HANOI, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported another record high of 14,922 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, surpassing the previous record of 14,224 cases on Monday, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections, including 14,894 loca...

Bangkok [Thailand], September 3 (ANI): As part of the ongoing Mission SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region), INS Airavat arrived at Sattahip, Thailand with COVID relief material on Friday. The ship is delivering 300 oxygen concentrators b...

YINCHUAN, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region saw its foreign trade surge 30.5 percent year on year to reach 8.74 billion yuan (about 1.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months of 2021, local customs authoriti...

DOHA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Australia beat China 3-0 here on Thursday in their opener of the final round of the FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifying tournament. Awer Mabil opened the scoring with a right-footed shot from very close range in the 24th mi...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia has raised the COVID-19 vaccination target to 2.3 million vaccine shots per day this September from 2 million shots in August, to speed up the achievement of herd immunity and end the pandemic, an official said on Thursday. "We a...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) from Sept. 6 to 8 to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation, the foreign ministry said...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has inched closer toward a country-set goal of vaccinating 12 million, or 75 percent of its 16-million population, against the COVID-19 by yearend, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on Thurs...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - In a congratulatory message on the occasion of Vietnam's National Day, Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber hoped for the development of economic and trade ties between Tehran and Hanoi. - Politics news - In his Thursday ...

HANOI, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 13,197 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 13,186 locally transmitted and 11 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 486,727, w...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- More than 4 million people have now had either one or two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, taking Laos a step closer to meeting the target to vaccinate 50 percent of the adult population by the end of 2021. As of Tuesday, n...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The outbreak of lumpy skin disease in animals is continuing in Laos, with the southern Attapeu province recently detecting the viral infection in some 4,300 cattle, a local official said Thursday. Local daily Vientiane ...

Hanoi has proposed the establishment of a free-trade zone between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Eurasian Economic Union to boost regional cooperation, Russia's Eastern Economic Forum has heard."I offer a number of steps that will...

SYDNEY - Australia and the United States have commemorated the 70th anniversary of the ANZUS defense accord. Analysts have said while the Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty has offered some benefits, it has also drawn Australia ...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 2 (ANI): India has gifted two mobile medical oxygen plants to Bangladesh to support the country's fight against COVID-19. The Indian Navy Ship Savitri carrying two plants arrived at Chattogram harbour in Bangladesh on Th...

New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday spoke with Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son and congratulated him on the country's 76th Anniversary of their National Day. Taking to Twitter, Jaishanka...

© Provided by Xinhua Despite the pandemic, construction of mega projects like the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway and the 700-megawatt power plant in Sihanoukville has made headway steadily. When completed, these projects will play a very import...