New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday participated in the 16th East Asia Summit via videoconference and emphasised the importance of resilient global value chain and establishing a better balance between econo...

Beijing [China], October 27 (ANI): The South China Sea plays a prominent role in the relationship between Vietnam and the United States, and bullying by China of its neighbour helped deepen relations, said the former US ambassador to Hanoi. Speaking ...

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China and Laos on Wednesday expressed their willingness to deepen exchanges and cooperation in discipline inspection and supervision. Yang Xiaodu, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Cen...

HANOI, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 4,411 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 4,404 locally transmitted and seven imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on Wednesday started vaccinating children against COVID-19, becoming the first locality in the country to do so, local media outlet VnExpress reported. The inoculation c...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in several provinces of Laos have ordered the continuation of lockdowns and travel bans in a strengthened attempt to slow the rising tide of infections. In central Laos' Khammuan province, a lockdown is in p...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Laos has yet to set a date to welcome the return of vaccinated foreign tourists, local media reported. The priority at present is to vaccinate at least 50 percent of the population against COVID-19 by the end of 2021, l...

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BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China would deepen friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Tuesday. Li made the remarks at the 24th China-ASEAN leaders' m...

HANOI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,595 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 3,592 locally transmitted and three imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, ...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 26 (ANI): The draw ceremony for Asian Football Confederation Women's Asian Cup, which is set to be hosted by India in 2022, will be held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. There is excitement around Asia's marquee women's n...

NEW DELHI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A report released by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Tuesday said India lost 87 billion U.S. dollars last year due to natural disasters such as tropical cyclones, floods and droughts. The WMO quoted the estimate...

BANGKOK - Thailand is moving forward on a controversial and long-pondered water diversion project after the plan drew interest from a major Chinese firm, a move that could give Beijing a new outpost for its sweeping Belt and Road Initiative.Under the...

Children as young as 3 will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines in China, where 76% of the population has been fully vaccinated and authorities are maintaining a zero-tolerance policy toward outbreaks.Local city and provincial level governments in at l...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Laos reported 770 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths over the last 24 hours, bringing the national total to 37,081 cases and 56 deaths. Four of the new cases were imported and 766 were local transmissions, Deputy D...

ABUJA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday launched the eNaira, the country's central bank digital currency (CBDC), becoming the first African nation to introduce an official digital currency. With the launch of the eNai...

HANOI, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,639 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 3,620 locally transmitted and 19 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, incl...

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea will donate COVID-19 vaccines to Iran in a humanitarian effort to help the Middle East country tackle its vaccine shortage, the South Korean foreign ministry said Monday. One million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine...

TOKYO -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost in one of two by-elections held ahead of the general election this weekend but won the other. As two LDP lawmakers resigned, the by-elections for vacant seats in the upper chamber of parliam...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee has resolved to systematically address issues concerning the inflation rate and debt, while creating more jobs. The party's 11th tenure central committee ado...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism has launched the Lao Tourism Recovery Roadmap for 2021-2025, aiming to support the recovery of the tourism sector in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak by promoting do...

HANOI, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 4,045 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 4,028 locally transmitted and 17 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, incl...

Manila [Philippines], October 24 (ANI): Scaling up its number of protests against Beijing's actions in the South China Sea (SCS), the Philippines this year have made the highest number of diplomatic protests to the communist regime in comparison to l...

YANGON -- Myanmar's Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for COVID-19 on Saturday announced further extension of the closure of schools nationwide until the end of October. The move was made in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 a...

Beijing [China], October 23 (ANI): There have been numerous changes in the Western Theatre Command (WTC) lately by Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to a news piece published in The Hong Kong Post, five new appointments were made in the PLA inc...

HANOI, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 3,373 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 3,361 locally transmitted and 12 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, in...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian police have arrested six men for allegedly trafficking and possessing over 200 kg of illicit drug, the National Police reported on Saturday. The suspects were caught on Friday during a raid at a house in Sre ...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Saturday lifted a ban on all flights from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines after most of the kingdom's population have been vaccinated against the COVID-19, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said in a pres...

Kuala Lumpur( Malaysia), October 23,(ANI/Newsvoir): The COVID -19 has reduced its intensity with the onset of the vaccines and stringent lockdown rules imposed by the countries and governments across the globe, but in no way it has stopped completely...