOPLE, snakes are animals they can't bear seeing, not...

Beijing [China], March 6 (ANI): China is conducting military drills in the South China Sea in an area between its southern province of Hainan and Vietnam, media reports said on Saturday. The Bangkok Post reported that Beijing has warned ships to stay...

Bangkok - Armed groups in Myanmar's far east, aligned both with and against the country's military are ramping up drug production to cash in amid the turmoil that has gripped the nation since its February 2021 coup, a United Nations official told VOA...

PHNOM PENH, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's insurance industry reported a total premium of 293.4 million U.S. dollars in 2021, up 9.5 percent year-on-year, despite the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report of the Insurance...

KUALA LUMPUR -- The close cooperation between China and Malaysia in vaccine production bodes well for COVID-19 vaccine supply for Malaysia and the region, said drugmakers working on finalizing the localized fill and finish for Chinese company CanSino...

HANOI, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Daily COVID-19 tally in Vietnam surged to a new high of 131,817 cases on Saturday, up 6,230 cases from the previous record on Friday, according to its ministry of health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwi...

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WHITE HOUSE - While U.S. President Joe Biden has played a key role in galvanizing Western nations' condemnation of Moscow's aggression against Ukraine, his administration is finding it harder to build a global coalition in the Indo-Pacific to isolate...

Beijing [China], March 5 (ANI): The impression that China has tried to give since the COVID-19 vaccines became available that the country is extending a helping hand by providing vaccines to several countries is a facade with the aim to sell vaccines...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], March 5 (ANI): Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn is set to travel to Myanmar later this month for a four-day visit for talks with top representatives of the country's military government. Sokhonn became the ASEAN special ...

HANOI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The daily COVID-19 tally in Vietnam surged to a new high of 125,587 cases on Friday, up 6,797 cases from the previous record on Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nati...

PHNOM PENH, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese investment in Cambodia had increased significantly in 2021 despite the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, which truly reflected Chinese investors' trust in Cambodia's business environment, officials and ...

Washington - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, long friendly with Moscow, took pains Thursday to explain to his ruling party and government why his administration joined dozens of other countries in co-sponsoring this week's U.N. resolution condemnin...

Russia's war against Ukraine will change the landscape of global energy and its geopolitics in profound ways. Pieces of this terrain have already begun shifting.As the world's largest combined exporter of oil and gas, Russia has direct energy relatio...

HANOI, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The daily COVID-19 tally in Vietnam surged to a new high of 118,790 cases on Thursday, an increase of 8,489 cases from the previous record set on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in...

PHNOM PENH, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia attracted fixed-asset investment of 4.35 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, according to a report from the Council for the Development of Cambodia on Thursday. China remained the first largest foreign investor to t...

KUNMING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway has transported over 1.7 million passengers and 1.1 million tonnes of cargo since it was launched in December 2021, said the transport authorities of southwest China's Yunnan Province. At present, a...

© Provided by Xinhua KUNMING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, has boosted regional connectivity and economic cooperation since it started operation three months ago.As of Thur...

PHNOM PENH, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Environment and partner groups on Thursday launched a "zero-snaring" campaign in protected areas to protect animals from being trapped and killed, officials said. The ministry's secretary of stat...

KUNMING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, has boosted regional connectivity and economic cooperation since it started operation three months ago. As of Thursday, the railway has...

The war in Ukraine has historical precedents, writes Frances Letters.50 YEARS AGO, as February 1972 was ending, a sorry prediction surfaced at the five-day National Anti-war Conference being held in Sydney. It is troubling to see how close to the bon...