New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Vietnamese counterpart launched the joint logo to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries. "On the sidelines of the Special ASEAN-India Foreign M...

Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): China's President Xi Jinping delivered a video link address proposing a "global security initiative" (GSI) hinting at a new approach to global security during the annual Boao Forum in April 2022. The announcement comes...

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held bilateral talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son on Friday and discussed a wide range of bilateral issues and regional and international developments of mutual...

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party is well placed to extend its rule in next year's national elections after trouncing the competition at last week's local commune elections.The victory would also enabl...

PHNOM PENH, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-seven trafficked Cambodian antiquities have been repatriated to the southeast Asian country from the United States, Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said on Friday. The ancient objects were airlifted...

COLOMBO -- The Sri Lankan government on Friday announced that public sector employees will work from home for two weeks starting from Monday. The government took this decision taking into consideration the impact of fuel shortages on public and priva...

HANOI, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 723 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down by 51 from Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 46 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi...

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): India and Indonesia renewed the agreement on visa waiver on diplomatic and official passports, said the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday. This deal was renewed during the 7th India-Indonesia Joint Com...

PHNOM PENH, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia is ready to host the 16th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) on June 22 in Phnom Penh, according to a defense ministry's press statement on Friday. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen...

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): A historic second successive qualification for the AFC Asian Cup has made Sahal Abdul Samad confident of the Indian national football team ushering in a 'new golden era'. The midfielder is assured in playing a major ...

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party is well placed to extend its rule in next year's national elections after trouncing the competition at last week's local commune elections.The victory would also enabl...

VIENTIANE -- The Lao government will allow investments by domestic and foreign entrepreneurs in the development of electric vehicles (EVs) in Laos to benefit motorists and reduce the import of fuel-inefficient cars against the backdrop of a global sp...

VIENTIANE, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has agreed to increase the monthly minimum wage from 1,100,000 kips (some 72 U.S. dollars) to 1,300,000 kips (some 86 U.S. dollars) for private-sector employees in a bid to keep pace with the rising c...

VIENTIANE, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will allow investments by domestic and foreign entrepreneurs in the development of electric vehicles (EVs) in Laos to benefit motorists and reduce the import of fuel-inefficient cars against the backd...

VIENTIANE, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Lao central bank, Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL), will limit the functions of currency exchange units across the country as part of efforts to regulate foreign currencies and stabilize the value of the kip. Under the new...

Washington - A major bill expanding health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday, as senators praised their bipartisan work on one of the few issues on which they...

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday met with his Brunei Darussalam counterpart Dato Haji Erywan on the sidelines of Delhi Dialogue and reviewed cooperation in the India-ASEAN and Commonwealth for...

New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Noting that the world was experiencing turbulence which along with the pandemic has made the global outlook even more uncertain and complex, External Affairs S Jaishankar said on Thursday that India and ASEAN can mak...

New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn on Thursday said it does not wish to engage in ongoing great power rivalry in the Southeast Asian nations and warned that the geopolitics in the region could end up in military...

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - China is showing off new sea-based technology as it seeks to assert its dominance in the Pacific, analysts say.The latest technological tool is the Zhu Hai Yun, an unmanned and autonomously operated carrier for drones. A month into i...

New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), on Thursday, exuded confidence in the trade and investment ties between India and ASEAN and said that the economic partnership b...

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, put into operation in December 2021, has helped turn the landlocked country of Laos into a land-linked hub.The project, initiated by leaders of both countries, has facilitated travel, created oppor...

HANOI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 176,681 units of automobiles were sold in the Vietnamese market in the first five months of this year, up 39 percent year on year, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers' Association. Sales of domestic...

New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): India and ASEAN on Thursday agreed to cooperate in building more robust air and maritime connectivity along with working toward enhancing cooperation in the field of defence. This was stated in a statement from the M...

HANOI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 774 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down by 92 from Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted cases, reported in 44 provinces and cities. The Vietn...

New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Foreign ministers of Brunei and Cambodia arrived in the national capital on Wednesday for the special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting (SAIFMM). "Warm greetings to FM II of Brunei Dato Erywan on his arrival in ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Indian men's football team head coach Igor Stimac was pleased with his team's performance as India finished their AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign with a 4-0 victory over Hong Kong at the Salt Lake Stadi...

© Provided by Xinhua Lao central bank governor Sonexay Sitphaxay has presented a report to the ongoing National Assembly session, detailing the revised targets to be accomplished by the government by the end of this year.VIENTIANE, Ju

COLOMBO -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with support from the Chinese government, donated essential medical equipment and supplies worth 800,000 U.S. dollars to Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health on Wednesday. A total of 328,660 packs of s...

New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): India and Vietnam signed a "Joint Vision" document to "significantly enhance the scope and scale" of bilateral ties by 2030 during the recent Vietnam visit of Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Vietnam. The two...

HANOI, June 15 (Xinhua) -- A webinar on Asia's renewable energy was held in Vietnam on Wednesday, highlighting the urgency to unleash clean energy potential in the region. Officials and industry experts at the webinar titled "Asia: Renewable Energy C...

New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Foreign Ministers of Singapore and Vietnam, Vivian Balakrishnan and Bui Thanh Son respectively, arrived in Delhi on Wednesday for the special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting (SAIFMM). "Greetings to @VivianBala...

HANOI, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 866 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up by 10 from Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 43 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi...

SYDNEY -- A team of researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have shown how city-wide cool roofs would reduce energy bills, lower indoor temperatures, decrease urban heating and improve the health of vulnerable populations. The resea...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 15 (ANI): The cast for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Finals was confirmed following the conclusion of the final round of qualifiers on Tuesday. Eleven teams booked their tickets from the six qualifying groups that were played i...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): A near-capacity crowd at the iconic Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata witnessed the Indian national football team qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in style, beating Hong Kong 4-0 on Tuesday. Skipper Sunil Ch...

PHNOM PENH, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Cambodia on Wednesday launched a new campaign called "I Feel Better When..." to raise awareness about mental health. A study found that 45 percent of surveyed adolescents ...

PHNOM PENH, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The FIFA World Cup trophy landed in Cambodia on Wednesday as part of its journey around the world ahead of the start of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament in November. Accompanied by 1998 FIFA World Cup winner an...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): Indian men's football team captain Sunil Chhetri became the joint fifth highest goalscorer in international football history. Chhetri achieved this feat during their AFC Asian Cup Qualifier clash against ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia has launched a vaccination campaign against the re-emergence of the deadly foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on livestock across the country. The highly contagious viral disease among cloven-hoofed animals including cattle, sheep, pig...

VIENTIANE, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has asked the National Assembly to consider and approve some of the key macro-economic targets that were revised for 2022 to stabilize the economy. Lao central bank governor Sonexay Sitphaxay presente...

by Xin Ping BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a speech on May 26 on the Biden administration's China policy. Not surprisingly, Blinken talked about America's vision for its "Indo-Pacific strategy" to build ...

VIENTIANE, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The gross domestic product (GDP) of Laos grew 4.3 percent year on year in the first six months of this year, Lao News Agency on Tuesday quoted a government minister as saying. Economic output in the first half of this y...

HANOI, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 856 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up by 239 from Monday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 39 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi w...

New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Legendary Indian striker IM Vijayan lauded the efforts of Sahal Abdul Samad who scored the winning goal against Afghanistan helping India secure a spot in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Sahal came off the bench to score dur...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): Indian football team have qualified for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Finals before their final qualifying match in Group D of the third-round stage on Tuesday after Palestine defeated Philippines 4-0 in the qua...

Phnom Penh - A Cambodian court handed down jail sentences on Tuesday to about 60 opposition figures including prominent lawyer Theary Seng for conspiring to commit treason, in a mass trial condemned by the United States and rights groups as political...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): Headaches! They are irritating, aren't they? But for National Team Head Coach Igor Stimac, they are "pleasant, and wonderful.""We will train and then decide who is to be rested and who will start against ...

SEOUL, June 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products logged a double-digit growth in May, a government report showed Tuesday. The ICT products shipment rose 13.9 percent from a year earlier to 20...

VIENTIANE -- The Lao government will strive to stabilize the economy, financial situation and currency in order to prevent a crisis, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh told the National Assembly (NA) at the start of its 3rd ordinary session which ...

PHNOM PENH, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested two men over drug trafficking, seizing more than 54 kg of illicit drugs from them, the National Police said on Tuesday. Police arrested the two men, a 31-year-old foreigner and...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): Indian men's football team captain Sunil Chhetri said that his team need to focus on the upcoming Asian Cup Qualifier clash against Hong Kong and end the tournament on a positive note. India play Hong Kon...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: A Chinese official has announced that an "iron-clad partnership" with Cambodia has been strengthened as a naval base is being built for the Chinese navy. However, Cambodian Minister of Defence Tea Banh dismissed fears that Cambo...

VIENTIANE, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will strive to stabilize the economy, financial situation and currency in order to prevent a crisis, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh told the National Assembly (NA) at the start of its 3rd ordin...

© Provided by Xinhua VIENTIANE, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Not only food! The Lancang-Mekong International Food Exposition is going on in Vientiane, capital of Laos.The expo kicked off on June 10 and will last through June 19, hosting about 200 booths. It ...

HANOI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's southern region has reported more than 39,300 dengue fever infections with 36 deaths from the disease so far this year, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday. Among the infections, nearly 1,200 were severe cases,...

PHNOM PENH, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's total trade volume was valued at 22.4 billion U.S. dollars in the first five months of 2022, up 19.7 percent from 18.7 billion dollars over the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. The...

HANOI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The petroleum prices in Vietnam have set a new record after being adjusted up for the 11th time this year. From Monday, the price of RON95 bio-fuel per liter was raised by 797 Vietnamese dongs (around 0.034 U.S. dollars) to...

HANOI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 617 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 49 from Sunday, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the new infections, one was imported and the rest were domestically transmitted in 37 provinces and cities....

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 13 (ANI): Indian men's football team would be looking to continue their winning streak when they will lock horns with Hong Kong in their third and final Group D encounter of the third round of AFC Asian Cup Qualifi...

Hong Kong, June 13 (ANI): Authoritarian China, in sharp contrast to practically every other nation, peddles a far different view of what will bring peace in Asia and the world. This was evident when China's Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe took to...

HANOI, 13th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam needs immediate solutions to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) and strengthen its sources, ...

PHNOM PENH, June 13 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday provided over 4.3 million U.S. dollars from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund 2022 to Cambodia for carrying out 13 projects in the kingdom. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian an...

HANOI, 10th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam was placed 68th out of the 120 countries in the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2021 recently released by the...

HANOI, 8th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is joining international efforts to protect the blue ocean in response to World Ocean Day 2022, Vietnam...

HANOI, 7th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in December. According to Vietnam ...

BRUSSELS, 3rd June, 2022 (WAM) -- Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the EU, has met with EU Commissioner for ...

HANOI, 26th May, 2022 (WAM) -- All airline members of Vietnam Airlines Group, Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASO, will offer more tha...

HANOI, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has reported 1,716 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including one imported case, taking the ...

HANOI, 13th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has successfully maintained fiscal, external and financial stability, Resident Representative of the In...

HANOI, 9th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam on Monday announced 2,269 new infections of COVID-19, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Ac...

HANOI, 28th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam attracted over US$10.8 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months of this ye...

HANOI, 27th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Arrivals entering Vietnam via all border gates will no longer have to fill and submit health declaration form...

HANOI, 19th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam on Tuesday announced 12,012 new infections of COVID-19, including one imported case, the lowest since...