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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:44:01 GMT
Vietnam's CPI up 2.44 pct in 6 months
HANOI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.44 percent year on year in the first six months of this year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Wednesday. In the first half of 2022, items posting the most ...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:18:01 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, June 29
HANOI -- Vietnam recorded a year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.72 percent in the second quarter of 2022, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said Wednesday. It is the highest second-quarter GDP growth recorded by the country in the...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:05:01 GMT
Cambodian PM sets July 23, 2023 for general election
PHNOM PENH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia sets July 23, 2023 as the date for the seventh National Assembly election, according to a decision signed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Wednesday. "Minister in charge of the Council of Ministers, ...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:55:22 GMT
Vietnam attracts less foreign investment in January-June
HANOI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam attracted an estimated foreign investment of 14.03 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of this year, down 8.9 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment on Wednesday. During the pe...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:30:01 GMT
Vietnam's GDP expands 7.72 pct in Q2
HANOI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded a year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.72 percent in the second quarter of 2022, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said Wednesday. It is the highest second-quarter GDP growth recorded by ...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 01:55:01 GMT
Cambodia detects new COVID-19 cases after zero cases for 52 days: PM
PHNOM PENH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday after having recorded zero cases for 52 consecutive days, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said Tuesday night. In a special audio message to the nation, Hun Sen said ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:18:41 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, June 28
YANGON -- Zheng Zhihong, Minister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Myanmar on Tuesday attended the launching ceremony of Year 2022 Donation Project to Mary Chapman School for the Deaf. At the ceremony, Zheng said this year, the embassy will provi...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:18:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 769 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 769 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up by 132 from Monday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 37 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi w...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:07:57 GMT
Vietnam keeps prioritising gender equality promotion
GENEVA, 28th June, 2022 (WAM) -- As a candidate for the membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for 2023 - 2025, Vietnam will continue...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:05:01 GMT
Cambodian ruling party celebrates 71st birthday, vowing to maintain peace
PHNOM PENH, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Tuesday marked the 71st anniversary of its birth, vowing to protect peace and political stability for sustainable socio-economic development in the Southeast Asian country. ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:37:15 GMT
NBC to air Primetime Special featuring Volodymyr Zelensky to raise funds for Ukraine
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): NBC has confirmed that it will air a primetime special 'Ukraine: Answering the Call' to raise funds and awareness for the war in Ukraine, featuring an address by president Volodymyr Zelensky on July 3 at 7 p.m. 'Ukrain...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:18:14 GMT
US to engage with partners to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): A US working group will engage with partners, including Ecuador, Panama, Senegal, Taiwan and Vietnam to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, curtail the global trade of IUU fish and fish products,...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:05:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 637 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 637 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 80 from Sunday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted, reported in 39 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:44:02 GMT
Dengue fever infections in Laos rise to 4,087
VIENTIANE, June 27 (Xinhua) -- An additional 161 dengue fever cases were reported across Laos in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the country to 4,087, according to the Lao Ministry of Health on Monday. The Lao capital Vientiane logged the hi...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:34:15 GMT
Vietnam jumps 39 notches in CEOWORLD quality of life rankings
HANOI, 27th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam jumped 39 steps to become the 62nd best country worldwide for quality of life in 2021, according to a...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:01:45 GMT
Asian country offers to ensure global food security
Vietnam is ready to boost rice exports should India impose a ban, Hanoi says Vietnam is prepared to increase rice exports if the world's largest exporter, India, imposes a...

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 11:44:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 557 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 557 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down 100 from Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 32 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi w...

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:36:46 GMT
US Farmers Welcome Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Polo, Illinois - Before the 2016 presidential election, Illinois farmer Brian Duncan looked to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement between the United States and Asian countries, to boost demand for his crops, and in particular, prices...

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 05:55:01 GMT
Cambodia destroys illicit drugs on anti-drug day
PHNOM PENH, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia burned more than 6 tons of illicit drugs and ingredients on Sunday to mark the International Day Against Drug, officials said. Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng set fire on the seized illic...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 18:14:03 GMT
US is now international outlier Biden
Abortion rights in the US are not quite as restricted as the president implied, howeverPresident Joe Biden claimed on Friday that a Supreme Court ruling restricting abortion access has made the US "an outlier among developed nations." However, while ...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:05:03 GMT
Vietnam's Da Nang city holds investment forum
HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The Da Nang Investment Forum 2022 was held Saturday in Vietnam's central city of Da Nang, in a bid to attract foreign investment. At the event, a series of adjustments to the overall plan for the development of Da Nang by 2...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:05:02 GMT
Cambodia, China's Jiangsu province launch "Silk Road E-commerce"
PHNOM PENH, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and east China's Jiangsu Province have launched the "Silk Road E-commerce", aiming to further boost bilateral trade and investment relations. In a congratulatory letter on the occasion of the "Silk Road E-comm...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 15:55:26 GMT
Truck transporting garment workers overturns in Cambodia, leaving 27 injured: police
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A truck transporting garment workers to their factory flipped onto its side in the southwestern Kampong Speu province on Saturday morning, leaving 27 people wounded, a senior police officer said. The accid...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 15:03:10 GMT
India's new Ambassador to Nepal arrives in Kathmandu
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 25 (ANI): The new ambassador of India to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday afternoon to take charge of his office. Upon arrival at the Kathmandu's Tribhuwan International Airport, Srivastava was receive...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:55:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 657 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 657 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, up by 4 from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 36 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi wa...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:30:02 GMT
15th "Chinese Bridge" language contest for secondary students held in Laos
VIENTIANE, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Laos held the final round of the 15th "Chinese Bridge" contest for non-Chinese secondary students in the capital Vientiane on Friday, and released the final result on Saturday. The annual Chinese proficiency competition...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:37:21 GMT
Vietnam may replace China as factory of the world in near future
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): Owing to greater opportunities with cheaper prices over land purchasing rights, labour wages, and operational expenses for factories and warehouses, Vietnam may replace China as the factory of the world in near future....

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 07:30:01 GMT
Guest Opinion: The IPEF -- all for one instead of one for all
by Yi Xin BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden formally announced the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) on May 23 in Tokyo during his first Asia tour, revealing what Washington enshrined as a key com...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:55:11 GMT
RCEP deepens China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation
© Provided by Xinhua NANNING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- On May 27, a cargo ship loaded with Malaysian manganese ore arrived at Beibu Gulf Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.The ore was sent to the smelting workshop of South Manganese G...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:55:02 GMT
Economic Watch: RCEP deepens China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation
NANNING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- On May 27, a cargo ship loaded with Malaysian manganese ore arrived at Beibu Gulf Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The ore was sent to the smelting workshop of South Manganese Group Ltd., which has ...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:44:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 653 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 653 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down by 87 from Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 38 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:18:02 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1100 GMT, June 24
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's inflation, as measured by consumer price index, increased 2.8 percent in May from a year ago due to higher food inflation, official data showed Friday. The increase surpassed the average inflation of 1.9 percent in Malaysia...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:55:01 GMT
China supports online learning in Laos
VIENTIANE, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Equipment provided by China to help Laos improve online learning under the China-aided online learning project has been handed over to the Lao side. At a ceremony held in the Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday, Zhao Weny...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:22:56 GMT
Vietnam to improve institutions to attract foreign investment
HANOI, 13th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam needs immediate solutions to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) and strengthen its sources, ...

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:20:53 GMT
Vietnam jumps nine places in Open Budget Survey 2021
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...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:01:45 GMT
Vietnam joins global action for blue ocean
HANOI, 8th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is joining international efforts to protect the blue ocean in response to World Ocean Day 2022, Vietnam...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:24:35 GMT
Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 to take place in December
HANOI, 7th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in December. According to Vietnam ...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:01:57 GMT
Vietnam, EU seeks stronger agricultural cooperation
BRUSSELS, 3rd June, 2022 (WAM) -- Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the EU, has met with EU Commissioner for ...

Thu, 26 May 2022 12:15:55 GMT
Vietnam Airlines Group to offer 7.1 million seats during summer
HANOI, 26th May, 2022 (WAM) -- All airline members of Vietnam Airlines Group, Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASO, will offer more tha...

Thu, 19 May 2022 16:23:42 GMT
Vietnam reports 1,716 new COVID-19 cases, one death
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 ...

Fri, 13 May 2022 10:05:10 GMT
Vietnam successfully maintains fiscal, external, financial stability: IMF
HANOI, 13th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has successfully maintained fiscal, external and financial stability, Resident Representative of the In...

Mon, 09 May 2022 10:32:36 GMT
Vietnam logs 2,269 new COVID-19 cases
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...



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