Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 4 (ANI): As the countdown for the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers begins, Indian skipper Sunil Chhetri said he has always felt at home while in Kolkata. Team India is currently in Kolkata for the final round of AFC Asian ...

© Provided by Xinhua During the "Doan Ngo" Festival, also known as Double Fifth or Dragon Boat Festival, Vietnamese families buy a lot of things, such as chickens, fresh summer fruits and flowers, fermented sticky rice, and different kinds of cakes ...

Beijing [China], June 4 (ANI): Quad -- a "force for good"-- with the help of its maritime initiative, Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA), is eyeing to combat China in its expansionist ambitions in the South and East China Sea where the co...

VIENTIANE, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The Third Ordinary Session of the National Assembly (Ninth Legislature) of Laos will be opened on June 13 and will last through July 8, Secretary of the National Assembly Pingkham Lasasima has told media. The three-week ...

HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Sitting in a 4-square meter room of a boarding house with sheet metal rooftops, kidney patient Nguyen Thi Oanh was enjoying a bowl of fermented sticky rice on a scorching summer day. The fermented sticky rice the middle-aged...

Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit South Korea, the Philippines, Laos, and Vietnam on June 5-14 to follow up on recent summits between the United States and Asian allies and the launch of the Indo-Pac...

BERLIN-- A train derailed Friday near the Alpine ski town Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the German federal state of Bavaria, killing at least three persons, according to a report of local media NTV. Several people were injured in the accident, and some o...

YANGON -- Myanmar kicked off its vaccination drive for the children aged five to 12 years old at schools across the country on Thursday, state-run television channel MRTV reported. In the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw, 109,682 school children aged 5 an...

HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam spent over 6.5 billion U.S. dollars on cloth imports in the first five months of this year, posting a rise of 10.9 percent year on year, according to the General Statistics Office on Friday. Between January and May, ...

HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam exported nearly 7 billion U.S. dollars worth of wood and wood products in the first five months of this year, up 4.7 percent year on year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Friday. In May alone,...

HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam posted a budget collection of 806.4 trillion Vietnamese dongs (around 35 billion U.S. dollars) in the first five months of this year, up 18.7 percent year on year, the country's Ministry of Finance said on Friday. Do...

HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,039 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down by 49 from Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 46 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hano...

HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- A traffic accident in Vietnam's northern Bac Giang province killed three in a family, Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday. A car collided with a motorbike on Thursday evening in the province's Bac Giang city, killing thre...

BRUSSELS, 3rd June, 2022 (WAM) -- Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the EU, has met with EU Commissioner for ...

SYDNEY -- Australian researchers believe millions of COVID-19 patients worldwide could be going undiagnosed for potentially fatal kidney disease. Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs when that organ suddenly fails to filter waste from the blood, sometime...

VIENTIANE, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh has called for joint efforts by all his countrymen to share in efforts to protect the world and the environment. "This year, we have partnered with nations around the world to celebr...

PHNOM PENH, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian national football team defeated Timor-Leste 2-1 at home in an international friendly match here at the Morodok Techo National Stadium on Thursday night. Live broadcast on the BTV news channel, the game att...

HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's legislators discussed measures to curb petrol prices as part of its efforts to control inflation at the ongoing third session of the 15th National Assembly on Thursday. Speaking at a session on the socio-economic s...

HO CHI MINH CITY, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Dengue fever is a big concern in Ho Chi Minh City as the number of severe cases in January-May has been seven times as high as the same period last year, Vietnam News Agency cited local health authorities as sayin...

HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Police of southern Vietnam's Binh Duong province have arrested a local man and seized more than eight kilograms of synthetic drugs, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported on Thursday. The 37-year-old man from the central Nghe An...

HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam earned nearly 24.9 billion U.S. dollars from exporting phones and components in the first five months of this year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Thursday. The number accounted for 16.3 perc...

HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,088 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, up by 41 from Wednesday, according to its ministry of health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 46 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Han...

PHNOM PENH, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia attracted a total of 241,485 international visitors in the first four months of this year, up 191 percent from the same period last year, said the latest report released by the Ministry of Tourism on Thursday. ...

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HANOI, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Police of the central Thanh Hoa province have arrested seven drug traffickers and seized 10 cakes of heroin and 22,000 pills of synthetic drugs, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. A 70-year-old woman, the leader ...

NEW DELHI -- The Indian government's sugar exports ban came into effect on Wednesday, officials said. The ban will be in place until the end of October. Last week the government decided to put a cap on sugar exports to ensure domestic availability. "...

HANOI, June 1 (Xinhua) -- More than 3.1 million passengers have used the China-built Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi since its first day of commercial operation in November last year, the Vietnam News Agency reported Wedne...

HANOI, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,047 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up 37 from Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 40 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi w...

HANOI, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam saw a total of 4,733 traffic accidents take place from January to May this year, killing 2,761 people and injuring 3,078 others, according to the Traffic Police Department on Wednesday. Of the injuries, 1,649 people ...

HANOI, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 63,000 new enterprises were estimated to be established in Vietnam in the first five months of this year, posting an increase of 12.9 percent year on year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Wedne...

BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- A China-developed intranasal vaccine against COVID-19 has shown to be safe and effective in early-stage human trials, according to a new study published in the journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Compared with current...

PHNOM PENH, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Tobacco related illnesses kill more than 15,000 people annually in Cambodia, World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said on Wednesday. "The harmful impact of the tobacco industry on the envi...

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New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): Pancham Dham Trust, supported by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, to commence its 5th journey from May 30 in the direction of propagating Sanatan culture at Siem Reap, Cambodia. RSS National Executive member Dr I...

HANOI, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,010 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, down by 108 from Monday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 40 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hano...

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- Afghan security forces have killed four insurgents in Tagab district of northern Badakhshan province, Qari Maazudin Ahmadi, head of the provincial information and culture department, said Tuesday. The crackdown was launched a...

HANOI, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam saw more than 365,300 international arrivals in the first five months of this year, a 4.5-fold increase from the same period last year, the General Statistics Office said Tuesday. In the period, visitors entering the...

VIENTIANE, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The Lao central bank is applying strict measures against high inflation rates, a severe shortage of fuel, and depreciation of the national currency kip. To ease the situation, which is further exacerbated by the COVID-19...

Male [Maldives], May 31 (ANI/PNN): Sportswear brand PUMA India has opened its first store in the Republic of Maldives, entering the popular holiday destination that has witnessed a triple-digit surge in inbound tourism over the last two years. With t...

A young Cambodian woman says it is her dream to help remove all land mines from the south of Lebanon and improve living conditions for all people living under the threat of death or injury.Decades of civil conflict have left Lebanon with a legacy of ...

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SUVA -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered a speech here via video at a symposium named "Kissinger and China-U.S. Relations" on Tuesday to express his opinion on the right path of bilateral relations. Wang expressed his ap...

PHNOM PENH, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Life has returned to normalcy for children in Cambodia as most of them have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and the southeast Asian nation has reported no new cases for more than three weeks. Cambodia has administered...

PHNOM PENH, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said here on Tuesday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to strengthen its centrality, unity, and solidarity to address key challenges for the sake of r...

New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): India and Vietnam on Monday held the 12th round of Political Consultations and the ninth round of Strategic Dialogue between the foreign ministries of the two countries and explored new opportunities for partnership t...

VIENTIANE, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee has resolved the action to urgently address economic difficulties, especially those relating to fuel shortage, fluctuating currency exchange rates and rising ...

HANOI, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,118 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 228 from Sunday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 45 provinces and cities. The northern Bac Ninh province...

PHNOM PENH, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The so-called Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) led by the United States is another strategy to undermine the centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and to create divisions among the bloc'...

HANOI, 26th May, 2022 (WAM) -- All airline members of Vietnam Airlines Group, Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASO, will offer more tha...

HANOI, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has reported 1,716 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including one imported case, taking the ...

HANOI, 13th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has successfully maintained fiscal, external and financial stability, Resident Representative of the In...

HANOI, 9th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam on Monday announced 2,269 new infections of COVID-19, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Ac...

HANOI, 28th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam attracted over US$10.8 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months of this ye...

HANOI, 27th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Arrivals entering Vietnam via all border gates will no longer have to fill and submit health declaration form...

HANOI, 19th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam on Tuesday announced 12,012 new infections of COVID-19, including one imported case, the lowest since...

HANOI, 15th April, 2022 (WAM) -- The Vietnamese Health Ministry has started issuing vaccine passports from today, 15th April, the Vietnam News...

April 14, 2022 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today concluded a successful visit to Indonesia and Vietnam. The visit focused on deepening our countries' already strong relation...

April 14, 2022 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today concluded a successful visit to Indonesia and Vietnam. The visit focused on deepening our countries' already strong relation...

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...

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...

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