HANOI, 27th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam jumped 39 steps to become the 62nd best country worldwide for quality of life in 2021, according to a...

HANOI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 557 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down 100 from Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 32 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi w...

Polo, Illinois - Before the 2016 presidential election, Illinois farmer Brian Duncan looked to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement between the United States and Asian countries, to boost demand for his crops, and in particular, prices...

PHNOM PENH, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia burned more than 6 tons of illicit drugs and ingredients on Sunday to mark the International Day Against Drug, officials said. Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng set fire on the seized illic...

Abortion rights in the US are not quite as restricted as the president implied, howeverPresident Joe Biden claimed on Friday that a Supreme Court ruling restricting abortion access has made the US "an outlier among developed nations." However, while ...

HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The Da Nang Investment Forum 2022 was held Saturday in Vietnam's central city of Da Nang, in a bid to attract foreign investment. At the event, a series of adjustments to the overall plan for the development of Da Nang by 2...

PHNOM PENH, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and east China's Jiangsu Province have launched the "Silk Road E-commerce", aiming to further boost bilateral trade and investment relations. In a congratulatory letter on the occasion of the "Silk Road E-comm...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A truck transporting garment workers to their factory flipped onto its side in the southwestern Kampong Speu province on Saturday morning, leaving 27 people wounded, a senior police officer said. The accid...

Kathmandu [Nepal], June 25 (ANI): The new ambassador of India to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday afternoon to take charge of his office. Upon arrival at the Kathmandu's Tribhuwan International Airport, Srivastava was receive...

HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 657 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, up by 4 from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 36 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi wa...

VIENTIANE, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Laos held the final round of the 15th "Chinese Bridge" contest for non-Chinese secondary students in the capital Vientiane on Friday, and released the final result on Saturday. The annual Chinese proficiency competition...

Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): Owing to greater opportunities with cheaper prices over land purchasing rights, labour wages, and operational expenses for factories and warehouses, Vietnam may replace China as the factory of the world in near future....

by Yi Xin BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden formally announced the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) on May 23 in Tokyo during his first Asia tour, revealing what Washington enshrined as a key com...

© Provided by Xinhua NANNING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- On May 27, a cargo ship loaded with Malaysian manganese ore arrived at Beibu Gulf Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.The ore was sent to the smelting workshop of South Manganese G...

NANNING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- On May 27, a cargo ship loaded with Malaysian manganese ore arrived at Beibu Gulf Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The ore was sent to the smelting workshop of South Manganese Group Ltd., which has ...

HANOI, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 653 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down by 87 from Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 38 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's inflation, as measured by consumer price index, increased 2.8 percent in May from a year ago due to higher food inflation, official data showed Friday. The increase surpassed the average inflation of 1.9 percent in Malaysia...

VIENTIANE, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Equipment provided by China to help Laos improve online learning under the China-aided online learning project has been handed over to the Lao side. At a ceremony held in the Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday, Zhao Weny...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River have caught a stingray fish weighing 661 pounds, which is the world's largest freshwater fish ever recorded, according to researchers.The fish, called Boramy, which means "full moon" in th...

KUNMING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Lao police have jointly cracked a cross-border drug trafficking case, arresting two suspects and seizing 1.44 tonnes of methamphetamine tablets, according to an announcement Thursday. Yunnan provincial public ...

CANBERRA, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Australia's national science agency has announced to open a hub in Vietnam to help reduce plastic waste in the region. The Plastics Innovation Hub Vietnam will be run out of the Australian Embassy in Hanoi by the Commonw...

HANOI, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 740 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down by 148 from Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 37 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital H...

Vientiane [Laos], June 22 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh arrived in Laos on an official visit, according to Indian Embassy on Wednesday. "H.E. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Hon'ble Minister of State for External A...

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Incessant rains over the past four days pushed water levels up in rivers in Indian-controlled Kashmir early Wednesday, officials said. According to the officials, the water level of the Jhelum river has crossed ...

HANOI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 888 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up by 140 from Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 43 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hano...

KABUL -- The death toll from an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday has reached 920, while 610 people were injured, a disaster official said, adding the number of casualties might further rise. (Afghanistan-Quake-Deaths) - - - ...

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

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...

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

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...