SEOUL, June 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products logged a double-digit growth in May, a government report showed Tuesday. The ICT products shipment rose 13.9 percent from a year earlier to 20...

VIENTIANE -- The Lao government will strive to stabilize the economy, financial situation and currency in order to prevent a crisis, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh told the National Assembly (NA) at the start of its 3rd ordinary session which ...

PHNOM PENH, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested two men over drug trafficking, seizing more than 54 kg of illicit drugs from them, the National Police said on Tuesday. Police arrested the two men, a 31-year-old foreigner and...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): Indian men's football team captain Sunil Chhetri said that his team need to focus on the upcoming Asian Cup Qualifier clash against Hong Kong and end the tournament on a positive note. India play Hong Kon...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: A Chinese official has announced that an "iron-clad partnership" with Cambodia has been strengthened as a naval base is being built for the Chinese navy. However, Cambodian Minister of Defence Tea Banh dismissed fears that Cambo...

VIENTIANE, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will strive to stabilize the economy, financial situation and currency in order to prevent a crisis, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh told the National Assembly (NA) at the start of its 3rd ordin...

© Provided by Xinhua VIENTIANE, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Not only food! The Lancang-Mekong International Food Exposition is going on in Vientiane, capital of Laos.The expo kicked off on June 10 and will last through June 19, hosting about 200 booths. It ...

HANOI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's southern region has reported more than 39,300 dengue fever infections with 36 deaths from the disease so far this year, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday. Among the infections, nearly 1,200 were severe cases,...

PHNOM PENH, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's total trade volume was valued at 22.4 billion U.S. dollars in the first five months of 2022, up 19.7 percent from 18.7 billion dollars over the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. The...

HANOI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The petroleum prices in Vietnam have set a new record after being adjusted up for the 11th time this year. From Monday, the price of RON95 bio-fuel per liter was raised by 797 Vietnamese dongs (around 0.034 U.S. dollars) to...

HANOI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 617 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 49 from Sunday, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the new infections, one was imported and the rest were domestically transmitted in 37 provinces and cities....

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 13 (ANI): Indian men's football team would be looking to continue their winning streak when they will lock horns with Hong Kong in their third and final Group D encounter of the third round of AFC Asian Cup Qualifi...

Hong Kong, June 13 (ANI): Authoritarian China, in sharp contrast to practically every other nation, peddles a far different view of what will bring peace in Asia and the world. This was evident when China's Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe took to...

HANOI, 13th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam needs immediate solutions to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) and strengthen its sources, ...

PHNOM PENH, June 13 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday provided over 4.3 million U.S. dollars from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund 2022 to Cambodia for carrying out 13 projects in the kingdom. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian an...

HANOI, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 568 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down 142 from Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 34 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi r...

© Provided by Xinhua CHONGQING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Departing from Laotian capital Vientiane, four containers of fresh glutinous rice arrived in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. The supplies arrived just in time as Chinese families were b...

© Provided by Xinhua HANOI, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Pia is a specialty cake in Vietnam, which is made of wheat flour, green beans, durian and salted duck eggs. It first appeared in the southern province of Soc Trang in the 17th century, when Chinese peo...

Singapore - The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore is Asia's most prominent security summit, in addition to being a hotspot of diplomatic competition.U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and several other American officials have been engaged in sideline...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 11 (ANI): An early investigation into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by a World Health Organization (WHO) advisory group suggested that the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China played an important role in the amplific...

DHAKA -- A large fire ripped through train compartments in Bangladesh's Sylhet region, some 240 km northeast of the capital Dhaka, on Saturday, sending a ball of flame and plumes of black smoke billowing up high into the sky. There were no immediate ...

Balochistan [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Members of different zones of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) held memorial references in different parts of Balochistan in connection with the eighth death anniversary of Baloch national leader Baba Khair Ba...

HANOI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 710 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down by 251 from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 39 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hano...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 11 (ANI): Indian men's football team face Afghanistan in their second match of the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers on Saturday at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata. The Blue Tigers who beat Cambodia in their...

PHNOM PENH, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia had reported 1,354 dengue fever cases in the first five months of 2022, up more than 100 percent compared to the same period last year, the health ministry said in a press release on Saturday. The disease kill...

Beijing [China], June 10 (ANI): After strict COVID lockdowns in China that led to months of supply chain disruptions, Apple is now moving some iPad production out of China and shifting it to Vietnam. To guard itself against future shortages and suppl...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 10 (ANI): Indian men's football team will be looking to move closer to an AFC Asian Cup 2023 berth when they take on wounded Afghanistan at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday. The Blue Tigers are currentl...

HANOI, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 961 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, up by 162 from Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 42 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 10 (ANI): Team India head coach Igor Stimac has warned that Afghanistan will be coming out hard at the Blue Tigers in their Asian Cup qualifiers match as it is a do or die game for them and added that India 'will w...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 10 (ANI): Team India got off to a winning start in the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers final round against Cambodia, and the data analysis displays some interesting performances. The Blue Tigers played 776 passes amo...

HANOI, 10th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam was placed 68th out of the 120 countries in the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2021 recently released by the...

PHNOM PENH, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia exported 105,048 tons of dry rubber in the first five months of 2022, up 3 percent compared to the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Friday. The kingdom earned 168 million U...

India's surprise decision to ban wheat exports has raised concerns about potential curbs on rice exports as well, prompting rice traders to step up purchases and place atypical orders for longer-dated deliveries.Government and trade officials have sa...

VIENTIANE -- It is necessary to enact a specific law to ensure the safety of dams, as part of the Lao government's efforts to achieve sustainable energy development, according to the Lao minister of energy and mines. Addressing the National Assembly ...

VIENTIANE, June 10 (Xinhua) -- It is necessary to enact a specific law to ensure the safety of dams, as part of the Lao government's efforts to achieve sustainable energy development, according to the Lao minister of energy and mines. Addressing the ...

Hanoi [Vietnam], June 10 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday visited the Telecommunication University in Nha Trang, Vietnam and handed over a cheque of 5 million Indian Rupees for the procurement of training aids. The university is known ...

Hanoi [Vietnam], June 10 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday visited the Telecommunication University in Nha Trang, Vietnam and handed over a cheque of 5 million Indian Rupees for the procurement of training aids. The university is known ...

BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Olympic champions Zhang Yufei, Wang Shun and women's 4x200m freestyle relay winners will lead a 47-member swimming team to the upcoming FINA World Swimming Championships to be held in Budapest, Hungary during June...

Washington - Vietnam is protesting China's annual spring-into-summer fishing ban that Hanoi says partially "violates" its sovereignty.In a statement issued prior to China's implementation of what it calls a "fishing moratorium," Vietnamese Foreign Mi...

Hanoi [Vietnam], June 10 (ANI): Adding yet another leaf to the defence ties between New Delhi and Hanoi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday handed over a USD 1 million to Vietnam's Air Force Officers Training School for the establishment of a l...

Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): As China and Cambodia took the first steps on a Chinese funded upgrade of the Ream Naval Base in south Cambodia, the West is worried about what Beijing's envoy has termed an "iron-clad partnership" between the two coun...

© Provided by Xinhua PHNOM PENH, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia started providing a fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to priority groups across the country on Thursday, the health ministry's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said.

New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Secretary East in the Ministry of External Affairs, Saurabh Kumar on Thursday participated in the ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Officials' Meeting (ARF SOM) virtually and shared India's perspectives on the threat posed ...

BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China's General Administration of Customs has issued an alert on the transmission of dengue fever after it broke out in multiple countries. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that can cause fever, headache, flushed s...

COLOMBO -- Sri Lankan Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella said on Thursday that wearing face masks in public places is no longer mandatory with effect from Friday. The minister said, however, it is advisable for those suffering from respiratory d...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 9 (ANI): Following India's 2-0 win against Cambodia in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers 2023, head coach Igor Stimac and captain Sunil Chhetri have expressed happiness at getting a clean sheet, but also feel that the s...

VIENTIANE, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has planned to increase the use of electric vehicles nationwide to 1 percent of the total number of vehicles by 2025 and over 30 percent in 2030 for the decarbonization of the transport sector. The amb...

Washington Post report about a naval base being set up by Beijing in Cambodia was "disinformation," China's foreign ministry says Beijing has rejected a report by the Wash...

HANOI, 8th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is joining international efforts to protect the blue ocean in response to World Ocean Day 2022, Vietnam...

Once among the world's worst nations for illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, Vietnam is battling to redeem itself after a yellow card warning. Rogue fishers could see Vietnam barred from the European Union seafood market. Despite making

HANOI, 7th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in December. According to Vietnam ...

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

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...