BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items about China to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Saturday: Wire Service: -- Xi Focus-Closeup: The president's oath to the Constitution -- China issues white paper on its democracy -- Xinhua Headli...

Vientiane [Laos], December 3 (ANI): Laos has opened a USD 6 billion Chinese-built railway on Friday, the biggest public works project in its history, which analysts warn could expose the poor south-east Asian country to financial risk or political co...

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, attended the opening ceremony of the China-Laos Railway with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao Pe...

HANGZHOU, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China and Laos have pledged to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, further promote China-Laos relations and better benefit the two countries and peoples. The pledge was made duri...

HANOI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 13,670 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 13,661 locally transmitted and nine imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The localities logging the highest number of infections included the southern...

COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's Health Ministry on Friday said the country had detected its first patient infected with the Omicron variant of the COVID-19. The Health Promotion Bureau of the Health Ministry said that a man who had recently returned from Nige...

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, met with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (PRP) Central Committee and Lao...

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Commit...

KUNMING/VIENTIANE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, started operation on Friday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese presi...

KUNMING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, which starts operations on Friday, is another example of the friendly cooperation between China and other countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and is bound to become a path to prosper...

KUNMING/VIENTIANE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), started operation on Friday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president...

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao president,...

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh on Friday exchanged congratulations on the opening of the China-Laos Railway.In the congratulatory messages, they stressed the two ...

by Zhang Jianhua VIENTIANE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The first cargo train of the China-Laos Railway bound for China left here on Friday afternoon soon after the railway was officially inaugurated. POTASH & RUBBER Among the cargo loaded on the train are po...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed sympathy with Vietnam on the deaths in a floods and landslides in the Southeast Asia nation. - Politics news - In a message on Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson ...

© Provided by Xinhua VIENTIANE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The first train of the China-Laos Railway left here on Friday afternoon soon after the cross-border railway is officially put into operation.Among the cargo loaded on the train

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan -- Farmers in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province have expressed concerns over drought, saying the current drought and water shortage to irrigate their farmlands would badly affect their harvests. In a meeting held in the provi...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The first train of the China-Laos Railway bound for China left here on Friday afternoon soon after the railway was officially put into operation. Among the cargo loaded on the train are potash products manufactured by a ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, a flagship project within the framework of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), was put into operation on Friday. The cross-border railway will be a game-changer for the development of Laos. Fo...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The first train of the China-Laos Railway left here on Friday afternoon soon after the cross-border railway is officially put into operation. Among the cargo loaded on the train are potash products manufactured by a Chin...

by Phouthaphone Sirivong, Zhang Jianhua VIENTIANE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Counting down the days to the official opening of the China-Laos Railway, 22-year-old Sida Phengphongsawanh was brimming with excitement as an aspiring train driver and a witness t...

BANGKOK, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Lying on the Mekong River and with the Lao capital, Vientiane, about 22 km upriver, Thailand's northeast Nong Khai province is expecting the China-Laos Railway to provide a tailwind to the border region's development. The ...

New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister's Special Trade Envoy Tony Abbott on Friday termed India's decision to not join Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) a "shrewd" move. Explaining himself further during a vir...

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest serving leaders after 36 years in power, on Thursday offered support for his eldest son as his potential successor and defended the idea of establishing a political dynasty.Hun...

LONDON - The European Union this week launched a $340 billion 'Global Gateway' fund to boost global infrastructure, which analysts say is aimed at rivaling China's Belt and Road Initiative. But can it compete with Beijing's billions?The EU says its G...

HANGZHOU, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday called on China and Vietnam to promote the sustained, healthy and stable development of the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation. Wa...

by Phouthaphone Sirivong, Zhang JianhuaVIENTIANE, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The sunshine is still burning in a railing base in the northern outskirts of Lao capital Vientiane, but what Sida Phengphongsawanh, a trainee for China-Laos railway train driver, ca...

DHAKA -- Bangladesh's COVID-19 vaccination drive has achieved a historic milestone of administering more than 100 million vaccine doses, mostly Chinese-made. More than two-thirds of the vaccines administered in Bangladesh have come from China's Sinop...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government on Wednesday awarded the First-class Development Medal to the China State Railway Group and the First-class Labour Medal to the Laos-China Railway Co. Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Laos, for bu...

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest serving leaders after 36 years in power, on Thursday offered support for his eldest son as his potential successor and defended the idea of establishing a political dynasty.Hun...

　　BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project connecting Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province with the Laotian capital, Vientiane, will begin operations on Friday, the China State Railway Group said on Thursday....

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI): With under 50 days to go for the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022, key stakeholders of the Government of Maharashtra and a delegation of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) met on December 1st 2021, to...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh attended a traditional Lao ceremony Thursday in the country's capital Vientiane, praying for the smooth operation of the China-Laos Railway. The China-Laos railway, with a length of ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- After five years of construction, the China-Laos Railway, a docking project between the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Laos' strategy to convert itself from a land-locked country to a land-linked hub, will s...

CANBERRA -- The state government of South Australia (SA) has tightened its border restrictions in response to the latest coronavirus outbreak. SA on Thursday reported 18 new COVID-19 cases, 16 of which have been linked to a school reunion event on Sa...

After months of silence, the Western media have refocused their attention on the Uyghurs of China's Xinjiang region. The agenda is simple ? to manufacture public consent for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics.A couple of months ago, I wrote a p...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen revealed on Thursday that his eldest son Hun Manet will be one of the prime ministerial candidates after the father's possible retirement in 2030. Hun Sen, 69, said he woul...

© Provided by Xinhua The China-Laos Railway will make cross-border travel more convenient, hopefully bring more tourists to Thailand's northeast Nong Khai province and create development opportunities for local catering, accommodation and other tour...

KUNMING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- The "2021 Lancang-Mekong TV Week -- the National Theme Day of Laos" opened on Wednesday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. Themed "Harmonious neighbors of reciprocity and fraternity; connectivity and...

SEOUL -- South Korea's health authorities on Wednesday confirmed the country's first five cases of Omicron variant infection amid a higher number of COVID-19 cases. A married couple, who were fully vaccinated on Oct. 28, had traveled to Nigeria betwe...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's cookbook titled "The Taste of Angkor" has been distinguished as the "Best Asian Cookbook" at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2021 in France, the country's foreign ministry said in a press statement on Wedn...

Washington [US], December 1 (ANI): Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage is all set to play Dracula in 'Renfield', a monster movie centring not on the infamous vampire, but rather his notorious lackey. The call sheet may be confusing because Cage is starring ...

A tech guru warns that robots that think for themselves may take over the world and use weapons of mass destruction to wipe out mankind. Is it time to worry?This year, the BBC's prestigious Reith Lectures will be delivered for the first time by a com...

LONDON/TOKYO - Global factory activity accelerated in November although crippling supply bottlenecks remained, putting a cap on output and driving up the cost of raw materials, according to surveys published on Wednesday.Towards the end of the month,...

New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI/Bloomingdale): Is cash still king in Asia Pacific (APAC)? Kaspersky's recent study showed it still is, but may not be for long. Titled "One of its key findings showed that a great majority (90%) of the Asian respond...

HANOI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 14,508 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 14,506 locally transmitted and two imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including...

HANOI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Overall business conditions in the Vietnamese manufacturing sector improved for the second month running in November, but renewed worries about the COVID-19 pandemic and associated labour shortages limited growth momentum, a...

HANOI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Floods triggered by torrential rain in Vietnam's central region in the past few days have left 10 people dead or missing, the country's Central Steering Committee for National Disaster Prevention and Control said Wednesday. ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government on Wednesday awarded the First-class Development Medal to the China State Railway Group and the First-class Labour Medal to the Laos-China Railway Co. Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Laos, for bu...

WUQIAO, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- The acrobatics online course for developing countries started for the first time in north China's Wuqiao County, known as the Chinese "hometown of acrobatics."Chinese acrobatics students and their teachers demonstrated the ...

Mining magnate Clive Palmer created controversy last week when he claimed on ABC Radio that 500,000 people had attended the COVID "freedom" protest in Melbourne on Saturday November 20. Maverick MP Craig Kelly opted for the marginally more modest "

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia exported 7.13 million tons of agricultural products during the first 11 months of 2021, an increase of 87 percent year-on-year, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said on Wednesday. Shi...

BANGKOK, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Lying on the Mekong River and with the Lao capital, Vientiane, about 22 km upriver, Thailand's northeast Nong Khai province is expecting the upcoming China-Laos Railway to provide a tailwind to the border region's developm...

Moscow [Russia], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow and Hanoi will continue to develop comprehensive cooperation in the field of cybersecurity, according to a statement following the meeting between the presidents of Russia and Vietnam published on the...

Omicron, the latest COVID-19 variant dubbed a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization, has prompted new travel restrictions in many nations. Although little is known about omicron

BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- China and Laos on Tuesday signed the first bilateral intergovernmental cooperation agreement in the field of rail transport. The agreement, which was signed via video link, is based on the principles of promoting mutual r...

HANOI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 13,972 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 13,966 locally transmitted and six imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including ...

PARIS - Japan and France confirmed their first cases of the new variant of the coronavirus on Tuesday as countries around the world scrambled to close their doors or find ways to limit its spread while scientists study how damaging it might be.The Wo...

HANOI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Some 105,600 enterprises were formed in Vietnam in the first 11 months of this year, posting a decline of 15 percent year on year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Tuesday. Registered capital of the n...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Tuesday allowed all karaoke parlors, nightclubs, and bars in capital city Phnom Penh to reopen after a long halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Karaoke parlors, nightclubs and discotheques in Phnom Penh are...

SYDNEY -- More cases infected with the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 were reported in Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW). Two cases were confirmed by NSW health authorities on Monday evening. Both are international travelers who arrived in ...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 cases in Laos continued to increase with 1,291 new infections reported on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 73,738. All of the new cases were local transmissions, and 6,273 tests were...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Monday midnight imposed restrictions on travel from 10 countries in Africa to avert the spread of a new strain of COVID-19 known as Omicron or B.1.1.529, the country's Health Minister Mam Bunheng said. The ...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 30 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Vietnam recorded 13,770 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the national count to 1,224,110, according to the Ministry of Health. Ho Chi Minh reported the highest number of new infections (1,554), fo...

Moscow [Russia], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday, the Kremlin said in a statement. The two leaders are expected to discuss urgent issues of strategic pa...

HANOI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 13,770 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 13,758 locally transmitted and 12 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including 1,...

SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged a rapid administration of booster shots against the COVID-19 as the eased anti-virus rules raised the number of severe cases and deaths. Moon presided over a COVID-19 response meeting, sayin...

Moscow [Russia], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss military cooperation and economy with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Moscow on Tuesday, the Kremlin press service said on Monday. "On November 30, Mos...

HANOI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam received some 15,000 international arrivals in November following the launch of a pilot vaccine passport program, surging 42.4 percent from October, the country's General Statistics Office said Monday. Starting from...

HANOI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam attracted an estimated foreign investment of 26.46 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of this year, up 0.1 percent year on year, the country's General Statistics Office said Monday. Specifically, Vietnam li...