washington - China continues to be the top global source of counterfeit products, but it is far from the only major concern regarding pirated goods, according to the annual notorious-markets list released Thursday by the office of the U.S. trade repr...

HANOI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered a new record daily number of 36,200 COVID-19 infections on Thursday, an increase of 1,463 from Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, including 36,190 domestically transmitted...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran discovered its fate at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan on Thursday. - Sports news - The Iranian team has been drawn in Group A along with host Uzbekistan, Qatar and Turkmenistan.Korea Republic, the defending champio...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 17 (ANI): The ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting (AMM Retreat) kicked off here on Thursday in a hybrid format to discuss issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, inclusive economic recovery and relations with dialogue partn...

SYDNEY -- Authorities of Australia's state of Victoria announced on Thursday that it will ease a number of COVID-19 restrictions as the hospitalization numbers are decreasing. Victoria reported 8,501 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths on Thursday....

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting (AMM Retreat) kicked off here on Thursday in a hybrid format to discuss issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, inclusive economic recovery, and relations with dialogue partners. Cha...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Singapore have vowed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era for mutual benefits, both sides said in separate statements released late Wednesday. The commitment was ma...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 17 (ANI): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers will be discussing how to approach the Myanmar military as the group seeks an immediate cessation of violence and a visit by a special envo...

The discovery backs up the theory that Covid-19 may have originated in bats, researchers sayThree new SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses, which "could represent a risk for human health," have been discovered in Laos bats.The scientists, from the Instit...

The US visa program has yet to review thousands of applications from Afghanistan allies, a New York Times report has revealedFewer than 2,000 of the 43,000 applications submitted through the US Citizenship and Immigration Services' humanitarian parol...

After WWII was over, Tokyo decided to prosecute wartime elites, but never really went through with itIn Tokyo or any other big city in Japan, there is always a store selling military uniforms and paraphernalia - both authentic and replica - belonging...

PHNOM PENH -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat, wh...

PHNOM PENH -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat, wh...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Mini...

HANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered another record of 34,737 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, up 2,923 cases from Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwide, included 34,723 dom...

HANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government agreed on Wednesday to reopen borders for international tourism starting from March 15. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has given the nod to a proposal by ministries on the time of reop...

YANGON -- A military fighter jet crashed on Wednesday during a routine training, killing its pilot, a military spokesperson told Xinhua. The fighter jet crashed into a lake east of Ohn Taw village, Sagaing region at about 10:43 a.m. local time (0413 ...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Wednesday that agricultural innovations hold key to sustainable production...

The most widespread assault rifle in the world was created 75 years ago. Has it changed much?World War II unveiled a new era of weapons - assault rifles. These automatic guns were more powerful compared to submachine guns, but lighter and more conven...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will begin a nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 6 to 11 in March in a bid to reopen schools safely, local media reported Wednesday. Local daily Vientiane Times quoted Deputy...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar Football Federation has withdrawn from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2022 in Cambodia due to COVID-19 complications, the AFF announced in a press release on Tuesday. As part of health...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government on Tuesday defended its decision on establishing a national internet gateway, saying the move is intended to strengthen tax collection and deter cybercrime. "The establishment of national inter...

© Provided by Xinhua An estimated 17 million students in Vietnam are expected to return to their classrooms, but how to keep them safe amid the continuous pandemic remains a challenge.HANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- For college junior stud

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Asia's brightest young talents will discover their road to Continental glory when the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 official draw ceremony is staged in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday. - Sports news - The tournament, which i...

Efforts by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to bring Myanmar back into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have cemented a split within the trade group between mainland authoritarian governments and democratic maritime powers, analysts said.Th...

HANOI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported an all-time high of 31,814 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up 2,401 cases from Monday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 62 localities nationwide, included 31,787 domesticall...

HANOI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has officially removed all COVID-19 restrictions on the frequency of international flights starting Tuesday, marking the first time its aviation network can fully resume after nearly two years of border closure. In ...

HANOI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- As many as 30,742 units of automobile were sold in the Vietnamese market in January, up 16 percent on year, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association said on Tuesday. Specifically, sales of domestically assembled aut...

SEOUL -- South Korea's presidential election campaigning officially kicked off on Tuesday for a 22-day run ahead of the election to be held on March 9. A total of 14 candidates are competing for the South Korean presidency of a single five-year term,...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 95 million U.S. dollars in loan for the Cambodian government to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from 2022 to 2023, it said in a press statement on Tuesday. "The project will hel...

BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar will not participate in this week's meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spurning an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its chief diplomat, its gov...

Washington - Vietnamese refugees in Thailand are facing delays in renewing identity cards issued by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Bangkok, and the pandemic-related suspension of processing has exposed many to the possibili...

JAKARTA -- Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 members will gather from Feb. 17 to 18 for their first meeting this year under the Indonesian presidency in Jakarta, despite a steady increase in daily COVID-19 cases. Perry Warjiyo, go...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Host Cambodia on Monday night defeated Brunei 6-0 in its first match of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2022. Held at the Morodok Techo National Stadium here and broadcast live on local Bayon TV ch...

HANOI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- For college junior student Dao Quang Khai, Monday is a big day as it is his first day back in school after almost nine months of distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other educational institutions in Vi...

HANOI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 29,413 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest daily infections in the country since the beginning of the pandemic, up by 3,034 cases from Sunday, its ministry of health said. The new infections, logged i...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A Lao health official on Monday called for strict observance of COVID-19 prevention and control measures. Buaphan Khamphaphongphan, deputy director-general of the National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology under th...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Lao Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has outlined new measures in relation to climate change, aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. According to local daily Vientiane Times report on Monda...

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia is powering up its new National Internet Gateway, a move activists say will allow the government to further silence the country's embattled opposition voices.U.N. rights experts warn the gateway, which will funnel all web traffi...

SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of the information and communications technology (ICT) products logged double-digit growth in the first month of this year, government data showed on Monday. The ICT products export spiked 20.7 percent ...

Seoul [South Korea], February 14 (ANI/Global Economic): For the announcement of Korea's top actors Hyunbin (40) and Son Ye-jin (40)'s marriage on the 11th, global fans in Japan and China have also sent blessings online. The tvN's drama 'Crash Landing...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The third edition of the 2022 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship will kick off on Monday afternoon at the new Morodok Techo National Stadium in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, the AFF said in a press relea...

CANBERRA -- Thousands of Australians have gathered in the nation's capital to protest coronavirus vaccine mandates. Up to 10,000 people during the weekend took to the streets of Canberra to urge the federal, state and territory governments to immedia...

Paris [France], February 13 (ANI): As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meets in Paris to investigate terror-financing and money laundering and deliberate progress of Pakistan - the Baloch, Pashtun, Afghan, Uyghur, and Hong Kong communities livi...

HANOI, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 26,379 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, according to its Ministry of Health. The infections, logged in 58 localities nationwide, included 26,372 domestically transmitted and seven imported. The Vietnamese capi...