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Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:30:01 GMT
Work begun to restore eastern entrance of Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's APSARA National Authority (ANA) has started the work to restore the eastern entrance of the famed Angkor Wat temple, said an ANA news release on Wednesday. The entrance was damaged by the impact from aging, ...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 02:18:16 GMT
Sri Lankan relics, Mahasangha depart on inaugural flight to Kushinagar
Colombo [Sri Lanka] October 20 (ANI): A Sri Lankan delegation including a Holy Relic entourage departed for the inaugural international flight to Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar from Colombo. The inauguration of the Kushinagar International Airport will b...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 01:18:12 GMT
PM Modi to attend Abhidhamma Day programme at UP's Kushinagar today
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at the Mahaparinirvana Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar on the auspicious occasion of Ashwin Poornima on Wednesday. Eminent monk...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:37:08 GMT
Laos: Villagers who lost lands to China's BRI project still await compensation
Vientiane [Laos] October 20 (ANI): Weeks before the opening of China's bullet train project in Laos, villagers who lost land to the project say they are still waiting for promised compensation. The project is part of Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:56:14 GMT
PM Modi to attend Abhidhamma Day programme at Kushinagar
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday and participate in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at Mahaparinirvana Temple. Eminent monks from Sri ...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:18:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 3,034 new COVID-19 cases, 870,255 in total
HANOI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,034 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 3,027 locally transmitted and seven imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, ...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 06:24:35 GMT
Suddenly we are in the middle of a global energy crisis
Photo: Pixabay/Free PhotosFar from emerging from the COVID shock awash with fuel, as might be expected after an economic slowdown, the world is entering a new energy crisis the like of which hasn?t been seen since the 1970s.European and Asian gas pri...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 06:18:01 GMT
Study pours cold water on lab-made coronavirus theory: Australian media
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...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:08:14 GMT
Colin Powell, America's first Black secretary of state, dies at 84
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...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:18:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 3,168 new COVID-19 cases, 867,221 in total
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...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:44:02 GMT
ADB approves 40 mln USD loan for Cambodia's financial sector development
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...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 02:18:12 GMT
Cambodia shortens quarantine time for fully vaccinated inbound travelers
© 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...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:30:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 3,193 new COVID-19 cases, 864,053 in total
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...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:44:01 GMT
Laos records trade surplus of 117 mln USD in September
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...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 08:18:38 GMT
At Glasgow climate summit spotlight on biggest emitter China
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...

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:19:36 GMT
China's Yunnan donates anti-pandemic supplies to Vietnam
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...

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:18:48 GMT
GLOBALink | Bullet train for China-Laos railway arrives in Vientiane
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...

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:18:40 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 16
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...

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:18:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 3,221 new COVID-19 cases, 860,860 in total
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...

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:30:01 GMT
Roundup: Bullet train for China-Laos railway arrives in Vientiane
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 ...

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:55:01 GMT
Cambodia marks World Food Day despite COVID-19 pandemic
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...

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 06:49:01 GMT
Bullet train for China-Laos railway arrives in Vientiane
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 ...

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:18:18 GMT
Asia Album: Unique scenery of Lao capital in cloudy autumn day
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Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:05:05 GMT
Laos to extend national lockdown due to COVID-19 concern
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...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:30:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 3,797 new COVID-19 cases, 857,639 in total
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...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:55:01 GMT
Cambodia collects 3.81 bln USD in taxes during 9 months
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...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:05:03 GMT
GLOBALink | More China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Cambodia
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...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 06:21:20 GMT
From the Field: Lao farmers serve up fish with rice
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...



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