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Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:30:01 GMT
Lao health official calls for public support for COVID-19 patients
VIENTIANE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Lao health authorities have called on the public not to stigmatize people who have contracted COVID-19, but to rally round in a show of support and unity. Sympathy and understanding is necessary on the part of everyone ...

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 22:35:17 GMT
Pioneering Tuskegee Airman Charles Mcgee Dies at 102
Retired Brigadier General Charles McGee, part of the pioneering all-Black Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and one of its most decorated pilots, died on Sunday at the age of 102, his family said in a statement.McGee, who flew 409 combat missions s...

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:44:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 15,684 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 15,684 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 15,643 locally transmitted and 41 imported, according to its health ministry. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of inf...

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:55:41 GMT
Stable ColorOS 12 updates now available for Oppo phones
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Stable ColorOS 12 updates based on Android 12 are now officially available for Oppo's F19 Pro 5G, Reno6 Z 5G, and A73 5G. As per GSM Arena, stable ColorOS 12 updates based on Android 12 are now seeding for OPPO F19 ...

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 06:52:12 GMT
Gang rape in Cambodia: A means of male bonding
Too many men in Cambodia feel entitled to shame, reject, harass and even rape women, writes Johanna Higgs.*CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rapeI AM SITTING on the balcony of a two-storey wooden house in Siem

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:18:08 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 15
TOKYO -- Japan reported 25,742 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, surpassing the 25,000-mark for the first time since Aug. 26, 2021, according to a tally based on data from local governments across the country. In the last two weeks, the daily count has...

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:05:10 GMT
Vietnam's COVID-19 cases tops 2 mln, 35,480 deaths in total
HANOI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam surpassed the 2-million mark on Saturday, reaching 2,007,862, with 35,480 deaths, according to its Ministry of Health. The Southeast Asian country reported 16,378 new COVID-19 cases i...

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:30:01 GMT
Cambodia's banking industry sees strong growth last year despite pandemic
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's banking industry had seen robust growth in loans and deposits in 2021 despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Saturday. Outstanding loans ...

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:36:02 GMT
Opposition Leader Kem Sokha's Trial to Go Ahead, Cambodia Says
The trial on treason charges of Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha will go ahead as scheduled on Jan. 19, with the government refusing to interfere, a government spokesperson said Friday.Options for Kem Sokha's release can be considered once the t...

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 06:55:26 GMT
Cambodia's Omicron cases rise to 332 with 45 new infections
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed Omicron cases of the COVID-19 variant in Cambodia has increased to 332 after 45 new cases were reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. It said 29 of the new infections we...

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 06:30:01 GMT
Cambodia's Omicron cases rise to 332 with 45 new infections
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed Omicron cases of the COVID-19 variant in Cambodia has increased to 332 after 45 new cases were reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. It said 29 of the new infections were imported and ...

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 03:05:21 GMT
Asia Album: Vietnam's first urban railway built by China
© Provided by Xinhua HANOI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese authorities and the Chinese embassy in Vietnam on Thursday held a ceremony to officially inaugurate the China-constructed Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project, the first one of the type compl...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:05:17 GMT
Vietnam reports 16,040 new COVID-19 cases, 1,991,484 in total
HANOI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,040 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 16,026 locally transmitted and 14 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the most affected region with the highes...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:30:01 GMT
Over 65 pct of high school students passes annual exam in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports announced on Friday that 72,016, or 65.65 percent, of the total 109,695 candidates passed their annual high school graduation exam. A ministry's press statement said t...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:05:56 GMT
World's Largest Trade Deal: Mix of Business and Diplomacy
SAN FRANCISCO - The world's largest free trade pact, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), could help export-reliant Asian companies and may be good diplomacy, experts say.The trade agreement went into effect Jan. 1.In Thailand, Pra...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 08:44:02 GMT
Cambodia starts rolling out 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccines
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Friday began providing the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines to priority groups in capital Phnom Penh as the Omicron variant has spread into the community. The priority groups include leaders of the governme...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:24:08 GMT
The Mekong Delta is sinking fast, but it can still be saved
Photo: Pixabay/QuangprahaThe Mekong Delta in Vietnam is a scenic region home to about 17 million people, but this economically vital area of the Southeast Asian nation is sinking fast. A primary reason: large swathes of land there have been poldered ...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 05:27:17 GMT
Galwan stone-throwing tactics repeated by China, this time against Vietnam
Beijing [China], January 14 (ANI): Chinese soldiers threw stones at Vietnamese forces just as they did in the Galwan Valley clash in 2020 with the Indian side. In 2020, Chinese soldiers attacked the Indian side with stones, sticks with spikes and oth...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 22:06:04 GMT
Cambodia Postpones First ASEAN Meeting Amid Differences Among Members
Cambodia on Wednesday postponed the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting under its 2022 chairmanship, the government said, amid reports of differences among the bloc's members over Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to Myanmar last week, ...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:05:18 GMT
Dartmouth to Offer Need Blind Admissions to Foreign Students
In an attempt to attract more foreign students, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire says it will admit international students regardless of their ability to pay tuition.International students will be admitted through a "need blind" process used for U....

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:55:45 GMT
Realme 9i to be launched in India on January 18
Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): Realme, one of the fastest-growing smartphone brands, will launch a new flagship smartphone from Realme 9i in India on January 18. The Snapdragon 680-powered phone-- Realme 9i debuted in Vietnam earlier this week. A...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:05:40 GMT
Laos' trade deficit reaches 80 mln USD in December
VIENTIANE, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade deficit of 80 million U.S. dollars in December, according to the latest information from the Lao Trade Portal website. Laos' exports in December totaled 552 million U.S. dollars and imports totaled...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:05:39 GMT
Vietnam reports 16,725 new COVID-19 cases, 1,975,444 in total
HANOI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,725 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 16,700 locally transmitted and 25 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. In the Southeast Asian country, the capital Hanoi continued to ...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:30:01 GMT
Chinese premier, Vietnamese PM hold phone call on bilateral ties, RCEP
BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday held a phone conversation with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on bilateral ties and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). In the phone call, in which the...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:18:46 GMT
Landmine-sniffing hero rat dies
The rodent's bravery allowed it to detect more than a hundred explosives and clear 225,000 square meters of land in CambodiaAn African giant pouched rat, named Magawa, who found 78 landmines and 38 unexploded ordinances in Cambodia and was awarded a ...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:24:06 GMT
Poaching remains a threat to Thailand's wild tigers
Photo: Pixabay/ArtisticOperationsTigers in the wild are critically endangered throughout their remaining ranges in South and Southeast Asia, but that has hardly stopped unscrupulous poachers from continuing to hunt the iconic predators any chance the...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:03:23 GMT
Chinese soldiers threw stones at Vietnamese at border fence, Ha Giang province - Reports
Ha Giang [Vietnam], January 13 (ANI): A video posted on the Twitter account of one Lee Ann Quann on January 3 shows Chinese soldiers throwing stones at Vietnamese construction workers and abusing the unarmed workers, in Ha Giang province of northern ...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:06:09 GMT
China national football team starts training camp in Shanghai
SHANGHAI, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's national men's football team on Wednesday began a training camp in Shanghai's Century Park ahead of FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Vietnam. According to new head coach Li Xiaopeng, 26 of the 52 playe...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:05:40 GMT
U.S. private collector to return 28 looted antiquities to Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia said Wednesday that a U.S. private collector has agreed to return 28 looted Cambodian cultural artifacts and the antiquities will be repatriated to the kingdom at an appropriate time. One of the antiquities is...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:05:40 GMT
Vietnam reports 16,135 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,135 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 16,066 locally transmitted and 69 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number ...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:44:01 GMT
Laos logs 908 new COVID-19 community cases, death toll exceeds 400
VIENTIANE, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Laos reported 916 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, including 908 community cases, according to the Lao Ministry of Health. Among the newly recorded community cases, 309 were detected in Lao capital Vientiane,...



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