PHNOM PENH, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Wednesday inaugurated the new office building of the Ministry of National Defense in central area of the capital Phnom Penh. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen s...

FRANCE 24 takes looks back at some eminent personalities who died in 2021, from Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, to literary icon Joan Didion. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip,...

HANOI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is estimated to receive some 12.5 billion U.S. dollars in remittances this year, up 10 percent against 2020, an official from the country's central bank said Tuesday. The remittances were transferred via several cha...

HANOI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 14,440 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 14,421 locally transmitted and 19 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi continued to log the highe...

Bulgaria is in second place in the top 5 of the most pessimistic countries in the world according to the annual global survey of the Gallup International Association, the results of which were announced today.The biggest pessimists (optimists minus p...

ISLAMABAD -- At least two people were killed and 15 others injured after two buses collided in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, local media reported early Tuesday morning. According to the reports, the two passenger buses traveling in the opposite...

HANOI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has detected its first COVID-19 case of Omicron variant in a quarantine facility in the capital Hanoi, the country's Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday. The patient arrived in Hanoi on Dec. 19 from Britain and ...

HANOI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Border guard forces of northern Vietnam's Lao Cai province have arrested three drug smugglers and seized 40 cakes of heroin, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday. The detainees were caught red-handed transporting the nar...

Washington [US], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Bank has signed an agreement with Vietnam in the amount of $221.5 million to finance the country's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. "The government of Vietnam and the World Bank has signed ...

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): Pakistan faces innovation deficiency due to low literacy rate, poor on-job training and lack of significant investment in education, reported local media. Out of 132 economies in 2021, the Global Innovation In...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 28 (ANI): Vietnam envisages diversifying its export market as China has tightened COVID-19 prevention measures unilaterally making Hanoi suffer economically. China's unilateral move is expected to cost businesses trillions o...

JAKARTA -- Construction of the Bali International Hospital officially started to make the resort island a global medical tourism destination, as announced by Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday. Widodo said the construction of this hospital is...

HANOI, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The government of Vietnam and the World Bank has signed an agreement for financing of 221.5 million U.S. dollars to support the country's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic through policy reforms. The credit is a budget s...

Seoul [South Korea], December 27 (ANI): South Korea plans to apply for membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on an expedited basis in April 2022, the country's Finance Minister, Hong Nam-ki sa...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 14,872 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 14,867 locally transmitted and five imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi continued...

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...

NEW ORLEANS - 'There is nothing in the world like the food you can find in Louisiana,' Chef Isaac Toups, owner of popular New Orleans restaurant Toups Meatery, told VOA. 'It's such a unique mix of so many different cultures that converged here from a...

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...