VIENTIANE, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The third Lane Xang EMU train for the China-Laos Railway has arrived in the Lao capital Vientiane in order to serve the upcoming travel rush during the Lao New Year festival to be celebrated in mid-April. The third Lan...

Beijing [China], April 10 (ANI): China has set up three military bases on islands in the South China Sea, equipping them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming gadgets while deploying fighter jets there, threatening nearb...

© Provided by Xinhua Vietnam's GDP grew 5.03 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared with 4.72 percent in the same period last year, and 3.66 percent in the first quarter of 2020, creating a springboard for economic growth in the next qu...

HANOI, 9th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam on Saturday reported 34,140 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including two imported cases, the...

TAKEO, Cambodia, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Chhum Seavling, aged 12, is quite used to walking a few kilometers to school each day. Her family can not afford a bicycle for her, so when Hello Inc. donated some of the company's previously shared bikes to rural...

HANOI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam logged 34,140 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down 5,194 cases from Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwide, included 34,138 domestically transmitted and t...

HANOI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's production and business recovered in the first quarter of this year, but are still encountering many obstacles, including adverse impacts of the global pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, said local ...

April 9, 2022 - Brussels, Belgium - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will be travelling to Indonesia and Vietnam from April 9 to 14. While visiting these two strategic pa...

PHNOM PENH, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Restoration work on the Takav Gate in the western part of Angkor Thom temple has been 70 percent completed, the Apsara National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Friday. Started in December 2019, the project in...

PHNOM PENH, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Resident Coordinator to Cambodia Pauline Tamesis on Friday commended Cambodia for its success in combating COVID-19, that led to the reopening-up of the country in November last year. Tamesis made th...

HANOI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam logged 39,334 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down 6,552 from Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 62 localities nationwide, included 39,333 domestically transmitted and one imp...

COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's central bank on Friday tightened its monetary policy with a significant increase of interest rates amid inflationary pressure. Issuing a press release, the central bank announced the increase of the deposit facility rate and th...

Phuket [Thailand], April 8 (ANI): Indian boxers Amit Panghal, Ananta Chopde and Sumit made their way into the final while three women boxers signed off with bronze medals at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament in Phuket on Friday. ...

VIENTIANE, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The year-on-year inflation rate in Laos surged to 8.5 percent in March, a fresh new record since January 2016. The COVID-19 pandemic, together with volatile fuel prices and continuing depreciation of the Lao currency ki...

PHNOM PENH, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia had expelled 3,594 illegal immigrants in more than 40 nationalities to their birth countries in 2021, according to a report released by the General Department of Immigration (GDI) on Thursday. Some 2,899, or 8...

HANOI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 10 million cases on Thursday to reach 10,070,692, with 42,733 deaths, according to its Ministry of Health. The country logged 45,886 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, do...

PHNOM PENH, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The participation from local communities is crucial to eradicate all types of snaring in protected areas and illegal wildlife trade in Cambodia, officials and conservationists said on Thursday. The Southeast Asian nati...

NEW DELHI -- The condition of India's first patient said to be infected with the Omicron XE variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is not serious, the media report quoted a local health official as saying on Wednesday. The female patient arrived in Mu...

New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau after meeting BJP President JP Nadda at party headquarters on Wednesday said the briefing was excellent and learned a lot about the system. "The briefing was excellent. W...

Phuket [Thailand], April 6 (ANI): Indian boxer Ashish Kumar continued his brilliant form at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament and entered the finals alongside the country's three other pugilists in Phuket on Wednesday. Apart from...

HANOI, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 49,124 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, down 5,871 cases from Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, were all domestically transmitted. The Vie...

HANOI, 6th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam and New Zealand affirmed their commitment to deepening the two countries' agriculture and trade relati...

Hanoi [Vietnam], April 6 (ANI): In a bold move, the Vietnam government has started asserting itself against the Chinese dominance in the South China Sea. Hanoi commemorated (March 14) the 34th anniversary of a battle against the Chinese navy in the (...

KABUL -- Casualties were feared after an explosion rocked inside a big mosque in the central part of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said. (Afghanistan-Mosque-Explosion) - - - - KABUL -- Afghanistan has received a fresh batch of...

Washington [US], April 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The conflict in Ukraine threatens uneven recovery from the coronavirus pandemic among developing East Asian and Pacific countries, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday. "Just as the economies of East Asia...

KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy to Cambodia on Tuesday paid homage to two Chinese peacekeepers martyred in the United Nations mission in the Southeast Asian country in 1993. The event, which was held on the occasion of...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): 'Ajanar Daake Achenar Khonje', a book that chronicles the picturesque journey between Moscow in western Russia and Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, undertaken by Abhijit Bhattacharya, the emi...

Bangkok [Thailand], April 5 (ANI/PR Newswire): dtac or Total Access Communication PCL, the leader and pioneer of tourist SIM cards in Thailand, is welcoming international travellers back to the country with a special "Welcome back to Thailand" promot...

HANOI, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 54,995 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up 6,278 from Monday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, were all domestically transmitted. The Vietnamese cap...

HANOI, 31st March, 2022 (WAM) -- A forum to promote foreign investment into Vietnam themed "A new era of digital transformation and green tran...

DUBAI, 18th March, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation received Nguyn Mnh Tun, the Ambassador...

DUBAI, 14th March, 2022 (WAM) -- Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, has visited the Vietnam Pavili...

DUBAI, 8th March, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, today m...