In 2019, international travel and tourism was a $1.7 trillion global industry. A new cruise ship with space for 6600 passengers was launched. And dog friendly holidays in the French Riviera were seen as the next big

Washington - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a network of Hong Kong, Emirati and other companies that it accused of helping to deliver and sell Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products to East Asia, applying pressure on Tehran...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris told the wife of Brittney Griner in a phone conversation Wednesday that they are working to free the WNBA star from a Russian jail, where she has been held since February, the White House said. Ch...

Istanbul [Turkey], July 6 (ANI): Renowned scholars from around 30 countries participated in the 18th World Congress of the Academy for Business Advancement in Istanbul, Turkey to discuss globalization, trade and digitization. Director of the Indian I...

Yangon [Myanmar], July 6 (ANI): China and Myanmar agreed to accelerate infrastructure projects linked to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the sidelines of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met separately ...

VIENTIANE, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade deficit of 133 million U.S. dollars in June 2022, according to figures from the Lao Trade Portal website Wednesday. The total value of trade in June amounted to 1 billion dollars, of which 456 milli...

SEOUL -- South Korean stocks fell to the lowest in about 20 months Wednesday on rising worry about global economic recessions, with the local currency hitting a 13-year low. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) declined 49.77 points, or 2.13...

New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Indian Army continues to play a lead role in United Nations Peacekeeping with its presence in eight out of 14 United Nations Missions worldwide and currently has over 5,400 military personnel deployed in challenging c...

HANOI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam spent nearly 7.1 billion U.S. dollars importing roughly 6.6 million tons of steel and iron in the first six months of this year, data from the Vietnam Steel Association showed Wednesday. The figure represents a fall ...

New York [US], July 6 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday (local time) appointed Lieutenant-General Mohan Subramanian of India as Force Commander, United Nations Mission in South Sudan. "United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gu...

HANOI -- Vietnam spent around 4.4 billion U.S. dollars on importing completely-built automobiles and components for assembly in the first half of this year, posting a year-on-year decrease of 1.7 percent. Specifically, the country imported 65,836 com...

VIENTIANE, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Lao authorities are holding talks with other ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries to share ideas on ways to attract more visitors and make them feel welcome. Plans will also focus on ensuring ...

Beijing [China], July 6 (ANI): China's smartphone manufacturers have faced several challenges in the previous year and are searching for alternate supply chain and production methods. According to GSM Arena, the first batch of smartphones produced at...

President Joe Biden has awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, to four U.S. Army soldiers for their actions during the Vietnam War.During a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, President Joe Biden presented the award to ...

BANGKOK, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Tuesday that the relations between China and Thailand are "as close as one family". When meeting with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minist...

PHNOM PENH, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested a gang of six foreigners for their attempting to manufacture illicit drugs, seizing more than 14 tons of precursor chemicals, the National Police reported on Tuesday. The suspec...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand has decided not to attend an upcoming counter-terrorism meeting co-chaired by the militaries of Myanmar and Russia. The meeting will bring together representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...

Brittney Griner has been in Russian custody since February Detained women's basketball star Brittney Griner has told US President Joe Biden that she fears she will be behi...

HANOI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam earned about 18.6 billion U.S. dollars from exporting textiles and garments in the first six months of this year, up 21.6 percent from the same period last year, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Tr...

Hanoi [Vietnam], July 5 (ANI): The overland trade between China and Vietnam saw a sharp decline in the first four months of the year, due to tightened Covid-19 safety measures and congested borders. Vietnamese firms shipped just USD 509 million worth...

VIENTIANE, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Lao and Cuban presidents have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen the decades-old friendship and cooperative ties that unite the peoples of the two countries. During a meeting held via video link, General S...

HANOI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam spent over 8 billion U.S. dollars on cloth import in the first half of this year, posting a rise of 10.3 percent year on year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Tuesday. Between January and June...

HANOI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam posted a budget collection of 932.9 trillion Vietnamese dong (nearly 39.7 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year, up 18.8 percent year on year, the country's Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. Domesti...

WNBA star Brittney Griner, detained in Russia for more than four months, wrote a letter sent by her representatives to the White House appealing to President Joe Biden for help to bring her home. "As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my tho...

PHNOM PENH, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Monday launched the KHQR code payment service, aiming at promoting the wider use of mobile retail payments in the Southeast Asian country, a senior official said. KHQR is a univers...

TOKYO -- Japan's ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito is headed for victory in the upcoming House of Councilors election, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling LDP likely to win more seats than the number i...

Bangkok - Myanmar's military government on Monday hosted the first high-level regional meeting since the army took power last year with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and counterparts from Mekong Delta nations.State broadcaster MRTV reported that W...

BAGAN, Myanmar, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers from China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam attended the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting here on Monday, with participants agreeing to adopt six ne...

VIENTIANE, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The inflation rate in Laos hit 23.6 percent year-on-year in June, the highest recorded since May 2000, with a surge in the prices of energy and consumer goods. The soaring price of fuel, gas and other imported goods, com...

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): Vaccum created by the US after its exit from Vietnam destabilized the region leading up to Khmer Rouge provocations and atrocities in Cambodia and this raises concern if the US' exit from Afghanistan will prompt the...

SYDNEY -- Voters went to the polls in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Monday for the national general election. Over 3,500 candidates will compete for the 118 seats in the parliament with 53 political parties registering for this year's election. Throughou...

Beijing - China's foreign minister called for Myanmar's junta to hold talks with its opponents Sunday during his first visit to the country since the 2021 coup that plunged it into turmoil.Beijing is one of the Myanmar military's few international al...

Can historians influence government policy? Should they? And, if so, what kinds of historical knowledge should they produce?I suspect policy-makers only rarely think of historians as a first port of call when seeking guidance. And historians, for the...

BAGAN, Myanmar, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn met here on Sunday, and both sides pledged to further enhance relations and cooperation in b...

BAGAN, Myanmar, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday exchanged views on the Myanmar issue with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn. Prak Sokhonn, also the special env...

Hanoi [Vietnam], July 3 (ANI): Vietnam recorded 512 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, media reported citing the health ministry. Yesterday, the cases were 730. The newly reported infections brought the total tally to 10,748,639 with 43,087 deaths. Nation...

Seol [South Korea], July 3 (ANI): The Galaxy M11 has finally received Samsung's One UI 4.1 upgrade which tells you about how many handsets the company has already gone through because it is now patching low-end phones for two years ago. According to ...

BANGKOK - China's top diplomat on Saturday arrived on his first visit to Myanmar since the military seized power last year to attend a regional meeting that the government said was a recognition of its legitimacy and opponents protested as a violatio...

Hanoi [Vietnam], July 2 (ANI): Vietnam reported 730 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, according to its Ministry of Health. The cases brought the total tally to 10,748,127 with 43,087 deaths. Nationwide, as many as 9,699,357 COVID-19 patients, or over 9...

PHNOM PENH -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Saturday praised the Cambodian government for appealing for donations from the private sector and the Cambodian Red Cross to support landmine clearance. Donations from patriotic well-to-d...

PHNOM PENH, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Saturday praised the Cambodian government for appealing donations from the private sector and the Cambodian Red Cross to support landmine clearance. Donations from patrio...

PHNOM PENH, July 2 (Xinhua) -- As an active responder of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, Cambodia has witnessed earth-shaking changes in recent years, a Cambodian expert has said.Produced by Xinhua Global Service

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Bid...

Biden "wronged" America and must be ousted to restore the nation to greatness and glory, says Jon Voight President Joe Biden must be impeached immediately, so Americans ca...

HANOI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnamese representatives reaffirmed their country's commitments to develop blue and sustainable oceans when a...

Some $1.14 billion of taxpayers' money will be spent on light tanks produced by General Dynamics Land Systems The US Army has approved a new design for a light tank, and

GENEVA, 28th June, 2022 (WAM) -- As a candidate for the membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for 2023 - 2025, Vietnam will continue...

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, 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...