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Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:44:01 GMTGLOBALink | Chinese-built national road inaugurated in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) --Cambodia on Monday inaugurated a Chinese-built 96.5-km-long and 11-meter-wide National Road No. 11, linking Prey Veng and Tboung Khmum provinces in the country's southeastern region.The road was developed by China Road a...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:37:14 GMTCambodia lifts travel ban for 10 African countries
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Cambodia has lifted an entry ban for passengers arriving from 10 African countries, introduced to prevent the spread of the novel Omicron coronavirus variant, the regional online-media Khmer Times repo...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:55:02 GMTVietnam reports 14,591 new COVID-19 cases, 1,323,683 in total
HANOI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 14,591 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including 14,558 locally transmitted and 33 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, ...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:30:01 GMTXinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, Dec. 6
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported five new imported cases of COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total tally to 12,466. The newly reported cases all involved mutant strains. A total of 60 cases have been reported in the ...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:18:01 GMT120,000 synthetic drug pills seized in Vietnam's border province
HANOI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Border guard forces of northern Vietnam's Dien Bien province have arrested a drug trafficker and seized 120,000 pills of synthetic drugs, Vietnam News Agency reported Monday. Specifically, the authorities caught red-handed a...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:30:01 GMTChinese-built national road inaugurated in S.E. Cambodia
PREY VENG, Cambodia, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Monday inaugurated a Chinese-built 96.5-km-long and 11-meter-wide National Road No. 11, linking Prey Veng and Tboung Khmum provinces in the country's southeastern region. The road was developed by C...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 07:06:16 GMTCambodian PM Says Myanmar Junta has Right to Attend ASEAN
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday he plans to visit Myanmar for talks with its military rulers and said junta officials should be invited to meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.Myanmar's standing as a me...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 03:44:11 GMTChinese experts help train Cambodian students on banana production
© Provided by Xinhua Lectured via video link by professors and technicians of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences in south China's Hainan province, a week-long course gathered more than 50 Cambodian agriculture students with standa...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 20:38:20 GMT80 years on, the attack on Pearl Harbour offers lessons for today
"Pacific Ablaze" read Australian papers on December 8 1941, as the world learned about the monumental events that unfolded only hours before. Japan had simultaneously declared war against the United States and Great Britain, then immediately launched...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:30:01 GMTXinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Dec. 5
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia on Sunday removed its ban on travelers from 10 African countries after a nearly one-week suspension due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said. With the approval from Prime Minister Samdech Techo H...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:18:40 GMTXinhua world news summary at 1500 GMT, Dec. 5
DAMASCUS -- Explosions were heard Sunday inside a U.S. military base in the al-Tanf area in southeastern Syria, state news agency SANA reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosions occurred after U.S. helicopters flew in the a...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:18:39 GMTGLOBALink | First cold-chain train launched on China-Laos Railway
KUNMING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A train carrying 33 refrigerated containers left Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, for Laos Saturday.It is the first train involved in cold-chain logistics on the 1,035-km China-Laos Railway, a landmar...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:18:37 GMTCOVID-19 costs Vietnamese economy 37 bln USD: official
HANOI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's economy is estimated to lose some 37 billion U.S. dollars due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of this year, according to an official on Sunday. Nguyen Thanh Phong, deputy head of the Economic Commission under t...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:18:37 GMTVietnam reports 14,314 new COVID-19 cases, 1,309,092 in total
HANOI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 14,314 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 14,312 locally transmitted and two imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, including 1,...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 12:05:31 GMTLao students train-ed to become experts
© Provided by Xinhua SHANGHAI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Raised in a remote village in Laos, La Thor had never seen a train or railway track in his childhood, nor did it occur to him that he would become a railway operations maintainer someday.On Friday, t...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 10:30:01 GMTAcross China: Lao students train-ed to become experts
SHANGHAI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Raised in a remote village in Laos, La Thor had never seen a train or railway track in his childhood, nor did it occur to him that he would become a railway operations maintainer someday. On Friday, the China-Laos Railway...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 08:18:01 GMTGLOBALink | New route opens in land-sea trade corridor linking China, Laos
CHENGDU, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Two freight trains departed from cities of Chengdu and Chongqing in southwest China respectively on Saturday, which marks the opening of a new cross-border logistics route of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor.C...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 06:49:02 GMTCambodian Prince Ranariddh's body arrives home from France
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The body of Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh arrived in Cambodia from France on Sunday for a traditional funeral, a spokesman said. Ranariddh, president of Funcinpec Party and chairman of the Supreme Privy Advisory Co...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 01:30:01 GMT1st China-Laos Railway freight train from Kunming arrives in Vientiane
VIENTIANE, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The first China-Laos Railway international freight train from Kunming of southwest China's Yunnan Province arrived in Lao capital Vientiane on Saturday night. At 11:10 p.m. local time on Saturday, the train fully loaded ...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:06:53 GMTXiplomacy: Xi's remarks draw blueprint for China-Laos relations
BEIJING, Dec. 4 (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...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:06:52 GMTXi's remarks draw blueprint for China-Laos relations
© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Dec. 4 (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 s...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:06:10 GMTVietnam reports 13,998 new COVID-19 cases, 1,294,778 in total
HANOI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 13,998 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 13,993 locally transmitted and five imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, including...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:30:27 GMT1st cargo train of China-Laos Railway for Laos leaves Mohan railway port
© Provided by Xinhua MENGLA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The first cargo train of the China-Laos Railway bound for Laos arrived at the Mohan railway port on Saturday morning and passed through the cross-border friendship tunnel.The China-Laos Railway, a land...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 11:55:01 GMTFirst cold-chain train launched on China-Laos Railway
KUNMING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A train carrying 33 refrigerated containers left Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, for Laos Saturday. It is the first train involved in cold-chain logistics on the 1,035-km China-Laos Railway, a landma...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:55:40 GMT'Chinese firms exploiting workers overseas, multiple reports of violations pour in'
Beijing [China], December 4 (ANI): Chinese companies are exploiting workers overseas with multiple reports of violations pouring in from areas including Laos, where workers who were hired for construction projects, undertaken six years ago are still ...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 07:44:01 GMTU.S. Treasury says no major trading partner manipulates currency
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday that no major U.S. trading partner manipulated the rate of exchange between its currency and the U.S. dollar. In its semiannual Report to Congress: Macroeconomic and Foreign E...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 06:30:01 GMTXinhua China news advisory -- Dec. 4
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 18:03:17 GMTLaos-China railway opens as experts raise concerns over mounting debt
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:55:05 GMTXi, Thongloun attend China-Laos Railway opening ceremony
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:44:26 GMTChina, Laos pledge to further promote bilateral ties
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:44:15 GMTVietnam reports 13,670 new COVID-19 cases, 1,280,780 in total
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:18:01 GMTXinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Dec. 3
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:06:07 GMTXi pledges enhanced relations with Laos, PRP
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:06:06 GMTXi Story: A rail project close to Xi's heart
© 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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:06:06 GMT1st LD-Writethru-China Focus: China-Laos Railway starts operation
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:05:55 GMTXinhua Commentary: China-Laos Railway opens path to prosperity
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:05:47 GMTChina-Laos Railway starts operation
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:05:46 GMTXi Focus-Closeup: A rail project close to Xi's heart
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,...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:05:31 GMTChinese, Lao PMs exchange congratulations on opening of China-Laos Railway
© 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 ...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:05:17 GMTRoundup: 1st China-Laos Railway freight train leaves Vientiane for China
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:37:20 GMTIran Sympathizes with Vietnam over Flood Fatalities
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 ...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:30:09 GMT1st train of China-Laos Railway leaves Vientiane for China
© 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
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:30:09 GMTXinhua world economic news summary at 0930 GMT, Dec. 3
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:30:01 GMT2nd LD: First train of China-Laos Railway leaves Vientiane for China
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 ...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:30:00 GMTExplainer: China-Laos Railway, a flagship project under BRI
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:30:00 GMT1st LD: First train of China-Laos Railway leaves Vientiane for China
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:18:08 GMTFeature: Railway to China expands horizons for Laos
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...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:30:02 GMTGLOBALink | Thai border region expects China-Laos Railway boom
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 ...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 04:18:22 GMTTony Abbott terms India's decision to not join RCEP 'shrewd' move
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:06:28 GMTCambodian Leader Hun Sen Backs Eldest Son to Succeed Him
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:05:19 GMTCan Europe Compete With China's Belt and Road Initiative
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 17:44:02 GMTChinese FM pledges to promote ties with Vietnam
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:44:41 GMTFeature: China-Laos railway carrys dreams, brings hearts closer
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:44:31 GMTXinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Dec. 2
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:05:35 GMTGLOBALink | China-Laos Railway developers awarded medals in Laos
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:06:30 GMTCambodian Leader Hun Sen Says Backs Eldest Son to Succeed Him
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:55:09 GMTChina-Laos railway to begin operations on Friday
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....
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:37:34 GMTWomen's Asia Cup 2022: Maharashtra govt meets Local Organizing Committee to review preparations
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...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:05:01 GMTLao PM attends ceremony praying for smooth operation of China-Laos Railway
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 ...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:30:01 GMTGLOBALink | China-Laos Railway to start operation on Dec. 3
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...