VIENTIANE, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- River flooding triggered by days of heavy rains has affected thousands of residents in northern areas of Laos. The floods have hit the four provinces of Xayaboury, Huaphan, Luang Prabang, and Vientiane, with at least 10...

With preventable deaths escalating to all-time records, American exceptionalism is no longer what many Americans think it is, as Alan Austin reports.LAST WEEK, four-year-old Kendal Lewis was playing in her mother's car in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA,...

HANOI, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,429 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down by 386 from Saturday, according to its Ministry of Health. Among the new cases, only one was imported and the rest were all locally transmitted, said the health mini...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodia's Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MWRM) on Sunday predicted light-to-heavy rainfall across the country next week, that could result in flash floods in eight provinces. From Aug. 15 to Aug. 19,...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Foreign Affairs Minister confirmed that the Chinese vessel 'Yuan Wang-5', widely believed to be a spy ship, has been given clearance to arrive at Hambantota Port on August 16. "Having considered all m...

KABUL -- Two civilians were injured as a blast rocked Dasht-e-Barchi area in the western edge of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. The blast happened at about 10: 30 a.m. local time near the entrance of ...

HANOI, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,815 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down by 487 from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the health ministry. The newly reported infections brough...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday granted permission to Chinese vessel Yuan Wang-5, widely believed to be a spy ship, to dock at its Hambantota port, local media reported. According to a report by Times Online, the Sri Lanka...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade deficit of 114 million U.S. dollars in July, according to a report on Friday from the Lao Trade portal website. The total value of trade in July amounted to 968 million dollars, of which 427 millio...

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, announced on Friday that the High Commissioner will travel over the weekend to Bangladesh.At the invitation of the Government, Michelle Bachelet will visit Bangladesh from Sunday, 14 August, in the first-ever offici...

New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar received a parliamentary delegation from ASEAN led by First Vice President of the National Assembly of Cambodia Kittisethabindit Cheam Yeap, at Parliament Ho...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia exported 161,562 tons of dry rubber in the first seven months of 2022, a slight drop of 0.3 percent year-on-year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Friday. The kingdom earned 254.8 million U.S. do...

HANOI -- Vietnam will host the 2022 Mekong Tourism Forum from Oct. 9 to Oct. 14, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism under the country's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Friday. Themed "Rebuild Tourism, Rebound with Resilien...

HANOI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will host the 2022 Mekong Tourism Forum from Oct. 9 to Oct. 14, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism under the country's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Friday. Themed "Rebuild Tourism, Reb...

HANOI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 2,192 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down by 175 from Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the health ministry. The newly reported infections brough...

KAMPONG THOM, Cambodia, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Officials and conservationists in Cambodia on Friday called on people to say "no" to wildlife trade and consumption, saying that human-wildlife contact could pose risk to the transmission of viruses and dis...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia cracked down on human trafficking and sexual exploitation, dealing with 359 cases in 2021, a significant rise from only 155 cases in 2020, a senior official said on Friday. Interior Ministry's Secretary of Sta...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has inaugurated the Upper Mekong Aquatic Animal Production and Research Center in northeastern Stung Treng province, said a news release from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Thursday. Th...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 5,885,061 Lao people have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, equaling 80.2 percent of the population, according to Laos' Ministry of Health. The figure meets the target set by the country to vaccinate 80 per...

New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): The senior Indian men's football team will be back in action in September when they will play two International Friendlies against Singapore and Vietnam. The Blue Tigers will travel to Vietnam on September 22, 2022...

HANOI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 2,367 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, up by 357 from Wednesday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the health ministry. On the same day, health authorities...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Some 112 new factories, with a total investment of 1.19 billion U.S. dollars, had opened in Cambodia during the first seven months of 2022, an industry ministry spokesperson said here on Thursday. "These new factories ...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- The heavy rainfall in Laos during Aug. 6-9 resulted in floods, damaging houses and infrastructure, and inundating hundreds of hectares of farmland in provinces and capital Vientiane. The heavy rains across Laos caused f...

Bangkok - Vast oil and gas profits continue flowing to, and propping up, Myanmar's military junta a year and a half into its bloody crackdown on nationwide resistance to the February 2021 coup, opposition and rights groups say.Joined by a growing num...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's manufacturing output hit 7.57 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2022, a remarkable increase of 75 percent year on year, an industry ministry spokesperson said here on Thursday. Heng Sokkung, secretar...

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products logged the first fall in over two years last month, government data showed Thursday. ICT products shipment dwindled 0.7 percent over the year ...

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea logged a trade deficit in the first 10 days of August due to a faster increase in import than export, customs office data showed Thursday. The trade deficit amounted to 7.68 billion U.S. dollars in the Aug. 1-10...

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Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Yuan Wang 5, the Chinese research and Survey vessel, continues to proceed to Sri Lanka's port of Hambantota despite the authorities of the island country asked Beijing to defer the visit, local media reported. On...

TOKYO -- Japan logged 250,403 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a daily record high, amid concerns over a strain on the medical system due to a new wave of the pandemic. Fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant, the daily tally surpa...

HANOI, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 2,010 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, down by 330 from Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the health ministry. The newly reported infections brou...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Trade volume between Cambodia and China was valued at 6.97 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2022, up 15.6 percent year-on-year, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise's report releas...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Lao capital Vientiane responsible for the operation of the Railway's Lao section, told Xinhua Wednesday that since its opening last December, the cross-b...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Mulan will pass over Laos until Saturday, bringing thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds, putting some provinces at risk of flooding and landslides, the weather bureau of Laos has warned. According to a rep...

Published in 1946, the novel Orphan of Asia, by Taiwanese author Wu Zhou-liu, tells the story of Hu Tai-ming. Born in Japan-occupied Taiwan, brought up in the Chinese tradition, Hu is forced into the Japanese educational system. Eventually he finds h...

HANOI, 1st August, 2022 (WAM) -- Revenue generated from tourism hit 11.9 trillion VND (US$509.85 million) in the first seven months of this ye...

HANOI, 29th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of US$764 million in the first seven months of 2022, the General Statistics Of...

HANOI, 26th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is on the right track in accelerating its decisive economic reform, but an upgrade is needed to meet t...

BUENOS AIRES, 19th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh has assumed the position of ASEAN Committee in Buen...

RAS AL KHAIMAH, 18th July, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, today receiv...

HANOI, 15th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam needs to invest approximately US$368 billion from now until 2040 to build a climate resilient and low-...

HANOI, 14th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam continuously increased in the first half of this year, especially i...

BERLIN, 13th July, 2022 (WAM) -- A working delegation of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam led by Minister Ho Duc Phoc is paying a working vi...

HANOI, 12th July, 2022 (WAM) -- UNESCO representative in Vietnam Christian Manhart has highlighted Vietnam's leading role in protecting intang...

HANOI, 11th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has set a target that the export value of agricultural, forestry and fishery products to the EU market...

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

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...