Beijing [China], December 31 (ANI): China has imposed a four-week ban on dragon fruit imports from Vietnam after detecting COVID-19 in some previous shipments. The ban, to last until January 26 on delivery through the Huu Nghi Border Gate in Lang Son...

© Provided by Xinhua "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) would open a new chapter for regional economic and trade ties. It will also put Laos in the global spotlight," Bounleuth said, noting the newly-completed China-Laos Railway may...

HANOI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 17,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 16,980 locally transmitted and 20 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi continued to log the high...

NANJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The annual container throughput of Taicang Port in east China's Jiangsu Province has exceeded 7 million TEUs for the first time, consolidating its leading position along the Yangtze River waterway for the 12th consecutive...

CHONGQING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A cargo train departed from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Thursday and is heading for Lao capital Vientiane via the China-Laos Railway. The train, carrying hardware products, mechanical parts, kitchen supplie...

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) held their 16th theory seminar on Wednesday via video link. The seminar focused on major achievements and historical experience of the two partie...

KUALA LUMPUR -- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which will come into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, will drive economic recovery in Southeast Asia (SEA) and make it flourish and bloom again, a Malaysian veteran politician said. "This...

HANOI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 13,889 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 13,873 locally transmitted and 16 imported, the Ministry of Health said. Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi continued to log the highest num...

Beijing [China], December 29 (ANI): China is using its pressure tactics on Indonesia designed to halt oil and natural gas development projects by Jakarta in the South China Sea. The exploratory drilling began in July near the Natuna islands within In...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - China spent much of 2021 addressing threats across Asia with a growing sophistication - the result of economic clout and superpower status - that tolerated few compromises, Asia experts say.In the diplomacy department, Chi...

Four who helped migrants cross a closed border from Vietnam have been paraded through streetsAuthorities in China's Guangxi region have publicly shamed four people accused of violating rules on Covid-19 by aiding migrants crossing the closed border f...

HANOI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam welcomed some 157,300 international arrivals in 2021, plunging 95.9 percent on year, mainly due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's General Statistics Office said Wednesday. Foreign visitors entering ...

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) held their ninth theory seminar on Wednesday via video link. The seminar focused on the major achievements and historical experience of th...

HANOI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam attracted an estimated foreign investment of 31.15 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, up 9.2 percent on year, the country's General Statistics Office said Wednesday. Specifically, Vietnam licensed 1,738 new foreign direc...

HANOI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam posted a modest gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.58 percent in 2021 amid severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, lower than the rate of 2.91 percent in 2020, the country's General Statistics Office announce...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Cambodia on Wednesday inaugurated the new office building of the Ministry of National Defense in the central area of the capital Phnom Penh. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, Prime Minister Sa...

HONG KONG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Although the Asia-Pacific region has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects have made headways by leaps and bounds.After five years of construc...

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...

As a child of the Cold War, I grew up only knowing the Soviet Union as our enemy. When it collapsed, it created a vacuum when it came to defending the US. It turns out we needed the USSR to bring purpose to our own existence.I was a child of the Cold...

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...