PHNOM PENH, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- A total of 114,183 Cambodian candidates are taking a national high school graduation exam on Monday after the situation of COVID-19 pandemic had been brought under control. The annual exam is a prerequisite for Grade 1...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has recorded 15 more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, bringing the total number of Omicron variant cases in the Southeast Asian country to 31. All of the new Omicron infections were imported. "Up to 1...

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HANOI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 15,218 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 15,182 locally transmitted and 36 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi continued to log the highes...

HANOI, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 15,586 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 15,559 locally transmitted and 27 imported, according to its health ministry. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi logged the highest number of...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 25 (ANI/VOVWORLD): The Civil Aviation Authority said regular flights between Vietnam and Japan will be resumed on January 1, 2022, with a frequency of 8 flights per week. According to the plan, Vietnam Airlines will operate ...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 25 (ANI): Exporters could lose USD 131 to 175 million as thousands of container trucks remain stuck at the Vietnam and China border. A truck typically carries goods worth Vietnamese dong (VND) 500-900 million, and the costs ...

KUNMING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake that struck northern Laos late Friday was felt strongly in China's Yunnan Province, which borders Laos. #GLOBALinkProduced by Xinhua Global Service

KUNMING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Yunnan Province reported six confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, local health authorities said Saturday. Of the total, two are imported cases who arrived from Myanmar and Laos and four are locally transm...

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BANGKOK -- Thailand reported its first cluster of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the northeastern Kalasin province, health officials said on Friday. According to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), there are 22 confirmed case...

YUNNAN, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Laos on Friday and was felt in neighbouring China's Yunnan.Produced by Xinhua Global Service

Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2021 shows ExxonMobil Baytown Olefins Plant in Baytown, Texas, the United States. (Photo by Lao Chengyue/Xinhua)Among the injured, two were treated for burns, a third person had a fracture and the fourth person was treated for...

HANOI, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,157 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 16,142 locally transmitted and 15 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi logged the highest number o...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The opening of the China-Laos Railway, Thanaleng Dry Port and Vientiane Logistics Park will create a solid foundation for economic recovery in 2022, the Lao prime minister has said. Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh...

PHNOM PENH -- The Central Committee of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Friday unanimously decided to endorse Hun Manet, the eldest son of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, as the future prime ministerial candidate, the ruling part...

© Provided by Xinhua -- Cambodia has so far administered at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines to 14.23 million people, or 89 percent of its 16 million population.-- More than 90 percent of the COVID-19 jabs used in Cambo

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HANOI -- Vietnam reported 16,377 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 16,367 locally transmitted and 10 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi logged the highest number of infections on ...

MOSCOW -- Russia opposes politicizing sports and it is "unacceptable and wrong" to launch a so-called "diplomatic boycott" of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday during his annual press conference. (Russia-Olympic...

HANOI, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,377 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 16,367 locally transmitted and 10 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi logged the highest number...

SINGAPORE -- The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Thursday that the MAS core inflation rose to 1.6 percent year-on-year in November, from 1.5 percent in October. This primarily reflected an i...

HANOI, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested localities not to hold activities with large gatherings, especially during the New Year and its traditional Lunar New Year festivals amid complicated developments of t...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has fully reopened its socio-economic activities in all areas since November after most of its 16-million population have been inoculated against COVID-19. China is the key contributor to Cambodia's success in...

HANOI, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam exported over 49 million medical masks in November, surging 31.9 percent against October, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs on Thursday. Medical mask export has been surging for four consecutive...

WUXI, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) has brought tangible benefits to local residents in Cambodia's coastal city of Sihanoukville.HOdo Group, one of China's largest apparel manufacturers, based in ...

HANOI, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 16,555 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including 16,522 locally transmitted and 33 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi logged the ...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 22 (ANI/VOVWORLD): On Tuesday, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc led a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to Phnom Penh, starting a state visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni. At the meeting between Pr...

KUNMING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway has transported over 50,000 tonnes of goods since starting operation earlier this month, according to the China Railway Kunming Group Co., Ltd. As of Tuesday, the railway had handled 203 freight tra...

by Zhang Jianhua, Phouthaphone Sirivong VIENTIANE, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two China-Laos friendship schools, built with assistance from China Southern Power Grid (CSG), are transforming education in northern Laos. Poppy-replacement plantations line the ...