By Lee Kah WhyeSingapore, September 27 (ANI): Consumer use of digital banking has risen sharply recently and the driving force behind this is the soaring adoption rate in emerging markets, including India, due to product and service innovations. A Mc...

© Provided by Xinhua "Only coordinated international action can lead us to a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient recovery. This is why the role of the United Nations is so crucial, especially for small and developing countries," he said.Balakrishn...

HANOI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 10,011 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, which are all locally transmitted, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 756,689, with 18,584 deaths, t...

Pyongyang [North Korea], September 26 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong has issued a statement through the state-run Korean Central News Agency that an inter-Korean summit could be discussed if mutual respect is assured. In...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- World leaders on Saturday in their deliberations at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly, called for efforts to uphold multilateralism to tackle global challenges. In a pre-recorded speech, Malaysian Prim...

Morrison's tanking of the Australian-French submarine deal in favour of the AUKUS pact signals to the world that Australia is not interested in being a real sovereign nation, writes Peter Henning.AUSTRALIA AS a prospective "

HANOI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 9,706 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 9,682 locally transmitted and 24 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 746,678, wi...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Saturday that the COVID-19 has hit almost half of the Buddhist pagodas here in the capital city. "Yesterday, medical teams took samples from Buddhist monks and la...

New York [United States], September 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): The 2021 C3 US-Arab Healthcare and Business Summit kicked off with the address by Ambassador, Dr Deborah L Birx, White House Coronavirus Task Force (retired) and 2021 "C3 Humanitarian Award" Reci...

© Provided by Xinhua Cambodia and Bangladesh both received more COVID-19 vaccines from China on Friday.PHNOM PENH, DHAKA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Friday received a new batch of 3 million doses of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, as Bangla...

KUNMING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The southwestern Chinese city of Kunming and northern Laos's city of Luang Prabang Friday signed a letter of intent to forge sisterhood ties at a video signing ceremony. The two sides agreed to continue strengthening fri...

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong ranked third globally in the lates Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI) published by the British think tank Z/Yen Group and China Development Institute in Shenzhen Friday, rising by one place from the March issue of the index ...

HANOI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 8,537 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the lowest daily number since Aug. 11, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections included 8,530 locally transmitted and seven imported, taking th...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Laos has authorized the use of rapid COVID-19 tests which were previously prohibited. Director General of the National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology under the Lao Ministry of Health, Phonepadith Xangsayarath, ...

Manila [The Philippines], September 24 (ANI): The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic's resurgence in recent months has dampened investor sentiment in emerging East Asia even as accommodative policy stances have kept financial conditions stable, ...

BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - ANKARA -- Turkey on Thursday confirmed 27,844 new COVID-19 cases, raising the tally of infections in the country to 6,960,297. The ...

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): Arctic World Archive, a repository of the most significant works by humankind, has initiated preservation of restored artworks of Indian culture for eternity. Sapio Analytics, a government advisory firm...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Thursday confirmed a daily record of 638 new COVID-19 cases, of which 113 were imported, raising the national total caseload to 106,619, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. Twenty-two more fa...

HANOI, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 9,472 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 9,465 locally transmitted and seven imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 728,435,...

CHONGQING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- A cargo train departing from the Vietnamese capital Hanoi arrived in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Thursday. It marks the launch of a new cross-border railway service between China and Vietnam. The train,...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has called on all countries to work together and unite in solidarity to fight COVID-19 without any hidden political agenda. In his written address sent to the U.S.-hosted virtual Global COV...

PHNOM PENH -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday lowered Cambodia's economic growth forecast to 1.9 percent in 2021, down from its April projection of 4 percent, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. But the growth is expected to rebound...

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - ULAN BATOR -- Mongolia reported 3,361 more COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total caseload to 28...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Lao Ministry of Health on Thursday recorded 666 local COVID-19 transmissions, the highest daily infection ever reported in the country. Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao M...

© Provided by Xinhua With the COVID-19 lingering around, Lao people are proactively following the government's order in tightening COVID-19 restrictions in Lao capital Vientiane.by Chanthaphaphone Mixayboua, Zhang JianhuaVIENTI

New York [US], September 23 (ANI): As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten lives and livelihoods globally, Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that his nation is "vigorously" combating the virus, protec...

KATHMANDU -- Narayan Khadka, a member of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee, was appointed the minister for foreign affairs of Nepal on Wednesday. Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on the recommendation of the five-party government hea...

HANOI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 11,527 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 11,525 locally transmitted and two imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 718,963...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- State-owned Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC) on Wednesday launched a 50-million-U.S. dollar Co-Financing Guarantee Scheme (CFGS), aiming at supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The CFGS is a ...

by Chanthaphaphone Mixayboua, Zhang Jianhua VIENTIANE, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Lao people are proactively following the government's order in tightening COVID-19 restrictions in Lao capital Vientiane. Vientiane's administration has imposed ban on all tr...

SHARJAH, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese men's football team has been hit by a spate of injuries as they are training hard to prepare for their next FIFA World Cup qualifier against Vietnam. Defender Wang Gang was the latest addition to the Chinese team...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The foreign ministers of Iran and Vietnam weighed plans for the promotion of relations between the two Asian countries in various fields. - Politics news - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Vietnamese counte...