PHNOM PENH, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in an overloaded boat accident in southern Cambodia's Kandal province on Thursday night had risen to 11, and the rescue mission has completed, officials said on Saturday. Kun Kim, first vice president of...

Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch.UNGA declares Russian 'annexation' of Ukrainian territories invalidIn its strongest show of support for Ukrain...

Astana [Kazakhstan], October 14 (ANI): The sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) which took place in Kazakhstan on October 12-13 made headway on creating ideal conditions for regional and subreg...

TOKYO -- Two top-tier national universities in Japan said on Friday that they will merge into a new national university by the end of fiscal 2024 in order to enhance their global competitiveness in the field of science. The Tokyo Institute of Technol...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Ten students were confirmed dead and one was missing after a motorized boat accident on the Mekong River in southern Cambodia's Kandal province, a senior police official said on Friday. The accident occurred Thursday e...

HANOI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 590 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down by 480 from Thursday, according to its ministry of health. Among the new cases, one was imported and the rest were all locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newl...

At least eight children died Thursday in Cambodia when the boat they were traveling in capsized on the Mekong River southeast of Phenom Penh.Officials say four people - two children and two crew members - were rescued.The children were between the ag...

SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products kept falling for the third consecutive month through September, government data showed Friday. The ICT products shipment shrank 2.2 percent fr...

Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): Two distinct brain networks have been identified during a study that links the location of brain injury to levels of depression in patients following the injury. While one is associated with increased depression sym...

Vientiane [Laos], October 13 (ANI): Despite Vietnam's efforts to improve its relationship with Laos, the latter is moving towards China, as the nation is trying to gain benefits from Beijing's economy and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure...

HANOI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,070 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down by 126 from Wednesday, according to its ministry of health. Among the new cases, one was imported and the rest were all locally transmitted, said the ministry. The...

HANOI, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,196 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, down by 30 from Tuesday, according to its ministry of health. Among the new cases, two were imported and the rest were all locally transmitted, said the ministry. The ...

Vientiane [Laos], October 12 (ANI): The escalating debt crisis in Laos is pushing the country toward a meltdown and even experts believed that Vientiane is on the brink of loan default. Laos' low foreign exchange reserves make experts worried that th...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1.3 million overseas Cambodian laborers sent home 2.63 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, Labor Ministry's Secretary of State Heng Sour said on Wednesday. Speaking during a press conference here, Sour said the re...

New York - Afghanistan, South Korea and Venezuela lost their bids Tuesday to serve three-year terms on the U.N. Human Rights Council.With nearly all the 193-member states voting in the General Assembly, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica...

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 14 states into the Human Rights Council to succeed outgoing members. Through secret ballot, Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Sudan (for Africa); Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Mal...

HANOI, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,226 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up by 181 from Monday, according to its ministry of health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the tota...

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Sudden opening of international borders with various countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Bhutan and Vietnam leads to a surge in tourist numbers and long queues at the immigration clearance at Delh...

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export logged a double-digit fall in the first 10 days of October on weaker demand for locally-made products, especially semiconductors, customs office data showed Tuesday. Export, which accounts for about hal...

New York - The U.N. General Assembly will vote Tuesday to admit 14 counties to the 47-member Human Rights Council; among them are some candidates with poor rights records, including Afghanistan and Venezuela.Seventeen candidate countries from five re...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 62 people were killed in 489 road accidents in Laos in September, according to a report issued by Lao Ministry of Public Security on Monday. According to the report, 750 people were injured and 831 vehicles w...

BANGKOK - Human rights groups in Malaysia say some 700 nationals may now be trapped in online scam centers across Laos under threat of beatings and electric shock if they fail to meet work targets or try to leave their guarded compounds.The case high...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has nominated Dith Tina, son of Supreme Court President Dith Munty, for minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, local media reported Monday. Tina, who is currentl...

HANOI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 1,045 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up 674 from Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new cases were locally transmitted, said the ministry. The newly reported infections brought the total ta...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade deficit of 233 million U.S. dollars in September 2022, according to the latest information from the Lao Trade Portal website. Laos' exports during September were worth 456 million U.S. dollars, whi...

HANOI, 10th October, 2022 (WAM) - The 28th Vietnam Medi-pharm Expo will take place from 1st-3rd December in Hanoi, giving a chance for business...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The year-on-year inflation rate in Laos increased from 30.01 percent in August to 34 percent in September, according to an updated report from the Lao Statistics Bureau website. The 22-year high price rise was driven by...

Beijing [China], October 10 (ANI): With the 20th National Congress less than a week away, Chinese President Xi Jinping has briefed top Communist Party leaders on a draft work report, which usually summarizes the major achievements of the party, media...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia imported oil and gas products worth 2.84 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2022, up 66 percent from 1.71 billion dollars in the same period last year, according to a report from the General Depa...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's foreign trade volume reached 41 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2022, up 18 percent from 34.76 billion dollars in the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. The kingdom'...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- More than 100,000 vehicles had travelled on Cambodia's first-ever expressway in the first nine days of its opening for a trial use, according to data released by the freeway operator on Monday. "From Oct. 1 to 9, the t...

SYDNEY, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- China have qualified for the U17 Asian Cup 2023 finals as one of the best six runners-up, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Monday. China finished their qualifying campaign on Sunday with two consecutive ...

HANOI, 4th October, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam will invest in 10 energy technologies in the 2021-2030 period to ensure energy security for the count...

HANOI, 30th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam estimates a trade surplus of US$6.52 billion in the first nine months of this year, Vietnam News ...

HANOI, 28th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Typhoon Noru made landfall in Vietnam early on Wednesday, causing damage to thousands of homes and widesp...

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...

HANOI, 23rd September, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is ranked 63rd out of 113 global economies in a global ranking of digital environment and support...

HANOI, 21st September, 2022 (WAM) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has maintained its favourable economic outlook for Vietnam as it forecas...

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...