SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- South Korea has decided to donate an additional 290,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. South Korea provided 1.1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines for Vietnam an...

BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement will take effect on Jan. 1, 2022, according to the Ministry of Commerce. As of Nov. 2, the ASEAN Secretariat has received instruments of ratification/accepta...

Vientiane [Laos], November 3 (ANI): A Gold mine run by Chinese owners has polluted the river water badly in Sekong province of Laos, killing fish and fouling water used by villagers for drinking. "China's Lao Kaleum Gold Mining Project began operatio...

Glasgow [Scotland]/ New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today published detailed guidance to help the world's cities address warming, which is occurring at twice the global average rate in urban areas. ...

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 3 (ANI): Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau and Kenya Ambassador Willy Bett on Wednesday performed 'Rajtilak' of artists playing characters of Ramayana in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. The Ambassador of Trinidad...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Asia is finally starting to open up after many nations in the region imposed strict measures to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic.From Thailand to South Korea to Cambodia, Asian governments are relaxing social distancing rule...

HANOI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 6,192 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 6,175 locally transmitted and 17 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, in...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian police have arrested two men for allegedly trafficking and possessing over 54 kilograms of illicit drugs, the National Police reported on Wednesday. The suspects, a 26-year-old Vietnamese and a 25-year-old Cam...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): All seven people in a car were killed after the tire blowout sent their car off the road where it plunged into a canal in Southwestern Cambodia, the National Police reported on Wednesday. The accident h...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Lao central bank, the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL), is taking stronger action to control rising exchange rates after several key foreign currencies gained in value, and the prices of commodities surged. Addressing the ongoi...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Laos reported a new high of 1,062 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the highest ever daily tally since the outbreak began in March 2020. Deputy Director General of the National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology ...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- All seven people in a car were killed after the tire blowout sent their car off the road where it plunged into a canal in Southwestern Cambodia, the National Police reported on Wednesday. The accident happened just befo...

Glasgow [Scotland], November 3 (ANI): Japenese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and US President Joe Biden on Tuesday agreed to enhance the bilateral alliance and closely cooperate towards a free and open Indo-Pacific amid increasing Chinese activities i...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Vietnam counterpart Pham Minh Chinh and had a productive exchange on the sideline of COP26 in Glasgow, informed the Embassy of India in Hanoi on Wednesday. India and Vietnam reaf...

HANOI, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 5,637 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 5,613 locally transmitted and 24 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, incl...

KABUL -- A bomb blast occurred next to a military hospital in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday with casualties feared, spokesman for Interior Ministry Qari Sayed Khost said. The blast took place at the gate of a 400-bed military hospital at aro...

VIENTIANE -- The Lao government will continue with a tourism program in 2022 to invite Lao and foreign tourists who have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, especially from China and South Korea, to explore the country. It is hoped that the program ...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will continue with a tourism program in 2022 to invite Lao and foreign tourists who have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, especially from China and South Korea, to explore the country. It is hoped ...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Lao Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 873 more cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of infections to 41,829. The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported that 5,415 tests were...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Addressing the opening of the National Assembly, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh told members that Laos needs to consider the steps to take to reopen the country, including the start of services on the China-Laos r...

SHANGHAI, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's upcoming FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers against Oman and Australia will take place in Sharjah, the UAE, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) confirmed on Monday. The CFA had hoped that the two home fixture...

© Provided by Xinhua The RCEP is a mega trade deal between 10 ASEAN member states plus China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Once in effect, the deal will eliminate tariffs on as much as 90 percent of goods traded between its signato...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 1 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Vietnam called on all concerned parties in conflict-torn Mali to accelerate efforts towards national reconciliation through dialogue during a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Saturday. The meeting on t...

BANGKOK, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has completed ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, Jurin Laksanawisit, Thai deputy prime minister and commerce minister said Monday. The country has ratified the tade p...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Since the commencement of the China-Laos Railway construction in December 2016, a number of Lao local talents, pursuing their professional development on the railway, have grown into railway engineering masters. Khamphiw...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 1 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Bamboo Airways will launch regular direct flights connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with London, with six return flights per week later this year. A ceremony to announce the new flights was held on Sund...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 1 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Vietnam recorded 5,519 new infections of COVID-19 on Sunday in HCM city, Bac Lieu, Hanoi, and 43 other localities. Sunday also saw additional 1,998 recoveries and 53 deaths. Vietnam has so far reported more...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has ordered full-scale preparations for the opening of the China-Laos railway, as Laos and China count down to Dec. 2, the planned date of its inauguration. The cabinet gave the order at its monthly me...

TOKYO -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is certain to secure a majority of the lower house seats on its own following Sunday's general election, NHK projected. With the projection, it is certain that the ruling LDP-Komeito coalition re...

Hanoi [Vietnam], October 31 (ANI/VOVWORLD): According to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, 5,227 new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in the country over the past 24 hours, including 3 imported ones. In the meantime, another 2,204...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government extended the ongoing lockdown in the country for 15 more days, as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise. Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Office Thipphakone Chanthavongsa told a press conf...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's "Stop COVID QR Code," a location and contact-tracing app designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, has won the Global South COVID-19 Digital Innovation Challenge award from the International Telecommunicat...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will begin to inoculate five-year-old children across the country with China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine starting from Nov. 1, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement released late on Saturday. "Five-y...

HANOI, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 5,227 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, including 5,224 locally transmitted and three imported, said the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, incl...

Hanoi [Vietnam], October 30 (ANI/VOVWORLD): The Vietnam National Day will be held on December 30 at the World Expo 2020 Dubai in the UAE. The event will include the Vietnamese flag-raising ceremony, a parade, a projection of the Vietnamese flag on th...

SAN FRANCISCO - Green energy is the new focus of China's one-of-a-kind Belt and Road Initiative or BRI, that aims to build a series of infrastructure projects from Asia to Europe.The eco-friendlier version of BRI has caught the attention of some 70 o...