PHNOM PENH, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic in the last two years has sped up digital transformation in the Southeast Asian country. Speaking at a graduation ceremon...

UN special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer travelled for the first time to the country since she was appointed last October.The visit follows the Security Council's latest call for an end to the violence and unimpeded humanitarian access to the Sout...

The docking was previously postponed, with India and the US reportedly considering it a spy vessel A Chinese naval research ship docked in a Beijing-built port in Sri Lank...

HANOI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 2,983 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up by 1,288 from Monday, according to its Ministry of Health. This was the highest number reported in the last 96 days, said the ministry. All the new cases were locally...

Bangkok [Thailand], August 16 (ANI): Thailand Police arrested Chinese businessman, She Zhijiang for running an illegal online casino. She was arrested in Bangkok last week. He is the subject of an international arrest warrant for allegedly running an...

GUANGZHOU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, on Monday met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Tea Banh in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. Xu said the ...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) on Monday signed up to provide wholesale loans of 30 million U.S. dollars to three financial institutions to boost the agricultural sector. The subs...

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...

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...