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Tue, 08 Feb 2022 03:30:01 GMT
Cambodia restores 3 more Buddha statues at Bakan tower of famed Angkor Wat
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Apsara National Authority (ANA) is restoring another three Buddha statues at Bakan tower of the famed Angkor Wat in the northwestern Siem Reap province after the previous one was restored, the authority said ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 03:18:18 GMT
Oscar winning VFX artist Robert Blalack passes away
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Oscar and Emmy award-winning visual effects artist Robert Blalack has died at the age of 73. Robert died on Wednesday of cancer at his home in Paris, his wife, writer Caroline Charron-Blalack, told The Hollywood Rep...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 02:28:57 GMT
Apolitical Myanmar's representative to attend ASEAN meeting
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has barred Myanmar's military-appointed foreign minister from attending an upcoming conference after the United Nations Security Council called for an end to "all forms of vio...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:55:19 GMT
Tsing-hua law professor's speech deploring rule of law vanishes from Chinese internet
Taipei [Taiwan], February 7 (ANI): Tsing-hua University law professor Lao Dong-yan speech titled "Facing the Real World," deploring certain trends in China and the state of the rule of law in the country were removed from the internet on Sunday, just...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:55:42 GMT
Canada can benefit by partnering with Taiwan's tech titans: Report
Taipei [Taiwan], February 7 (ANI): Canada can benefit by partnering with Taiwan's tech titans by boosting its semiconductor industry, according to a recently released report. Canadian policy think tank the MacDonald Laurier Institute has released a r...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:18:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 16,815 new COVID-19 cases, 2,358,786 in total
HANOI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,815 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 16,809 locally transmitted and six imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the highest number of infections on Mond...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:12:22 GMT
China imposes lockdown on 3.5 million people
The city of Baise issued stay-at-home orders after almost 100 Covid cases were reported over the weekendThe southwestern Chinese border city of Baise has ordered its roughly 3.5 million residents to stay at home and avoid non-essential travel from Mo...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:30:01 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, Feb. 7
HANOI -- About 17 million students across Vietnam are expected to return to school in the next few weeks starting Monday after prolonged online learning due to COVID-19, according to the country's Ministry of Education and Training. All 63 Vietnamese...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:49:01 GMT
GLOBALink | China-Vietnam freight train trips rise 26 pct in January
PINGXIANG, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- More than 30 China-Vietnam freight train trips were made in January 2022, up by over 26 percent from the previous year, setting a good start of cross-border goods transportation between China and Vietnam for 2022.Produce...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:05:01 GMT
17 mln Vietnamese students to return to school
HANOI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- About 17 million students across Vietnam are expected to return to school in the next few weeks starting Monday after prolonged online learning due to COVID-19, according to the country's Ministry of Education and Training. ...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:30:01 GMT
Chinese-aided national road inaugurated in NE Cambodia
KRATIE, Cambodia, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia inaugurated a Chinese-funded stretch of National Road No. 7 on Monday, which connects rural and urban areas in Northeastern province. Linking between Kratie provincial town and Sambour district, the 93.5-...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:06:14 GMT
China beat S. Korea in AFC Women's Asian Cup final
NEW DELHI, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- China rallied back from 0-2 down to beat South Korea 3-2 in the AFC Women's Asian Cup final at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, India, Feb. 6, 2022. © Provided by Xinhua

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:05:13 GMT
Traffic accidents kill 121 during Lunar New Year holiday
HANOI, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 121 people were killed and 138 others injured in 216 traffic accidents across Vietnam during the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday that ended on Sunday, according to the country's Traffic Police Department. The figu...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 14:27:23 GMT
China's coronavirus policy impacts trade with South East Asia
Hanoi [Vietnam], February 6 (ANI): China has gone to great lengths to keep the coronavirus out of its borders. It has screened mail and tested thousands of packages of fruit and frozen foods despite little evidence that the virus can be transmitted t...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:30:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 14,112 new COVID-19 cases, 2,341,971 in total
HANOI, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 14,112 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 14,105 locally transmitted and seven imported, according to the Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number o...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:27:19 GMT
Vietnam seal historic first appearance at FIFA Women's World Cup
Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 6 (ANI): Vietnam booked a place in the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time after defeating Chinese Taipei 2-1 in their playoff tie at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. In a physically d...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 09:30:01 GMT
Cambodia sees triple-digit Omicron cases for 2nd straight day
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed 111 COVID-19 Omicron variant cases on Sunday, the second straight day with a triple-digit increase in such cases. Sixteen of the new infections were imported and 95 were loc...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 18:13:13 GMT
How many times has the US said just trust us and then lied
In a single day, two members of the American press asking for clarification and evidence from the Biden administration were painted as sympathizers of Russia and ISIS.Efforts by US media to establish objective truth - rather than acting as stenograph...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 13:37:08 GMT
JICA promotes technology to solve environmental issues in Japan
Hokkaido [Japan], February 5 (ANI): An advanced smokeless incineration technology is being used to treat industrial waste in Hokkaido Japan. "This Facility has a durable Incinerator to burn wastes such as plastics and other hospital waste, safely and...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 13:37:06 GMT
Japan donates 20 million Covid-19 vaccines to seven emerging countries
Tokyo [Japan], February 5 (ANI): In order to assist the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, Japan has announced to donate 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to seven emerging countries. Additional 11 million doses to 13 countries will be given...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 12:30:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 12,170 new COVID-19 cases, 2,327,859 in total
HANOI, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 12,170 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 12,160 locally transmitted and 10 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 06:05:18 GMT
UN Security Council Discusses Latest North Korea Missile Launch
Nine U.N. Security Council members condemned North Korea's January 30 launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile Friday, saying it was 'a significant escalation' in Pyongyang's recent violations of council resolutions and was intended to furth...

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:52:11 GMT
Future of working holiday visa unclear
Working holiday makers (WHM) have been a key part of Australia's immigration arrangements since at least the 1970s.They became significantly more important from the late 1990s when agreements started to be put in place with a much wider range of coun...

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:05:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 11,594 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 11,594 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 11,586 locally transmitted and eight imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number o...

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:39:35 GMT
What is walking meditation?
For Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, walking was not simply a way to get from one place to another, or an activity to be reserved for a

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:18:27 GMT
FIFA WC playoff: Chinese Taipei defeat Thailand to set up Vietnam showdown
Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 4 (ANI): Chinese Taipei defeated Thailand 3-0 in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia/New Zealand playoff at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Friday. The three points mean Chinese Taipei's tie again...

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 04:44:02 GMT
Lao health authorities recommend plant extracts for COVID-19 treatment
VIENTIANE, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Institute of Traditional Medicine under the Lao Ministry of Health has advised COVID-19 patients to use plant extracts for treatment and encouraged people to grow the involved plants of heartleaf, Andrographis panicu...

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 04:44:01 GMT
Laos cuts quarantine period for visitors to 7 days
VIENTIANE, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has cut the required quarantine period for new arrivals from 14 days to seven days for certain types of visitors. Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Office Thipphakone Chanthavongsa said on Thursday t...

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 02:44:01 GMT
Some 950,000 travelers recorded in Cambodia during Chinese New Year
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The number of domestic and foreign tourists traveling in Cambodia during the first three days of celebration of the Chinese New Year rose 6 percent to 947,497 from a year earlier, according to Tourism Minister Thong Kho...

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:06:11 GMT
Philippine Cruise Missiles Deal Signals Pushback Against China
San Francisco - Philippines leaders are moving to purchase sophisticated anti-ship cruise missiles in what analysts see as a sign of new resolve to stand up to China in a maritime dispute and to pivot further toward Manila's traditional ally, the Uni...

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:03:22 GMT
Japan provide conducive atmosphere to foreign workers
Tokyo [Japan], February 3 (ANI): Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Japan maintains order and unity. This is made possible not only by the Japanese but foreigners who have integrated themselves into the local society. Known as "Essential Foreigners," ...

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:18:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 8,601 new COVID-19 cases, 2,304,095 in total
HANOI, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 8,601 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 8,575 locally transmitted and 26 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of i...

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:52:15 GMT
Indefinite detention is a disgrace: We must vote to end it
Some of Australia's refugees have been detained for a horrifying nine years. Meanwhile, we've kept voting for the people who are doing it, writes Hannah Thomas.THE GOAL OF Australia's mandatory detention policy appears to be the systematic, slow-moti...



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