SYDNEY, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A study found coronavirus discovered in bats in Laos extremely adept at infecting human cells, which pours cold water on the theory COVID-19 is so infectious it had to be created by humans in a lab. The study, featured las...

Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state who saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died Monday from complications from Covid-19.The 84-year-old retired four-star general was fully vaccinated...

HANOI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,168 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 3,159 locally transmitted and nine imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, in...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 40-million-U.S. dollars loan to support Cambodia's efforts to expand access to credit among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and implement reforms to bo...

© Provided by Xinhua Foreign investors, technical experts, diplomats, and cooperation project managers and coordinators, as well as Cambodian officials returning from overseas missions will be required to undergo a three-day quarantine only, while g...

HANOI, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,193 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 3,175 locally transmitted and 18 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, incl...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade surplus of about 117 million U.S. dollars in September, according to the latest information from the Lao Trade Portal website. The official data showed a total trade value of 777 million dollars co...

Tel Aviv [Israel], October 17 (ANI): At the upcoming Glasgow climate summit the spotlight will be on China, which is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gas. (GHG). The 13 day-long conference is scheduled to begin on October 31. Fabien Baussart...

KUNMING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday sent donations of COVID-19 medical supplies to several regions of Vietnam. A total of 200 oxygen machines and 44 ventilators departed Saturday from Yunnan's capital city of Ku...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The streamlined "China-standard" bullet train, or electric multiple unit (EMU) train, for the China-Laos railway arrived at the newly built China-Laos Railway Vientiane Station on Saturday.The EMU train was officially d...

HONG KONG -- Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said Saturday that she is upbeat about Hong Kong's future as a global center of innovation and technology (I&T), which will complement Hong Kong's posi...

HANOI, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,221 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 3,211 locally transmitted and 10 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, in...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The streamlined "China-standard" bullet train, or electric multiple unit (EMU) train, for the China-Laos railway arrived at the newly built China-Laos Railway Vientiane Station on Saturday. The EMU train was officially ...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Saturday celebrated the World Food Day under the theme "Our actions are our future. Better production, better nutrition, a better environment a...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The streamlined "China-standard" bullet train, or electric multiple unit (EMU) train, for the China-Laos railway arrived at the newly built China-Laos Railway Vientiane Station on Saturday. The EMU train was officially ...

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VIENTIANE, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- As the number of the COVID-19 case keeps rising in Laos, the government on Friday decided to extend the ongoing lockdown by 15 days. Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Office Thipphakone Chanthavongsa told a press conf...

HANOI, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,797 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 3,789 locally transmitted and eight imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, i...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia collected 3.81 billion U.S. dollars from all sources of taxes in the first nine months of 2021, down 6.38 percent from 4.07 billion dollars over the same period last year, according to official statements on F...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) --A new batch of 2 million doses of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Cambodia on Thursday as the Southeast Asian nation has planned to reopen its socio-economic activities in all areas by the end of the y...

Farmers in Laos are rediscovering ancient practices by cultivating rice and fish in the same field after more modern farming methods are failing to provide them with a liveable income.A farmer in Lao holds up a bag of fresh fish that he has cultivate...

HANOI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,092 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 3,088 locally transmitted and four imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, ...

HANOI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health has approved the vaccination against COVID-19 for children between 12 and 17 years old in the country. According to a circular released by the ministry Thursday, based on the local vaccine suppl...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- A new batch of 2 million doses of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Thursday, a senior health official said. A plane carrying the jab landed at the capital's airport ...

TOKYO -- Japan's House of Representatives was dissolved after the reading out the rescript of dissolution at the plenary meeting on Thursday for a general election. The general election will be held on Oct. 31 after the four-year term of lower house ...