HANOI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), the region's biggest sporting event, will be held in Vietnam from May 12 to 23 this year, organizers said Monday. The Games will feature 40 sports with 526 events, attracting arou...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's COVID-19 case total has surged to 130,276 on Monday after 356 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. The new infections included 342 domestic cas...

© Provided by Xinhua Two hours' drive north of capital Vientiane, the Ban Xor village was one of the first communities in Laos to benefit from China's years of hard work to end poverty at home.by Chanthaphaphone MixaybouaVIENTI

JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government will conduct a trial on receiving international travelers without quarantine in the country's resort island of Bali beginning March 14 under certain conditions, a senior minister said on Sunday. The trial may be l...

by Chanthaphaphone Mixayboua VIENTIANE, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- In the mountains of northern Laos, life keeps getting better and better for the villagers of Ban Xor. According to Khamchan Boudvinai, deputy village chief, everyone has a little more money ...

HANOI, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered another record high of daily COVID-19 infections on Sunday, with 86,990 cases, up 9,008 cases from Saturday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, in...

New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has urged the Central Government to lift the "export prohibition" on bamboo charcoal for optimum utilization of raw bamboo and higher profitability in the bamboo...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam won the 2022 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship for the first time after defeating Thailand 1-0 at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on Saturday night. Tran...

As extreme weather events become commonplace, threatening communities and economies across the world, the UN is helping policy-makers and leaders by projecting the impact of future climate hazards, and recommending the best, most cost-effective ways ...

Washington [US], February 27 (ANI): Oscar-nominated actor-producer Samuel L. Jackson was recently honoured with the Chairman's Award at the 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards, presented by chairman Leon W. Russell. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a ...

SHIJIAZHUANG, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The first group of trainees from Laos and Cambodia at a Chinese acrobatic art school has graduated from the institution's online training program after in-person exchanges were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A t...

HANOI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered 77,982 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, down 813 cases from Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 77,970 domestically transmitte...

New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): The Blue Tigers labelled the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Final Round Qualifiers draw as an "interesting" one and echoed the need to believe in the abilities within the squad in India's quest to qualify to the AFC As...

© Provided by Xinhua The close ties between China and Cambodia have driven a "Chinese fever" among Cambodians, inspiring more students to learn the language and explore the culture behind it.PHNOM PENH, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The passion

HANOI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered another record high of daily COVID-19 infections on Friday, with 78,795 cases, up 9,667 cases from the previous record on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 lo...

Islamabad [Pakistan], February 25 (ANI): Pakistan President Arif Alvi has taken a jibe at the United States as he expressed surprise that Washington had not "learnt from the past" and "fell into another trap". Alvi made these remarks during a session...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have signed a memorandum of understanding on trade promotion, aiming at further boosting bilateral trade volume, the Cambodian Commerce Ministry said in a sta...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The passion to learn Chinese is on the rise among Cambodians as the two countries have enjoyed close ties in diverse spheres even during the difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic. You Rong, a senior majoring in Chin...

Hanoi [Vietnam], February 25 (ANI): Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday raised concerns on terrorists potentially using the country's soil to launch attacks in third countries, a report said. Dinh Viet Dung, deputy head of the Departme...

BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- With a draw held virtually in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, six groups were decided for the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers final round. Among the 24 teams, the six group winners and five best second-placed team...

HANOI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The total COVID-19 cases in Vietnam surpassed the grim mark of 3 million on Thursday amid a new resurgence, showed data from the Ministry of Health. The Southeast Asian country registered 69,128 new COVID-19 cases in the pa...

HANOI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The total COVID-19 cases in Vietnam surpassed the grim milestone of three million cases on Thursday to reach 3,041,506, with 39,884 deaths from the virus, said its Ministry of Health. In the past 24 hours, the country regis...

New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): India have been drawn alongside Hong Kong, Afghanistan, and Cambodia in Group D of the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 final round qualifiers at the official draw ceremony which was conducted at the Asian Football Confe...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and his visiting Malaysian counterpart Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Thursday vowed to further strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era for mutual benefits. The ...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 24 (ANI): Congress leader Harish Rawat on Wednesday said that he will offer land to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Uttarakhand to build a house after he loses the Assembly elections in the ...

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani government agreed on an "exceptional basis" to allow the overland transportation of humanitarian assistance from India to Afghanistan, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said here on Wednesday. Pakistan has allowed the transpor...

HANOI, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered another record high number of daily COVID-19 infections on Wednesday with 60,355 cases, up 4,476 cases from the previous record on Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- New COVID-19 infections have been on the rise in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the country's former pandemic hotspot, in recent days, with Omicron currently the dominant variant here, according to t...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Laos has confirmed a total of 27 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, including the first local transmission and 26 imported cases, since the beginning of 2022, the National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevent...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Laos-China Railway Company (LCRC) has announced it will operate slower-speed trains in addition to the two existing high-speed EMU (electric multiple unit) trains to meet the growing needs of passengers. The LCRC ha...