phnom penh, cambodia - A highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping is set for Monday in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of a G-20 summit of the world's major economies.The pair will discuss efforts...

By Sushil BatraNew Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): The Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar with a delegation on Friday emplaned for Cambodia to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 17th East Asia Summit to be held in Phnom Penh...

By Annie SamsonSingapore, November 11 (ANI): India and Singapore have completed technical preparations to link their fast payment systems UPI and PayNow to enable fund transfers between the two countries instantaneously and at low cost, a move which ...

© Provided by Xinhua As RCEP took effect early this year, agricultural businesses in ASEAN countries have benefited from lower import costs and more export opportunities due to lower tariffs. Under the agreement, more than 90 percent of trade in goo...

New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Ahead of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar's official visit to Cambodia, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday extended its support to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN's) five-point consensus...

phnom penh, cambodia - A highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping is set for Monday in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of a G-20 summit of the world's major economies.The pair will discuss efforts...

SEOUL, South Korea - Journalist organizations say South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attacked press freedoms when his office banned a TV broadcaster's crew from the media pool on his presidential plane this week for alleged bias in reporting.Yoon e...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Thursday decided on a policy to allow each prefectural government to declare stepped-up coronavirus measures, amid growing concerns about the possible arrival of the eighth infection wave. Japan's health ministry a...

PHNOM PENH - Indonesia, host of the G-20 summit has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the gathering of the world's twenty largest economies in person, which starts on November 15 in Bali.Moscow will be represented ...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday vowed to further promote bilateral ties and cooperation for mutual benefits, the Cambodian foreign ministry said in a press statement. The commitment was made during a meeting between ...

HANOI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 416 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down by 52 from Wednesday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the t...

HANOI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's gold demand was estimated to reach 12 tons of jewelry, bars and coins in the third quarter of this year, surging 264 percent year-on-year, local media reported on Thursday. The demand was buoyed by continued recov...

HANOI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The 15th National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam, the country's top legislature, approved the resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2023 on Thursday, prioritizing macroeconomic stability, inflation control and gro...

GENEVA, 10th November, 2022 (WAM) -- The Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and oth...

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he wants to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of one of the summits being held this month in Southeast Asia if arrangements can be made. Albanese leaves Friday for an East Asi...

HANOI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Animal diseases have been rising in Vietnam with over 93,000 poultry and 53,000 pigs being culled so far this year due to avian influenza and African swine fever respectively, local media reported on Thursday. A total of 40...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- From Cambodian rice, Thai fragrant coconut to Vietnamese passion fruit and durian, a growing number of agricultural products from the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) now have easier acce...

© Provided by Xinhua VIENTIANE, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three-day celebrations culminated in a glamorous display of fireworks on the night of Oct. 8 were held during the That Luang Festival in Laos. One of the most important religious festivals in Laos,...

© Provided by Xinhua "China-Cambodia friendship has stood the test of international vicissitudes and turbulence, and remained as rock solid and unbreakable as ever," Cambodian scholar Kin Phea says.PHNOM PENH, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Mutu

If former President Donald Trump had his way, the nation would have celebrated the centennial of the World War I armistice with a massive military parade in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 11, 2018.But that never happened. When Pentagon officials announced...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway has received approval from Lao people including Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh for its quality service during the That Luang Festival. The That Luang Festival, running from Nov. 6 to 8 this year...

HANOI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's capital Hanoi is on alert as it has seen the biggest increase in dengue fever cases in the country, local media reported on Wednesday. The weekly number of infections in the city has risen from 500 to 700 per week ...

HANOI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 468 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up by 26 from Tuesday, according to its ministry of health. The newly reported infections brought the total tally to 11,507,124. The Southeast Asian country reported no n...

ABU DHABI, 9th November, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to King ...

New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on Wednesday discussed the strengthening of India's relationship with the US and Israel in a meeting with the delegation of the American Jewish Committee and the Indian dias...

Canberra, Australia - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping would be a 'positive thing' if one can be arranged on the sidelines of one of the leaders' summits to be held in Sou...

CAIRO, 9th November, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam reiterates its strong commitment to climate change response at the 27th United Nations Climate Chang...

Bangkok - Southeast Asian leaders convene in the Cambodian capital Thursday, faced with the challenge of trying to curtail escalating violence in Myanmar while the country's military-led government shows no signs of complying with the group'

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Wednesday celebrated the 69th anniversary of its independence from France in an hour-long ceremony held at the Independence Monument here in the capital. King Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by Prime Minister ...

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with the leaders of Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia during a wide-ranging trip that includes an international climate summit and meetings of ASEAN and the Group of 20 industrialized nations, senior administration offi...

The whistleblower shared an old clip of former CIA officer Frank Snepp detailing how the agency planted stories in the mediaUS National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden says a 1983 interview with former CIA officer Frank Snepp, deta...

HANOI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The 2022 Hanoi International Film Festival kicked off here on Tuesday evening. The five-day event will feature 123 films from 56 countries and regions including China, France, India, the United States. They include motion pi...

The whistleblower shared an old clip of former CIA officer Frank Snepp detailing how the agency planted stories in the mediaUS National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden says a 1983 interview with former CIA officer Frank Snepp, deta...

HANOI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 442 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up by 77 from Monday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the total ta...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- A total of 30,029 cases of dengue fever have been recorded in Laos since January 2022, according to the Lao Ministry of Health. A report issued by the Center of Information and Education for Health under the Lao Ministry...

HANOI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The overall air quality in Vietnam's capital Hanoi reached unhealthy levels on Tuesday, thus putting the general public at risk of adverse respiratory effects. Air monitoring stations in Hanoi reported the Air Quality Index ...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Vietnam on Tuesday signed 11 documents aiming at further promoting their bilateral ties and cooperation, a senior Cambodian official said. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting Vietnam...

HANOI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Passenger number through Vietnamese airports reached more than 81 million in the first 10 months of this year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam. The number is forecast to increase to 100 million by the en...

HANOI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam spent over 4.5 billion U.S. dollars importing animal feeds and materials for animal feed production in the first 10 months of this year, up 9.2 percent against the same period last year, according to the country's Ge...

New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will be visiting Cambodia from November 11-13 to participate in the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 17th East Asia Summit. He will attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summ...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The construction of new dwellings for families who lost their homes during the catastrophic flood that hit southern Laos' Attapeu province in July 2018 is now almost complete, a Lao official said. Some 688 of 700 planned...

state department - Ukraine is boosting its ties with Southeast Asian nations, signing a key foreign relations pact with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) later this week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs D...

HANOI, 7th November, 2022 (WAM) -- Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, received Obaid Saeed Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambas...

Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions could soon be a thing of the past. At least that's the impression many observers got after listening to oral arguments about the practice bef

New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): Accompanied by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar will embark on an official visit to Cambodia from November 11-13 to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 17th Ea...

HANOI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 365 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 124 from Sunday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the total ta...

HANOI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 581 people in Vietnam suffered from food poisoning in the first 10 months of 2022, of whom 11 died, according to the country's Preventive Health Department on Monday. In the same period last year, as many as 1,519...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 70-million-U.S. dollar loan to Cambodia to support government efforts to deepen reforms in upper secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded the highest year-on-year inflation rate at 36.75 percent in October, up from 34 percent in September, according to the latest report from the Lao Statistics Bureau. These figures represent a significant inc...

HANOI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam exported nearly 13.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of wood and wood products in the first 10 months of this year, up 11.4 percent year on year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Monday. In October ...

Beijing's flurry of diplomatic activity shows a desire to strengthen regional ties and prevent US-imposed isolationSince the conclusion of the 20th Party Congress, China has been on a diplomatic roll. In the past week alone, it has hosted the prime m...

HANOI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 241 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down by 118 from Saturday, according to its ministry of health. This is the lowest daily COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks, said the ministry, adding that all the new cas...

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Shortly after the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), leaders of four countries visited Beijing within a week. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committe...

Dubai, 4th November, 2022 (WAM) -- A high-level delegation from the Consulate of Vietnam in Dubai has visited the Dubai Foundation for Women an...

SINGAPORE, 21st October, 2022 (WAM) -- Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, General To Lam attended the Singapore International Cyber Week (...

HANOI, 10th October, 2022 (WAM) - The 28th Vietnam Medi-pharm Expo will take place from 1st-3rd December in Hanoi, giving a chance for business...

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

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...