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Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:55:01 GMT
Feature: Huawei's training program helps develop ICT talents for Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- After completing a training course under Huawei's "Seeds for the Future" program, Seang Vilya, a sophomore in the major of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at a university in Phnom Penh, expressed her co...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:30:01 GMT
Tropical storm Noru triggers flooding in Laos
VIENTIANE, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Noru, which has weakened and been downgraded to a tropical storm, has made landfall in Laos and caused flooding in southern Laos' Attapeu province. The weather bureau of Laos warned on Wednesday that there woul...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:30:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 1,587 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,587 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up two from Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the tot...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:18:01 GMT
Roundup: UN General Assembly spotlights development issues, hails GDI
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- In their general debate speeches at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, leaders and senior representatives from developing countries underscored the importance of development and called on the...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:01:34 GMT
Typhoon Noru makes landfall in Vietnam
HANOI, 28th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Typhoon Noru made landfall in Vietnam early on Wednesday, causing damage to thousands of homes and widesp...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:55:29 GMT
Dinkar Asthana appointed as Indian envoy to Senegal
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Indian envoy to the Lao, Dinkar Asthana has been appointed as the next ambassador to Senegal, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Wednesday. "Dinkar Asthana (IFS: 1990), presently Ambassador of I...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:55:27 GMT
Myanmar beauty queen seeks asylum in Canada amid threats from military junta
Bangkok [Thailand], September 28 (ANI): Myanmar beauty queen Han Lay who was facing threats from the military junta is seeking asylum in Canada. The 23-year-old who took refuge in Thailand after criticizing her home country's ruling military junta ha...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:11:37 GMT
Turkish state banks exit Russian payment system Bloomberg
The threat of US sanctions has forced lenders in T�rkiye to stop dealing with Russian Mir cards, a senior official told BloombergThree Turkish state-run banks, the only ones in the country processing transactions with Russia's Mir cards, ...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 04:03:07 GMT
Hung Thinh Friendly Football Tournament: India suffer 0-3 defeat to Vietnam
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): India lost 0-3 to hosts Vietnam in their second and final match of the Hung Thinh Friendly Football Tournament at the Thing Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City. The match was held on Tuesday. The opening exchanges ...

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:30:05 GMT
China, Laos launch joint emergency exercise for railway security
© Provided by Xinhua VIENTIANE, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A joint emergency exercise aimed at responding to security incidents on China-Laos Railway was held on Tuesday in Lao capital Vientiane.The exercise was held by the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd., a...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 18:06:02 GMT
Vietnam Braces for Typhoon Noru
Authorities in Vietnam have begun evacuating thousands of residents as the country prepares for the arrival of Typhoon Noru.The country's meteorological agency says Naru has maximum sustained winds of at least 180 kilometers an hour and expects the s...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:05:18 GMT
Typhoon Noru to bring heavy rain, thunderstorm to most of Laos
VIENTIANE, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Noru is expected to hit the central and southern provinces of Laos on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorm to most of the country. According to a report issued on Tuesday by the Department of Meteoro...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:44:02 GMT
Global Confucius Institute Day celebrated in Vietnam
HANOI, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- A series of activities were held at Hanoi University in the Vietnamese capital from Sunday to Tuesday to celebrate the Chinese Culture Week and the Global Confucius Institute Day. Co-hosted by the Confucius Institute at Ha...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:18:02 GMT
Vietnam reports 1,585 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,585 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up by 153 from Monday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the health ministry. The newly reported infections brought ...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:39:13 GMT
Vietnam inflation still under control: economists
HANOI, 27th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Economists have forecast Vietnam's inflation will be kept at around 3.3-3.8% this year, similar to the Na...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 05:30:01 GMT
World Bank raises 2022 growth forecast for Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has raised its growth forecast for Cambodia to 4.8 percent this year, up from its April projection of 4.5 percent, despite worsening global demand and rising commodity prices. Traditional export-oriente...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 04:30:02 GMT
Super typhoon Noru to affect China's Hainan
HAIKOU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Noru, the 16th named storm of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season, intensified into a super typhoon again early Tuesday as it moves closer to south China's Hainan Province, local authorities said. The center of the typhoon wa...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 04:03:08 GMT
High Indian tourist arrivals give boost to Singapore tourism
Singapore, September 27 (ANI): A high footfall of Indian tourists into Singapore is set to give a flip up to the country's tourism ahead of the F1 Grand Prix beginning September 30. Around 40 per cent of the spectators at the Grand Prix are foreigner...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:27:06 GMT
MoS Rajkumar interacts with Indian diaspora in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], September 26 (ANI): Celebrating 50 years of the India-Vietnam diplomatic relationship, Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh interacted with the Indian diaspora in Ho Chi Minh City on ...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:25:32 GMT
Seoul reluctant to get dragged into Taiwan conflict
President Yoon has said that South Korean and US forces in his country need to focus on potential threats from Pyongyang South Korea's president has expressed reluctance t...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:55:32 GMT
MoS Rajkumar Ranjan interacts with Indian diaspora in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], August 26 (ANI): Celebrating 50 years of the India-Vietnam diplomatic relationship, Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh interacted with the Indian diaspora in Ho Chi Minh City on Mon...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:30:12 GMT
Vietnam reports 1,432 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,432 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 471 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...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:37:10 GMT
'Focussed' Indian football team look to take on Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], September 26 (ANI): The Indian football team will have to exercise extreme focus in their second match of the Hung Thinh Friendly Football Tournament, as they gear up to face hosts Vietnam at the Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho C...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 04:37:17 GMT
India among leaders in green jobs generation, creates employment for 8.63 lakh in 2021
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): The number of countries participating in the renewable energy market is increasing but most of the jobs created to date have been in a relatively small number of countries. In 2020-21, India created 863,000 gree...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 01:37:12 GMT
Singapore tourism gets boost from F1's return and high Indian tourist arrivals
By Lee Kah WhyeSingapore, September 26 (ANI): When the Formula One circus rolls into Singapore this week for the 13th running of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix from September 30 to October 2, it will signal Singapore's strong return as a host of world-c...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:06:00 GMT
Powerful Typhoon Hits North Philippines, Thousands Evacuated
MANILA - A powerful typhoon slammed into the northeastern Philippines on Sunday and was barreling across the main Luzon island toward the capital in a densely populated path where thousands have been evacuated to safety.Typhoon Noru hit the coastal t...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:05:57 GMT
UN Warns of Growing Criminal Threat from Mekong Region Casinos, SEZs
The unchecked growth of freewheeling business enclaves and casinos in and around Laos is opening new money laundering and drug trafficking options for crime networks using the country to push spiraling volumes of narcotics across Asia, the United Nat...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:05:55 GMT
Chinese Survivors Had No Food, Water on Sinking Boat
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Chinese survivors from a boat that sank near a Cambodian island, killing three people and leaving eight missing, said they embarked on what they believed would be a short-term fishing job and ended up without food and water ...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:05:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 961 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 961 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down 215 from Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the total...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 07:07:55 GMT
Powerful Typhoon Headed for North Philippines Strengthens
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - A powerful typhoon shifted and strengthened in an 'explosive intensification' Sunday, prompting evacuations from high-risk villages as it approached the northeastern Philippines where it might sideswipe the capital, officials sa...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 21:13:28 GMT
Israel sells air defense system to Arab country media
The once-unlikely deal with the UAE strengthens a nascent regional alliance between West Jerusalem and the Gulf monarchiesIsrael has sold its Surface-to-air Python and Derby (SPYDER) air defense system to the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported on...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:06:07 GMT
China Using Civilian Ships to Enhance Navy Capability, Reach
Bangkok - A Chinese scientific ship bristling with surveillance equipment docked in a Sri Lankan port. Hundreds of fishing boats anchored for months at a time among disputed islands in the South China Sea. And oceangoing ferries, built to be capable ...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:37:25 GMT
India play out 1-1 draw against Singapore in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], September 24 (ANI): The Blue Tigers' first match since the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers in June yielded no result as India and Singapore remained locked in a 1-1 draw in the Hung Thinh Friendly Football Tournament at the Thong...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:05:26 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Sept. 24
CANBERRA -- The world's largest penguin species is facing extinction within 30 years, Australian researchers have warned. Barbara Wienecke, a senior research scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), revealed that modeling suggests the ic...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 14:21:37 GMT
Russian payment system hit by Ukrainian hackers media
Pro-Kiev internet warriors are using DDoS-attacks to overload the Mir system, Kommersant reportsUkrainian hackers are conducting cyberattacks on Russia's interbank payment system, threatening to hinder its operations and undermine clients' trust in t...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 12:05:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 1,176 new COVID-19 cases
HANOI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,176 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down by 1,369 from Friday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought th...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:18:01 GMT
Vietnam's first certificate test for local Chinese teachers held in Hanoi
HANOI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's first test for the local version of the Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (CTCSOL) was held Saturday in the capital Hanoi. A total of 23 Chinese teachers from across Vietnam took ...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 06:18:02 GMT
Lao weather bureau warns of heavy rains as Tropical Storm Noru approaches
VIENTIANE, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The weather bureau of Laos has warned people across the country to be alert to the possibility of landslides, flooding, strong winds and rain from tropical storm Noru. According to a report issued on Friday by the Depa...

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:20:53 GMT
Vietnam ranks 63rd out of 113 economies in new global index of digital entrepreneurship systems
HANOI, 23rd September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is ranked 63rd out of 113 global economies in a global ranking of digital environment and support...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:54:35 GMT
ADB keeps Vietnam 2022 growth forecast unchanged at 6.5%
HANOI, 21st September, 2022 (WAM) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has maintained its favourable economic outlook for Vietnam as it forecas...

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:25:41 GMT
AI helping to save more lives of stroke victims in Vietnam
HCM City, Vietnam, 9th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Thousands of stroke patients hospitalised in HCM City's People's Hospital 115, Vietnam, over t...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:20:55 GMT
Vietnam attends 44th Int'l Committee of Military Medicine Congress
BRUSSELS, 8th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is among the 66 military medical delegations gathering in the Belgian capital city of Brussels ...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:01:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 1,390 COVID-19 cases
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...

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 13:14:44 GMT
Vietnam is active member of UNESCO convention on cultural, natural heritage protection
HANOI, 2nd September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has made significant efforts to implement the UNESCO Convention for the protection of the world cu...

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:01:48 GMT
UAE leaders congratulate President of Vietnam on National Day
ABU DHABI, 2nd September, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to Preside...

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 09:30:43 GMT
Vietnam reports 1,561 COVID-19 cases
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...

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 11:46:07 GMT
Vietnam approves national action plan on anti-money laundering
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...

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:16:24 GMT
Tourism revenue in Vietnam surge sharply in seven months
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...



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