TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran's Hossein Tayebi won the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022 Top Scorer award on Saturday. - Sports news - The skipper displayed an amazing performance, scoring 10 goals in six matches as Iran finished runner-up to Japan after a...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran's Moslem Oladghobad was named the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022 Most Valuable Player on Saturday. - Sports news - Oladghobad put in a sparkling performance throughout the tournament and played a key role in Iran reaching t...

Beijing [China], October 9 (ANI): In the run-up to the 20th National Congress, scheduled for October 16-18, the Chinese authorities are making every effort to throttle the voice of critics of the government policies, a media report said. The posts of...

© Provided by Xinhua MACAO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) saw a recovery in the tourism market during the National Day holiday thanks to its sound epidemic-containment situation and promotional f

SINGAPORE, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Ministers and senior officials of members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have vowed to continue to explore new areas of cooperation in the digital and green economy a...

SEOUL -- The Defense Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday voiced grave concern over the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. As a new round of South ...

MACAO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) saw a recovery in the tourism market during the National Day holiday thanks to its sound epidemic-containment situation and promotional festive events. To attract mainland to...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Flash floods have been hitting parts of Cambodia, leaving at least four people dead, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Saturday. In a voice message released publicly, Hun Sen said rainwater flooding has also ...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday that his country ranked among the top 10 disaster vulnerable countries in the Global Climate Risk Index, witnessing multiple natural disasters over the years. Earthquakes, floods, ...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Saturday signed a royal decree to sack Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon from his post. In the royal decree, the king said, "Veng Sakhon is dismissed from the...

HANOI, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 682 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down by 20 from Friday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the total...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran confirmed its ticket to the AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023 Finals with a 4-0 win over the Kyrgyz Republic in Group I of the Qualifiers on Friday. - Sports news - Iran, who defeated Laos 3-0 in its opener, is assured of top place irr...

New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Around 50 people from Myanmar and 80 from Cambodia who were held captive in fake job rackets have been rescued, India said on Friday and added a word of caution asking citizens to remain extremely careful of dubiou...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran national futsal team's head coach Vahid Shamsaei said that they aim to book their place in the final match of the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. - Sports news - Team Melli is scheduled to play Japan in the final match of the 202...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia launched here on Friday a new five-year action plan (2022-2026) on early childhood care and development, aiming at ensuring that no child is left behind. Hosted by the National Committee for Early Childhood Car...

HANOI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 702 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down 428 from Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the total t...

Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): Apple is asking its suppliers to move the production of some AirPods and Beats headphones to India, which would give a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make-in-India' campaign. This is for the first time that...

HANOI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,130 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down by 65 from Wednesday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the ...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Lao kip fell in value by 37.4 percent against the U.S. dollar and 32.9 percent against the Thai baht in the official market from January to August 2022, according to an updated report from Asian Development Bank (ADB...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Health has set a target for more than 80 percent, ideally 100 percent, of children aged 6-11 to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2022. According to a report issued by the Center of Informa...

KABUL -- Four people were killed and 25 others wounded after a bomb explosion ripped through a mosque next to Afghanistan's Interior Ministry here on Wednesday. "A blast occurred at a mosque near the Ministry of Interior on Wednesday. Four worshipper...

HANOI, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,195 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up by 175 from Tuesday, according to its ministry of health. Among the new cases, one was imported and the rest were all locally transmitted, said the ministry. The new...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran defeated Laos 3-0 in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers on Wednesday. - Sports news - Kasra Taheri, Mohammad Askari and Reza Ghandipour scored for Hossein Abdi's team.Iran will meet Kyrgyzstan and Hong Kong on October 7 a...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Captain Hossein Tayebi credited outstanding teamwork for powering Iran into the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022 semifinals. - Sports news - Tayebi, who starred with his second hat-trick of the tournament, was among six Iranian pl...

New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): India on Wednesday said that it has rescued around 45 Indians trapped in fake job rackets in Myanmar. The information was shared by the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Arindam Bagchi who reiterate...

SYDNEY, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- China kicked off its qualifying campaign for the 2023 U-17 Asian Cup 2023 with a comfortable 9-0 win over Cambodia in Shepparton, Australia on Wednesday. In cold and rainy conditions, Zhang Junjie slotted home from inside t...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia collected 4.7 billion U.S. dollars from all sources of taxes in the first nine months of 2022, up 23 percent from 3.81 billion dollars in the same period last year, officials said on Wednesday. The Southeast As...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Cuba signed on Tuesday two more agreements on boosting bilateral cooperation in the areas of sports and culture, a Cambodian senior official said. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting...

SYDNEY -- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday announced a rate hike for the 6th consecutive month, lifting its cash rate target by 25 basis points to 2.6 percent. Regarding inflation in Australia as "too high", Governor Philip Lowe noted i...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Hangzhou 2022 organizers are ready to stage a "streamlined, safe and spectacular" event on the new dates of September 23 to October 8, 2023, said an Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)'s news release on Tuesday. Chen Weiqiang...

HANOI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,020 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up 224 from Monday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the total ta...

Singapore, October 4 (ANI): Amid growing territorial disputes between China and other littoral states in the South China Sea (SCS), Singapore called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to use diplomacy and dialogues to settle the di...

HANOI, 4th October, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam will invest in 10 energy technologies in the 2021-2030 period to ensure energy security for the count...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The 41st Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly was held here in Cambodia's capital, discussing plans and preparations for Asian Games events in coming years. Addressing the opening ceremony, Cambodian Prime Min...

HANOI, 30th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam estimates a trade surplus of US$6.52 billion in the first nine months of this year, Vietnam News ...

HANOI, 28th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Typhoon Noru made landfall in Vietnam early on Wednesday, causing damage to thousands of homes and widesp...

HANOI, 27th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Economists have forecast Vietnam's inflation will be kept at around 3.3-3.8% this year, similar to the Na...

HANOI, 23rd September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is ranked 63rd out of 113 global economies in a global ranking of digital environment and support...

HANOI, 21st September, 2022 (WAM) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has maintained its favourable economic outlook for Vietnam as it forecas...

HCM City, Vietnam, 9th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Thousands of stroke patients hospitalised in HCM City's People's Hospital 115, Vietnam, over t...

BRUSSELS, 8th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is among the 66 military medical delegations gathering in the Belgian capital city of Brussels ...

HANOI, 5th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam recorded 1,390 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the national caseload to 11,418,894, the Viet...

HANOI, 2nd September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has made significant efforts to implement the UNESCO Convention for the protection of the world cu...

ABU DHABI, 2nd September, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to Preside...

HANOI, 22nd August, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam recorded 1,561 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising the national caseload to 11,383,819, the Vietna...

HANOI, 20th August, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed a decision on the National Plan of Action on prevent...