HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- The first three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant in Vietnam have been confirmed in its southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. The three people were all related t...

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia resumed the treason trial of banned opposition party leader Kem Sokha on Wednesday after a two-year delay due to the pandemic, in a case the United States has condemned as politically motivated.Kem Sokha was arrested in 2017, an...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The first three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant in Vietnam have been confirmed in its southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. The three people ...

HANOI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,838 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 16,763 locally transmitted and 75 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with highest number of inf...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening ASEAN's centrality, unity and resilience, the Cambodian for...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's APSARA National Authority (ANA) has launched a new visiting circuit at Bayon temple in the Angkor Archeological Park in northwestern Siem Reap province, the authority said in a statement on Tuesday. The new ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen met in Phnom Penh on Monday with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi on regional issues, a senior official said.The discussions i...

by Xinhua writer Ma Qian BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- With trains rumbling down new tracks, the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia has just been unlocked, poised to transform itself into a hub connecting the fast-growing region to markets as f...

HANOI, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,378 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 16,325 locally transmitted and 53 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said he was committed to tackling the COVID-19 virus in Japan amid the rampant spread of the Omicron variant of the virus. In his first policy speech at the start of a 150-day regular Diet sess...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen met here on Monday with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi on regional issues, a senior official said. The discussions included ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

© 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...