PHNOM PENH, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen met in Phnom Penh on Monday with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi on regional issues, a senior official said.The discussions i...

by Xinhua writer Ma Qian BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- With trains rumbling down new tracks, the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia has just been unlocked, poised to transform itself into a hub connecting the fast-growing region to markets as f...

HANOI, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,378 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 16,325 locally transmitted and 53 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said he was committed to tackling the COVID-19 virus in Japan amid the rampant spread of the Omicron variant of the virus. In his first policy speech at the start of a 150-day regular Diet sess...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen met here on Monday with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi on regional issues, a senior official said. The discussions included ...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Lao health authorities have called on the public not to stigmatize people who have contracted COVID-19, but to rally round in a show of support and unity. Sympathy and understanding is necessary on the part of everyone ...

Retired Brigadier General Charles McGee, part of the pioneering all-Black Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and one of its most decorated pilots, died on Sunday at the age of 102, his family said in a statement.McGee, who flew 409 combat missions s...

HANOI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 15,684 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 15,643 locally transmitted and 41 imported, according to its health ministry. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of inf...

Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Stable ColorOS 12 updates based on Android 12 are now officially available for Oppo's F19 Pro 5G, Reno6 Z 5G, and A73 5G. As per GSM Arena, stable ColorOS 12 updates based on Android 12 are now seeding for OPPO F19 ...

Too many men in Cambodia feel entitled to shame, reject, harass and even rape women, writes Johanna Higgs.*CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rapeI AM SITTING on the balcony of a two-storey wooden house in Siem

TOKYO -- Japan reported 25,742 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, surpassing the 25,000-mark for the first time since Aug. 26, 2021, according to a tally based on data from local governments across the country. In the last two weeks, the daily count has...

HANOI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam surpassed the 2-million mark on Saturday, reaching 2,007,862, with 35,480 deaths, according to its Ministry of Health. The Southeast Asian country reported 16,378 new COVID-19 cases i...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's banking industry had seen robust growth in loans and deposits in 2021 despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Saturday. Outstanding loans ...

The trial on treason charges of Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha will go ahead as scheduled on Jan. 19, with the government refusing to interfere, a government spokesperson said Friday.Options for Kem Sokha's release can be considered once the t...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed Omicron cases of the COVID-19 variant in Cambodia has increased to 332 after 45 new cases were reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. It said 29 of the new infections we...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed Omicron cases of the COVID-19 variant in Cambodia has increased to 332 after 45 new cases were reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. It said 29 of the new infections were imported and ...

© Provided by Xinhua HANOI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese authorities and the Chinese embassy in Vietnam on Thursday held a ceremony to officially inaugurate the China-constructed Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project, the first one of the type compl...

HANOI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,040 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 16,026 locally transmitted and 14 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the most affected region with the highes...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports announced on Friday that 72,016, or 65.65 percent, of the total 109,695 candidates passed their annual high school graduation exam. A ministry's press statement said t...

SAN FRANCISCO - The world's largest free trade pact, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), could help export-reliant Asian companies and may be good diplomacy, experts say.The trade agreement went into effect Jan. 1.In Thailand, Pra...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Friday began providing the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines to priority groups in capital Phnom Penh as the Omicron variant has spread into the community. The priority groups include leaders of the governme...

Photo: Pixabay/QuangprahaThe Mekong Delta in Vietnam is a scenic region home to about 17 million people, but this economically vital area of the Southeast Asian nation is sinking fast. A primary reason: large swathes of land there have been poldered ...

Beijing [China], January 14 (ANI): Chinese soldiers threw stones at Vietnamese forces just as they did in the Galwan Valley clash in 2020 with the Indian side. In 2020, Chinese soldiers attacked the Indian side with stones, sticks with spikes and oth...

Cambodia on Wednesday postponed the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting under its 2022 chairmanship, the government said, amid reports of differences among the bloc's members over Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to Myanmar last week, ...

In an attempt to attract more foreign students, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire says it will admit international students regardless of their ability to pay tuition.International students will be admitted through a "need blind" process used for U....

Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): Realme, one of the fastest-growing smartphone brands, will launch a new flagship smartphone from Realme 9i in India on January 18. The Snapdragon 680-powered phone-- Realme 9i debuted in Vietnam earlier this week. A...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade deficit of 80 million U.S. dollars in December, according to the latest information from the Lao Trade Portal website. Laos' exports in December totaled 552 million U.S. dollars and imports totaled...

HANOI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,725 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 16,700 locally transmitted and 25 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. In the Southeast Asian country, the capital Hanoi continued to ...

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday held a phone conversation with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on bilateral ties and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). In the phone call, in which the...

The rodent's bravery allowed it to detect more than a hundred explosives and clear 225,000 square meters of land in CambodiaAn African giant pouched rat, named Magawa, who found 78 landmines and 38 unexploded ordinances in Cambodia and was awarded a ...