VIENTIANE, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported one new COVID-19 death in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 17. Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the ...

The Chinese Government is making progress in achieving a reduction in carbon emissions through its technology and energy sectors, writes Professor John Quiggin.OVER THE PAST WEEK, we've heard a lot about the need to counter the aggressive policies be...

HANOI, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded a year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) decline of 6.17 percent in the third quarter of 2021, the sharpest ever contraction in the quarter for the country, due to severe impacts of COVID-19, the countr...

HANOI, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam attracted an estimated foreign investment of 22.15 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this year, up 4.4 percent year on year despite the impacts of COVID-19, according to the country's General Statist...

HANOI, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam posted an estimated foreign trade value of 483.17 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this year, up 24.4 percent year on year, with a trade deficit of 2.13 billion U.S. dollars, the country's General S...

HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam has announced that it will ease its COVID-19 restrictions and allow businesses to reopen as soon as next week, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.Until April 2021, Vietnam had been among the countries leading the worl...

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chen Xi, head of the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Tuesday said China is willing to deepen the exchange and mutual learning of experience in governing the party and the country wit...

HANOI, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 4,589 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the first time the number was below 5,000 since July 20, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections included 4,583 locally transmitted and six im...

SHARJAH, UAE, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese forward A Lan said his fitness has improved thanks to the intense training program that the Chinese team is undergoing ahead of their FIFA World Cup qualifier against Vietnam. "The intensity of our daily tra...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Health on Tuesday called for continued vigilance as local cases of COVID-19 continued to increase and spread across multiple provinces in Laos. Deputy Director General of the Department of Communica...

Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI/PRNewswire):Called Vymo LeadEx, the solution will be used by over 10,000 frontline agents and managers across India to improve customer onboarding speed and experience. LeadEx eliminates the need for u...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The power supply project for the China-Laos Railway was put into operation as the electricity was transmitted from the Khoksaad substation on the outskirts of Lao capital Vientiane to the Vientiane South Traction Subst...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 13.12 million people, or 82 percent of its 16-million population, health ministry's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said on Monday. Of ...

New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): A virtual ceremony to handover the final phase of the Project for "Supply and installation of 1500 hand pumps for augmentation of Rural Water Supply in Cambodia" was held today. The ceremony was presided over by...

HANOI, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 9,362 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 9,342 locally transmitted and 20 imported, as the capital city Hanoi is to further lift restrictions. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 7...

BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Football Association (CFA) will set up a special transfer window for clubs playing in this season's CFA Cup. According to a document issued by the CFA, clubs that have players called up by the Chinese nationa...

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, ...