VIENTIANE, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government and shareholders in Nam Theun 2 hydropower plant have agreed to develop Nam Theun 2-Solar, which is claimed to be the world's largest hybrid floati

VIENTIANE, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) has cleared unexploded ordnance from more than 1,000 hectares of land in the past six months, with 22,250 items

SEOUL, July 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products kept rising for 13 straight months in June due to the global demand recovery from the COV

Beijing [China], July 14 (ANI): China's construction of large hydropower dams along the River Mekong is causing problems downriver, leaving the region dry having devastating impacts on water availabil

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Vientiane [Laos] July 13 (ANI): With investments by China in infrastructure projects in Laos increasing, there is growing concern in the Southeast Asian country about falling into a 'debt trap'. A num

HANOI, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 2,301 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, including 2,296 locally transmitted and five imported, bringing the total tally to 34,500, according to the cou

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said Tuesday that 5 million people in the Southeast Asian nation have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far. Nop

TOKYO - Japan will make additional donations of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan and other Asian neighbors this week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.Japan will sh

PHNOM PENH, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Critically endangered vultures in Cambodia remained on the edge of extinction as the population of the species continued to decline, a conservationist said on Tuesda

TIANJIN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Mahmoud Alsalehi sanitized his hands before walking toward the sickbed of a young patient, gently shaking a toy to delight the 1-year-old who just had surgery for conge

By Maitreya BhakalMore recently, few acts of Western barbarism meet the case better than the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. Although not in the same league as its invasion of mainland Southea

VIENTIANE, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Border patrols in Laos on the Mekong River are being stepped up in Champasak and Savannakhet provinces to prevent people entering Laos from Thailand illegally.

VIENTIANE, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has extended the ban on the import of cattle and other beef products due to an outbreak of lumpy skin disease, which is continuing to spread in var

HANOI, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported a new record high of daily new COVID-19 infections for the fifth consecutive day with 2,383 on Monday, surpassing the previous record of 1,953 cases regi

Beijing [China], July 12 (ANI): China on Monday protested the remarks made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, reaffirming that Washington views Beijing's South China Sea (SCS) maritime claims as

Hong Kong, July 12 (ANI): The arrival of COVID-19 early last year - manifesting itself first in Wuhan, China - has stunned the world, but the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China was quick to rebou

Washington DC [US], July 12 (ANI): The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to defend the Philippines against a Chinese attack in the South China Sea (SCS), under their Mutual Defense Treaty. O

SEOUL, July 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export logged a double-digit growth in the first 10 days of this month on the back of global demand recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic shock, customs offic

The Turkish powership conglomerate makes an astonishing amount of money from its specialist offering to frail and broken states.But many of its deals around th

Just five Asian countries are now producing the vast majority of the region's coal, with little intention of reining in production as several companies invest in new coal plants.