QUEZON CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- The Philippines ranked number 1 in Asia as the Most Gender Equal Nation and number 16 in the world in closing the gender gap at work based on the World Economic Forum G

HANOI, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam posted a budget collection of 286.7 trillion Vietnamese dong (12.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of this year, up 0.6 percent year on year, the co

Italy's death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 100,000 on Monday, a year after it became the first country in Europe to go into lockdown to try to stop the spread of the virus.Italy's Hea

HANOI, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19 infection on Monday, including 11 imported and one locally transmitted, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infe

PHNOM PENH, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Monday ordered a temporary ban on all sports activities, as the kingdom has been enduring the third community COVID-19 outbreak since late last month.

Britain opened all its schools Monday. The openings come as the country has experienced some of its lowest coronavirus death tolls since October.Vietnam began its COVID-19 vaccination progra

BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 11,229,398 on Monday

HANOI, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Monday started a COVID-19 vaccine inoculation campaign, the country's largest vaccination campaign in history, with over 100 million injec

PHNOM PENH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Sunday recorded 34 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing its total tally to 987, said the Ministry of Health (MoH). The new infections include

HANOI, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including four imported and one locally transmitted cases, according to its Ministry of Health. Th

Tokyo [Japan], March 7 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions in the disputed East China Sea, Japan is mulling to send its armed forces to deal with the surge in Chinese activity in the Japanese-controlled D

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - The National Bank of Cambodia, the country's central bank, is aiming to reduce the country's dependence on the U.S. dollar with the introduction of digital currencies and the