NANNING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- A batch of 18.24 tonnes of fresh Vietnamese durians arrived in Youyiguan Port, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Monday, making Vietnam the second ASEAN country following Thailand to gain market access t...

BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday talked over phone with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on bilateral ties. In the phone call, Li said China and Vietnam are friendly neighbors linked by mountains and rivers....

HANOI, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,778 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 113 from Sunday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the health ministry. The newly reported infections brought t...

TOKYO -- The Japanese Cabinet's public approval rating plummeted to 29 percent, dropping below 30 percent into a "danger zone", Japan's newspaper Mainichi Shimbun's latest survey showed Sunday. The latest opinion poll has shown that the support rate ...

HANOI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,891 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down by 588 from Saturday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the health ministry. The newly reported infections broug...

YANGON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- More than 160 bodybuilding athletes on Sunday took part in a national trial in Yangon for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. "We have organized bodybuilding events to promote national wellness. Athletes for the SEA...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], September 18 (ANI): Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel attended the 10th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers' Meeting in Siem Reap City, Cambodia on Saturday and reiterated India's commitment to supporti...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- The economic ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) have endorsed their joint action plan 2023-2024, aiming to boost the post-COVID-19 economic recovery, a Cambodian official said on Saturday. The endorsement w...

HANOI, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 2,479 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down 601 from Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the tot...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The economic ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) have endorsed their joint action plan 2023-2024, aiming to boost the post-COVID-19 economic recovery, a Cambodian official said on Saturday...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested two local men for allegedly possessing and trafficking illicit drugs, confiscating 7.8 kg of narcotics, the National Police reported on Saturday. The two suspects were apprehe...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Saturday ordered a nationwide crackdown on all types of illegal gambling, including lottery, cock fight and poker. "I'd like to issue a strict order to all municipal o...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], September 17 (ANI): Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry along with Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, Cambodia co-chaired the 19th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers' meeting held on 16th September 2022 in S...

A Swedish newspaper claimed that RAND came up with a plan to provoke Russia into attacking Ukraine to damage GermanyA top US think tank has slammed a Swedish news report which claimed that it plotted to weaken Germany and the EU by provoking Russia i...

New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Indian senior men's team head coach Igor Stimac, on Friday named the list of 24 probables ahead of the two-day camp to be held in Kolkata from September 18, 2022. A 23-member Indian team will travel to Vietnam o...

NANNING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on Friday called on China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to take the opportunity of the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to b...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Russia on Friday emphasized the need to further deepen their bilateral economic relations to quicken their post-COVID-19 pandemic economic recovery, acco...

DHAKA -- The central bank of Bangladesh has paved the way for banks in the country to maintain correspondent accounts in yuan, the Chinese currency, to facilitate cross-border trade based on the Chinese currency. Earlier in 2018, the central bank of ...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's progress on tackling violence against children was recognized by an independent evaluation report released on Friday, according to a joint press statement. The report was issued at an event co-hosted by the...

HANOI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 3,080 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, up by 115 from Thursday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the to...

A Swedish newspaper claims that the think tank came up with a plan to provoke Russia into attacking Ukraine to damage GermanyA Swedish news outlet claimed this week that the US plotted to weaken Germany and the EU by provoking Russia into attacking U...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported 1.13 million air travelers during the first eight months of 2022, up almost 600 percent compared to the same period last year, a senior official said on Friday. However, the figure represented a 76-p...

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products kept falling for two months through August, government data showed on Friday. The ICT products shipment dwindled 4.6 percent from a year earl...

NANNING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The 19th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), scheduled for Sept. 16 to 19 in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has attracted a total of 1,653 enterprises to its offline event. At the same time, t...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Academy of Social and Economic Science (LASES) has lowered its forecast of the Southeast Asian country's economic growth to 3 percent for 2022, from 4 percent projected earlier. The downgraded projection of the...

Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 16 (ANI): The Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar will visit India's first lithium cell manufacturing facility at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh on Friday. Chennai-b...

JAKARTA -- China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) jointly announced in November last year to elevate their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership and ASEAN's close ties with China have effectively promoted the bloc's econ...

VIENTIANE, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Lao, Vietnamese and Cambodian armies completed five-day disaster rescue exercises in Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday, Lao News Agency (KPL) reported. The rescue exercises by the three countries have given priorit...

HANOI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's disciplinary inspection authorities have handled over 120,000 corruption-related cases so far this year, according to a recent government report on the country's anti-graft efforts. The report was reviewed Thursd...

HANOI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 2,965 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down by 142 from Wednesday, according to its ministry of health. Among the new cases, only two were imported and the rest were all locally transmitted, said the minist...

BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- China-Cambodia relations will continue to grow in vitality, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said on Thursday at a reception commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of late Cambodian King Father Norodom Sihano...

HCM City, Vietnam, 9th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Thousands of stroke patients hospitalised in HCM City's People's Hospital 115, Vietnam, over t...

BRUSSELS, 8th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is among the 66 military medical delegations gathering in the Belgian capital city of Brussels ...

HANOI, 5th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam recorded 1,390 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the national caseload to 11,418,894, the Viet...

HANOI, 2nd September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has made significant efforts to implement the UNESCO Convention for the protection of the world cu...

ABU DHABI, 2nd September, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to Preside...

HANOI, 22nd August, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam recorded 1,561 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising the national caseload to 11,383,819, the Vietna...

HANOI, 20th August, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed a decision on the National Plan of Action on prevent...

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...