laosnews.net latest rss headlines Provides the latest rss feeds for laosnews.net. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page laosnews.net http://www.laosnews.net en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:30:04 +1100 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:30:04 +1100 3600 <![CDATA[Thailand: People pay respects to holy relics of Lord Buddha on last day of exposition]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274179247/thailand-people-pay-respects-to-holy-relics-of-lord-buddha-on-last-day-of-exposition Tue, 19 Mar 2024 01:37:10 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274179247/thailand-people-pay-respects-to-holy-relics-of-lord-buddha-on-last-day-of-exposition <![CDATA[Spinning plastic into broomsticks- the Cambodians on a mission to reduce waste]]> https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNjbXAuY29tL3ZpZGVvL2FzaWEvMzI1NTgxOS9zcGlubmluZy1wbGFzdGljLWJyb29tc3RpY2tzLWNhbWJvZGlhbnMtbWlzc2lvbi1yZWR1Y2Utd2FzdGXSAQA?oc=5 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:17:17 GMT https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNjbXAuY29tL3ZpZGVvL2FzaWEvMzI1NTgxOS9zcGlubmluZy1wbGFzdGljLWJyb29tc3RpY2tzLWNhbWJvZGlhbnMtbWlzc2lvbi1yZWR1Y2Utd2FzdGXSAQA?oc=5 <![CDATA[Economic Watch: Visa-free policy ignites China-Thailand travel boom]]> TAIYUAN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Just after bidding farewell to a group of Thai teachers visiting universities in Beijing, tour guide Yang Yaoyu rushed to Shanxi Province in north China to greet another group of Thai visitors.

The seasoned Thai-speaking tour guide can attest to a recent surge in enthusiasm among Thai tourists towards China, after a mutual visa exemption agreement between the two countries took effe]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274178357/economic-watch-visa-free-policy-ignites-china-thailand-travel-boom Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:18:18 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274178357/economic-watch-visa-free-policy-ignites-china-thailand-travel-boom <![CDATA[Thailand: 4 million devotees pay obeisance to Buddha's relics]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274178096/thailand-4-million-devotees-pay-obeisance-to-buddha-relics Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:18:50 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274178096/thailand-4-million-devotees-pay-obeisance-to-buddha-relics <![CDATA[Blinken Warns Democracy Summit of Dangers of Disinformation]]> U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that in a year where more than half the world will be holding elections, new technologies including social media and artificial intelligence have made disinformation a greater threat than ever.

Speaking to the third Summit for Democracy in Seoul Monday, Blinken added that while those technologies have dramatically accelerated the already fast-changing information enviro]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274178080/blinken-warns-democracy-summit-of-dangers-of-disinformation Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:05:12 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274178080/blinken-warns-democracy-summit-of-dangers-of-disinformation <![CDATA[Vietnam's capital records threefold increase in dengue fever cases]]> HANOI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's capital has recorded 513 cases of dengue fever since the beginning of the year, triple compared to the same period 2023, local media reported Monday, citing Hanoi Center for Disease Control.

In recent weeks, the city has witnessed surging cases of dengue fever, averaging between 17-24 cases per week, Vietnam News reported.

Districts like Dong Da, Ha Dong, Hoang Mai, H]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274177351/vietnam-capital-records-threefold-increase-in-dengue-fever-cases Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:30:01 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274177351/vietnam-capital-records-threefold-increase-in-dengue-fever-cases <![CDATA[Thailand: Thousands of devotees pay respect to Buddha's relics in Krabi]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274177340/thailand-thousands-of-devotees-pay-respect-to-buddha-relics-in-krabi Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:18:47 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274177340/thailand-thousands-of-devotees-pay-respect-to-buddha-relics-in-krabi <![CDATA[Laos' Hin Nam No National Park moves closer to become World Heritage Site]]> VIENTIANE, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government's efforts to submit its Hin Nam No National Protected Area to UNESCO's list of world heritage sites are one step closer to fulfillment following the agency's acceptance of the application dossier.

In the near future, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Center will conduct an on-site verification of the fac]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274177311/laos-hin-nam-no-national-park-moves-closer-to-become-world-heritage-site Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:05:01 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274177311/laos-hin-nam-no-national-park-moves-closer-to-become-world-heritage-site <![CDATA[Xinhua world economic news summary at 0900 GMT, March 18]]> BEIJING -- Global new energy passenger car sales are predicted to exceed 39 million units by 2030, said a report obtained during the China EV100 Forum 2024 concluded Sunday in Beijing.

That will mark a penetration rate of almost 50 percent, rising from the nearly 20 percent in 2023 with the sales of over 13 million units, according to the report issued by China EV100, a new energy vehicle (NEV) industry think ta]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274177230/xinhua-world-economic--summary-at-0900-gmt-march-18 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:18:01 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274177230/xinhua-world-economic--summary-at-0900-gmt-march-18 <![CDATA[AirAsia Cambodia to launch daily domestic services on May 2]]> PHNOM PENH, March 18 (Xinhua) -- AirAsia's Cambodian unit will launch daily domestic flight operations on May 2, as the low-cost airline aims to boost air travel in the Southeast Asian country, it said in a news release on Monday.

The airline will start with three domestic flight destinations: Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Sihanoukville, utilizing two A320 aircraft based at Phnom Penh International Airport, the new]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274176990/airasia-cambodia-to-launch-daily-domestic-services-on-may-2 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:49:01 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274176990/airasia-cambodia-to-launch-daily-domestic-services-on-may-2 <![CDATA[Laos records 188 mln USD in trade deficit in January]]> VIENTIANE, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade deficit of 188 million U.S. dollars in January, according to the latest figures from the Lao Trade Portal website.

The total value of trade in January amounted to over 1.3 billion dollars, of which 561 million U.S. dollars were for exports and 749 million dollars for imports, said a report issued on Monday on the website.

Laos' main export products inc]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274176742/laos-records-188-mln-usd-in-trade-deficit-in-january Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:05:01 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274176742/laos-records-188-mln-usd-in-trade-deficit-in-january <![CDATA[Vietnam's deposit interest rates forecast to hit bottom in Q1]]> HANOI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's deposit interest rates are unlikely to decrease further and might hit bottom in the first quarter of 2024 as credit demand will increase this year, Vietnam News cited analysts as saying on Monday.

According to MB Securities Company, in the context of more positive growth of export and investment and consumption against last year, capital demand is forecast to return to balan]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274175217/vietnam-deposit-interest-rates-forecast-to-hit-bottom-in-q1 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:05:01 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274175217/vietnam-deposit-interest-rates-forecast-to-hit-bottom-in-q1 <![CDATA[Vietnam Faces $3B Annual Crop Losses From Rising Saltwater Levels]]> Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam faces nearly $3 billion a year in crop losses as more saltwater seeps into arable land, state media reported Sunday, citing new research.

The damage would likely center on the Mekong Delta region, known as 'Vietnam's rice bowl,' because it provides food and livelihoods for tens of millions of people, research from the country's environment ministry showed.

Saltwater levels are often]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174939/vietnam-faces-3b-annual-crop-losses-from-rising-saltwater-levels Sun, 17 Mar 2024 22:35:45 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174939/vietnam-faces-3b-annual-crop-losses-from-rising-saltwater-levels <![CDATA[Blinken Arrives in South Korea to Attend Democracy Summit]]> Seoul, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in South Korea on the first stop of a brief Asia tour also including the Philippines, as Washington moves to reinforce ties with two key regional allies.

Blinken landed Sunday afternoon ahead of the third Summit for Democracy on Monday, an initiative of U.S. President Joe Biden, which Seoul is hosting this week.

Before arriving in Se]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174858/blinken-arrives-in-south-korea-to-attend-democracy-summit Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:05:15 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174858/blinken-arrives-in-south-korea-to-attend-democracy-summit <![CDATA[Landmine explosion kills 1 in NW Cambodia]]> PHNOM PENH, March 17 (Xinhua) -- A boy was killed and his two younger sisters seriously wounded in a landmine explosion in northwest Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province on Sunday, a mine clearance chief said.

Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), said the blast occurred Sunday morning in Anlong Veng district when the three siblings followed their mother to a cassava farm and th]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174458/landmine-explosion-kills-1-in-nw-cambodia Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:18:03 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174458/landmine-explosion-kills-1-in-nw-cambodia <![CDATA[China's rail-sea intermodal trains complete 2,000 trips in 2024]]> NANNING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's rail-sea intermodal trains have completed 2,000 trips along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor since the beginning of 2024, achieving the first-quarter target ahead of schedule.

On Sunday morning, a cargo train loaded with 108 containers departed from Qinzhou railway container center station in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, heading for Sichuan Pr]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174208/china-rail-sea-intermodal-trains-complete-2000-trips-in-2024 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:18:01 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174208/china-rail-sea-intermodal-trains-complete-2000-trips-in-2024 <![CDATA[Cambodia's total public debt reaches 11.24 bln USD as of 2023]]> PHNOM PENH, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government had a total public debt stock of 11.24 billion U.S. dollars as of 2023, according to the Cambodia Public Debt Statistical Bulletin released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Sunday.

The public debt comprised 64 percent from bilateral development partners and 36 percent from multilateral development partners, the bulletin said.

The compositi]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174151/cambodia-total-public-debt-reaches-1124-bln-usd-as-of-2023 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:30:02 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174151/cambodia-total-public-debt-reaches-1124-bln-usd-as-of-2023 <![CDATA[Cambodia launches Visit Siem Reap 2024 campaign]]> SIEM REAP, Cambodia, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Saturday launched the Visit Siem Reap 2024 campaign in the northwestern province, aiming to draw more visitors to its tourist attraction the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park.

Addressing the launching event with thousands of participants, which was held together with the official opening ceremony of the eighth River Festival, Prime Minister Hun Manet s]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174133/cambodia-launches-visit-siem-reap-2024-campaign Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:18:03 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274174133/cambodia-launches-visit-siem-reap-2024-campaign <![CDATA[Delhi police bust syndicate of sending activated Indian SIM cards to foreign country]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274173891/delhi-police-bust-syndicate-of-sending-activated-indian-sim-cards-to-foreign-country Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:37:23 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274173891/delhi-police-bust-syndicate-of-sending-activated-indian-sim-cards-to-foreign-country <![CDATA[Xinhua world economic news summary at 0830 GMT, March 16]]> LA PAZ -- The Bolivian government reaffirmed on Friday its commitment to biofuels and its plan to progressively reduce diesel and gasoline subsidies in the South American country.

Adams Hurtado, the country's industrialization and transportation vice minister, said Bolivia has opted for biofuels derived from vegetable sources to reduce import costs, avoid foreign currency outflows and generate savings in subsidi]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274173563/xinhua-world-economic--summary-at-0830-gmt-march-16 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 07:30:06 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274173563/xinhua-world-economic--summary-at-0830-gmt-march-16 <![CDATA[Russian-Belarusian Band Returns to Stage After Detention in Thailand]]> Warsaw, Poland - A Russian-Belarusian rock band that denounces Moscow's Ukraine invasion returned to the stage this week, voicing defiance after being detained in Thailand in January and threatened with deportation to Russia.

The band, Bi-2, formed in the 1980s in Belarus when it was part of the Soviet Union, left Russia in protest over the invasion and has been touring ever since in countries with large Russian-]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274173058/russian-belarusian-band-returns-to-stage-after-detention-in-thailand Sun, 17 Mar 2024 06:05:32 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274173058/russian-belarusian-band-returns-to-stage-after-detention-in-thailand <![CDATA[Ask The Old Guy: What kind of week has it been]]> Darin Gantt

CHARLOTTE - Been quite a five days around the office. And it's early yet.

People going. People coming. More people coming than going.

And it's a lot to process. Some favorites left, and that's hard. You get used to familiar faces, and change is not something people always welcome (says the man in the sunglasses from 1989). On the other hand, the Panthers went 2-15 last year, so change was]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274170277/ask-the-old-guy-what-kind-of-week-has-it-been Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:44:06 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274170277/ask-the-old-guy-what-kind-of-week-has-it-been <![CDATA["This is a different India today": Jaishankar hails Centre's global outreach, says country now able to "seek own solutions"]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274169612/this-is-a-different-india-today-jaishankar-hails-centre-global-outreach-says-country-now-able-to-seek-own-solutions Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:35:14 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274169612/this-is-a-different-india-today-jaishankar-hails-centre-global-outreach-says-country-now-able-to-seek-own-solutions <![CDATA[China Gives Warnings on Vietnam-Australia Strategic Relationship]]> washington - A new, closer diplomatic relationship between Australia and Vietnam is drawing warnings from China against forming 'exclusive circles' in the Indo-Pacific region.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at Monday's daily news briefing, 'To advocate bloc confrontation and build exclusive circles goes against the trend of the times and the common aspiration of regional countries.'

]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274169555/china-gives-warnings-on-vietnam-australia-strategic-relationship Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:05:56 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274169555/china-gives-warnings-on-vietnam-australia-strategic-relationship <![CDATA[Global sports stars to grace Laureus World Sports Awards]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274167416/global-sports-stars-to-grace-laureus-world-sports-awards Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:18:48 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274167416/global-sports-stars-to-grace-laureus-world-sports-awards <![CDATA[Cambodia, Laos sign security cooperation deal for 2024]]> PHNOM PENH, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Laos have signed a memorandum on security cooperation for 2024, with a focus on combating all kinds of cross-border crimes, said a press statement from the Cambodian side on Friday.

The deal was inked here on Thursday between Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Sokha and Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security Vilay Lakhamfong ]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274165781/cambodia-laos-sign-security-cooperation-deal-for-2024 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:07:07 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274165781/cambodia-laos-sign-security-cooperation-deal-for-2024 <![CDATA[Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, March 15]]> SINGAPORE -- A crew member onboard the Liberia-flagged vessel Utopia was reported missing on Friday afternoon, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

The vessel is in Singapore waters, the MPA added. (Singapore-Vessel Crew-Missing)

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NEW DELHI -- India strongly reacted on Friday to the U.S. State Department spokesman's statement on the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274165776/xinhua-asia-pacific--summary-at-1600-gmt-march-15 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:05:58 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274165776/xinhua-asia-pacific--summary-at-1600-gmt-march-15 <![CDATA[Vietnam's ride-hailing market value to reach 880 mln USD in 2024]]> HANOI, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's ride-hailing market value is estimated to reach 880 million U.S. dollars in 2024, Vietnam News Agency reported Friday, citing India-based market research firm Mordor Intelligence.

By 2029, the market value will hit 21.6 billion dollars, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 19.5 percent, said the firm.

Consumers' increasing preference to private transportation f]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274165183/vietnam-ride-hailing-market-value-to-reach-880-mln-usd-in-2024 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:57:02 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274165183/vietnam-ride-hailing-market-value-to-reach-880-mln-usd-in-2024 <![CDATA[FIFA increases investment in football development to 2.25 billion USD]]> GENEVA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The FIFA Council unanimously approved the Annual Report 2023 and the increase of investment in football development to 2.25 billion U.S. dollars, the world football governing body announced on Thursday.

FIFA confirmed that the budget for the 2023-2026 cycle is almost seven times as much as the investment in the development programs prior to 2016.

The Annual Report will be subm]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274164851/fifa-increases-investment-in-football-development-to-225-billion-usd Fri, 15 Mar 2024 02:32:53 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274164851/fifa-increases-investment-in-football-development-to-225-billion-usd <![CDATA[Despite Sanctions, North Korea Runs More Than 50 Restaurants in China]]> washington - North Korea is operating more than 50 restaurants staffed by its citizens in more than 10 Chinese cities in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to a diplomatic source.

The North Korean regime takes most of the wages its workers earn abroad to fund its nuclear and missile programs.

The source, who asked not to be named because the person was not authorized to speak to the press, provided the ]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274164732/despite-sanctions-north-korea-runs-more-than-50-restaurants-in-china Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:35:55 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274164732/despite-sanctions-north-korea-runs-more-than-50-restaurants-in-china <![CDATA[China Positioning C919 Passenger Jet to Take On Boeing, Airbus]]> washington - China's state-owned plane manufacturer is facing industry skepticism over its claims that its newest passenger aircraft, the C919, can break the passenger-jet duopoly of Boeing and Airbus.

COMAC's promotional tour through the fast-growing aviation markets of Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia ended in Malaysia on Wednesday, according to China's official Xinghua news agency. At each stop]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274164682/china-positioning-c919-passenger-jet-to-take-on-boeing-airbus Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:35:27 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274164682/china-positioning-c919-passenger-jet-to-take-on-boeing-airbus <![CDATA[Cambodia launches 7 gamma dose rate monitoring stations across country]]> PHNOM PENH, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Thursday launched seven new gamma dose rate monitoring stations across its capital and borderline provinces in a bid to strengthen environmental radiation monitoring capabilities.

Donated by the European Union, the MIRA gamma dose rate monitoring systems were installed in the capital Phnom Penh and the provinces of Ratanakiri, Oddar Meanchey, Koh Kong, Preah Sihanouk,]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274164109/cambodia-launches-7-gamma-dose-rate-monitoring-stations-across-country Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:06:21 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274164109/cambodia-launches-7-gamma-dose-rate-monitoring-stations-across-country <![CDATA[Former Thai PM Thaksin makes public appearance after release on parole]]> BANGKOK, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made his first public appearance on Thursday since leaving detention on parole last month.

Thaksin visited the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine in the capital early Thursday morning before flying to his hometown in the country's northern Chiang Mai province for a three-day trip, local media reported.

Making his first journey back ]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274157445/former-thai-pm-thaksin-makes-public-appearance-after-release-on-parole Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:31:16 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274157445/former-thai-pm-thaksin-makes-public-appearance-after-release-on-parole <![CDATA[Lufthansa to build 2nd hangar in Philippines]]> MANILA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Germany's flag carrier Lufthansa is looking to build a second hangar in the Philippines, as part of its expansion plans in the Southeast Asia region, said Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual on Thursday.

Pascual said the plan was discussed during a meeting between Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos and Lufthansa's managers in Berlin where Marcos was o]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156733/lufthansa-to-build-2nd-hangar-in-philippines Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:50:16 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156733/lufthansa-to-build-2nd-hangar-in-philippines <![CDATA[China-Laos Railway handles over 30 mln passenger trips]]> KUNMING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- As of Tuesday, the China-Laos Railway had handled a total of 30.2 million passenger trips since its launch in December 2021, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. showed Thursday.

The China section of the railway saw its average daily number of passenger trains increase from 35 in the initial period to 51, with daily passenger trips soaring from 20,000 to a peak of 103,0]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156667/china-laos-railway-handles-over-30-mln-passenger-trips Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:07:09 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156667/china-laos-railway-handles-over-30-mln-passenger-trips <![CDATA[Vietnam records surging number of deaths from rabies]]> HANOI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 22 rabies-related deaths in the first two months of this year, two times higher than the same period last year, the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The Central Highlands region remains a hot spot with five deaths in Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces.

According to the department, the recent infection cases had a ]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156642/vietnam-records-surging-number-of-deaths-from-rabies Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:45:14 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156642/vietnam-records-surging-number-of-deaths-from-rabies <![CDATA[Vietnam's credit growth slows down in first 2 months]]> HANOI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The total credit of Vietnam's economy as of Feb. 29 dropped 0.72 percent compared to late 2023, local media reported Thursday, citing the State Bank of Vietnam.

The bank's deputy governor Dao Minh Tu said the current downward trend had been reported in the majority of economic sectors.

Credit of real estate and securities sectors are the only two recording an upward trend durin]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156641/vietnam-credit-growth-slows-down-in-first-2-months Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:45:14 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156641/vietnam-credit-growth-slows-down-in-first-2-months <![CDATA[Thai Ex-PM Thaksin Visits Hometown for 1st Time Since Ouster]]> Bangkok - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived by private jet on Thursday to visit his northern hometown of Chiang Mai for the first time since fleeing the country after a military coup in 2006.

The influential billionaire has loomed large over Thai politics for two decades, during which his family backed Pheu Thai party has won nearly every general election and is now in power.

In Au]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156637/thai-ex-pm-thaksin-visits-hometown-for-1st-time-since-ouster Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:35:44 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156637/thai-ex-pm-thaksin-visits-hometown-for-1st-time-since-ouster <![CDATA[Vietnam's insurance premium revenue reaches 1.4 bln USD in first 2 months]]> HANOI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total insurance premium revenue in the first two months of 2024 was estimated at 33.9 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.4 billion U.S. dollars), up 1.6 percent year on year, Vietnam News Agency reported Thursday, citing the Ministry of Finance.

Insurance enterprises reinjected investment worth 780.7 trillion dong (31.6 billion dollars), up 12.7 percent in the cited period, said th]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156484/vietnam-insurance-premium-revenue-reaches-14-bln-usd-in-first-2-months Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:45:08 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156484/vietnam-insurance-premium-revenue-reaches-14-bln-usd-in-first-2-months <![CDATA[Vietnam's GDP to reach nearly 470 bln USD in 2024: IMF]]> HANOI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to reach about 469.7 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2024, ranking the fifth in Southeast Asia, Vietnam News reported Thursday, citing the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines have taken the leading positions in the forecast.

According to IMF, Vietnam's GDP was estimated to ha]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156474/vietnam-gdp-to-reach-nearly-470-bln-usd-in-2024-imf Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:19:11 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156474/vietnam-gdp-to-reach-nearly-470-bln-usd-in-2024-imf <![CDATA[Cambodia records 32 landmine, ERW casualties in 2023, down 22 pct]]> PHNOM PENH, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported 32 landmine and explosive remnant of war (ERW) casualties in 2023, a 22 percent decline from 41 in 2022, according to an official report on Thursday.

"Four people were killed, 18 others were injured, and the 10 others were amputated in 2023," the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA)'s report said, adding that a total of 29 explosive ordna]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156437/cambodia-records-32-landmine-erw-casualties-in-2023-down-22-pct Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:31:09 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156437/cambodia-records-32-landmine-erw-casualties-in-2023-down-22-pct <![CDATA[Early visit to Indonesia strengthens ties]]> Foreign Minister Winston Peters held discussions in Jakarta today about the future of relations between New Zealand and South East Asia's most populous country.

 

"We are in Jakarta so early in our new government's term to reflect the huge importance we place on our relationship with Indonesia and South East Asia as a region," Mr Peters says. 

 

Mr Peters held talks w]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156749/early-visit-to-indonesia-strengthens-ties Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:19:50 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156749/early-visit-to-indonesia-strengthens-ties <![CDATA[Olympic champion Chen Yufei reaches last 16 at All England Badminton]]> LONDON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- China's Olympic champion Chen Yufei beat Nguyen Thuy Linh of Vietnam in straight sets in the women's singles first round at the All England Open Badminton Championships on Wednesday.

Chen suffered a tough defeat to one of her arch rivals Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-15, 18-21, 22-20 in the semifinals at the French Open last week. She came to Birmingham with blisters on her feet and co]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156329/olympic-champion-chen-yufei-reaches-last-16-at-all-england-badminton Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:19:06 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156329/olympic-champion-chen-yufei-reaches-last-16-at-all-england-badminton <![CDATA[How do you write a 'Vietnamese' poem? Nam Le's defiantly cerebral verses shuffle the deck of identity, belonging and being]]> Flying in the face of much contemporary poetry, Nam Le's first collection 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem is defiantly cerebral, relishing the polysyllabic, the latinate and the esoteric. This is not to say that there aren't notes of utter beauty and great feeling, just that Le is not afraid of being d]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156294/how-do-you-write-a-vietnamese-poem-nam-le-defiantly-cerebral-verses-shuffle-the-deck-of-identity-belonging-and-being Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:58:39 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274156294/how-do-you-write-a-vietnamese-poem-nam-le-defiantly-cerebral-verses-shuffle-the-deck-of-identity-belonging-and-being <![CDATA[Vietnam's export recovery gains momentum]]> HANOI, 13th March, 2024 (VNA/ WAM) -- Vietnam's exports have been on a path of recovery since the beginning of the year.

According to a report from the General Statistics Office (GSO), the country's total export turnover of goods in the first two months of 2024 reached US$59.34 billion, a 19.2 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

The domestic economic sector accounted for US$16.14 billio]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274155494/vietnam-export-recovery-gains-momentum Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:32:10 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274155494/vietnam-export-recovery-gains-momentum <![CDATA[Red Sea attacks may have silver lining for Southeast Asia]]> The Houthi attacks on ships may offer the region a chance to reinvent how it deals with supply chain disruptions.

When the Yemen-based Houthis started attacking commercial vessels in the Red Sea, the crisis brought to light the vulnerability of global trade chokepoints.

It re-emp]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274155275/red-sea-attacks-may-have-silver-lining-for-southeast-asia Wed, 13 Mar 2024 04:35:07 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274155275/red-sea-attacks-may-have-silver-lining-for-southeast-asia <![CDATA[Minister MacAulay attends Seafood Expo North America in Boston to promote Canadian seafood]]> March 12, 2024 - Ottawa, Ontario - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Building on a successful mission to Southeast Asia where he officially opened Canada's first-ever trade office for agriculture and seafood in the Indo-Pacific region, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, travelled to Boston, Massachusetts this week to attend Seafood Expo North America, the largest seafoo]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274154861/minister-macaulay-attends-seafood-expo-north-america-in-boston-to-promote-canadian-seafood Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:26:30 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274154861/minister-macaulay-attends-seafood-expo-north-america-in-boston-to-promote-canadian-seafood <![CDATA[India's Civilizational Imagination of Southeast Asia]]> A substantial amount of India's international thought engages with the idea of the Indian civilization (Mawdsley, 2023). Statist perceptions and usage of civilization as a category need not overlap with the academic study of what constitutes a civilization. Rather statist imaginations of civilizations are contingent, constructed and deeply political. Civilizational imaginations are contingent as they change and evolve ]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274154205/india-civilizational-imagination-of-southeast-asia Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:00:31 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274154205/india-civilizational-imagination-of-southeast-asia <![CDATA[Tribunal Initiates Inquiry-Certain Wire Rod from China, Egypt, and Vietnam]]> Ottawa, Ontario, March 11, 2024-The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004 LP, of L'Orignal, Ontario, that it has suffered injury as a result of the dumping of certain wire rod from the People's Republic of China, the Arab Republic of]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274153686/tribunal-initiates-inquiry-certain-wire-rod-from-china-egypt-and-vietnam Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:05:00 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274153686/tribunal-initiates-inquiry-certain-wire-rod-from-china-egypt-and-vietnam <![CDATA[Thai Lawyer Remains 'Disappeared' 20 Years on]]> Twenty years ago today, I received a phone call in the middle of the night with the news that my friend and colleague, the prominent human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, had gone missing. At that time, Somchai was chair of Thailand's Muslim Lawyers Association and vic]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274153889/thai-lawyer-remains-disappeared-20-years-on Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:30:00 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274153889/thai-lawyer-remains-disappeared-20-years-on <![CDATA[The CBSA launches an investigation into the alleged dumping of certain wire rod from China, Egypt, and Vietnam]]> March 8, 2024

Ottawa, Ontario - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to protecting the Canadian economy and jobs by ensuring a fair playing field when faced with international competition.

The CBSA announced today that it is launching an investigation to determine whether certain wire rod from China, Egypt, and Vietnam are being sold at unfair prices in Canada.

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<![CDATA[Vietnam's FDI attraction up 38.6% in two months]]> HANOI, 8th March, 2024 (WAM) -- Vietnam attracted US$4.29 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first two months of 2024, a year-on-year surge of 38.6%, reported the state news agency (VNA).

Notably, several large-scale projects were granted investment registration certificates in February, such as the Trina Solar Cell project in Thai Nguyen province and the Gokin Solar Hai Ha Vietnam project in Quang]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274150258/vietnam-fdi-attraction-up-386-in-two-months Fri, 08 Mar 2024 08:00:59 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274150258/vietnam-fdi-attraction-up-386-in-two-months <![CDATA[UAE ranks fifth globally in IPU's latest 'Women in Parliament 2023' report]]> GENEVA, 5th March, 2024 (WAM) -- The UAE ranks fifth in the IPU's latest 'Women in Parliament 2023' report, which is based on parliamentary renewals in 66 chambers in 52 countries in 2023.

"Rwanda continues to lead the IPU world ranking with women accounting for 61.3% of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, followed by Cuba and Nicaragua with 55.7% and 53.9% respectively, while Andorra, Mexico and the United Arab Em]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274147313/uae-ranks-fifth-globally-in-ipu-latest-women-in-parliament-2023-report Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:12:13 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274147313/uae-ranks-fifth-globally-in-ipu-latest-women-in-parliament-2023-report <![CDATA[Thailand attracts nearly 6 million foreign tourists in first eight weeks of 2024]]> BANGKOK, 2nd March, 2024 (WAM) -- Thailand welcomed nearly six million foreign visitors between 1st January and 25th February, Minister of Tourism and Sports Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol has said.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted the minister as saying that those visitors have generated revenue of around THB290.92 billion (US$8.07 billion) for Southeast Asian countries.

In the first eight weeks of this yea]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274143750/thailand-attracts-nearly-6-million-foreign-tourists-in-first-eight-weeks-of-2024 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 06:09:46 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274143750/thailand-attracts-nearly-6-million-foreign-tourists-in-first-eight-weeks-of-2024 <![CDATA[Singapore's Petrozo Energy sets up factory in Hamriyah Free Zone, targeting markets in Middle East, East Africa & Southeast Asia]]> SHARJAH, 27th February, 2024 (WAM) - Petrozo Energy, a leading Singapore-based oil and gas company, has announced an ambitious plan to establish a new manufacturing facility in the Hamriyah Free Zone, spanning over 430,000 square feet.
The strategic decision was unveiled following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA), and Randhi]]>
http://www.laosnews.net/news/274140099/singapore-petrozo-energy-sets-up-factory-in-hamriyah-free-zone-targeting-markets-in-middle-east-east-africa--southeast-asia Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:38:04 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274140099/singapore-petrozo-energy-sets-up-factory-in-hamriyah-free-zone-targeting-markets-in-middle-east-east-africa--southeast-asia
<![CDATA[Singapore's Petrozo Energy sets up factory in Hamriyah Free Zone, targeting markets in Middle East, East Africa, & Southeast Asia]]> SHARJAH, 27th February, 2024 (WAM) - Petrozo Energy, a leading Singapore-based oil and gas company, has announced an ambitious plan to establish a new manufacturing facility in the Hamriyah Free Zone, spanning over 430,000 square feet.
The strategic decision was unveiled following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA), and Randhi]]>
http://www.laosnews.net/news/274139762/singapore-petrozo-energy-sets-up-factory-in-hamriyah-free-zone-targeting-markets-in-middle-east-east-africa--southeast-asia Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:38:04 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274139762/singapore-petrozo-energy-sets-up-factory-in-hamriyah-free-zone-targeting-markets-in-middle-east-east-africa--southeast-asia
<![CDATA[Vietnam's Banks expect credit growth from Q2]]> HANOI, 27th February, 2024 (WAM) -- Banks in Vietnam are expecting an improvement in credit growth from the second quarter of 2024, especially now that loan interest rates have decreased, exports gradually recovered, and domestic consumption increased.

According to the Vietnam News Agency, the State Bank of Vietnam said that as of 31st January, deposit and loan interest rates had been cut down by 0.15% and 0.25% ]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274138813/vietnam-banks-expect-credit-growth-from-q2 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 04:30:06 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274138813/vietnam-banks-expect-credit-growth-from-q2 <![CDATA[Vietnam to establish groundwork for digital government]]> HANOI, 26th February, 2024 (WAM) -- Comprehensive plans are in place to rejuvenate and advance Vietnam's information and communications infrastructure, reported the state news agency (VNA).

The Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam has announced details of the information and communications infrastructure planning project for 2021-2030, with a visionary outlook extending to 2050.

This planni]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274137806/vietnam-to-establish-groundwork-for-digital-government Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:57:32 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274137806/vietnam-to-establish-groundwork-for-digital-government <![CDATA[Vietnam's HCM City aims to support nearly 2,000 startup projects in five years]]> HANOI, 23rd February, 2024 (WAM) -- The People's Committee of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has issued a plan to implement policies supporting innovative startup projects in the city in the 2024-2028 period, which is expected to benefit nearly 2,000 projects.

According to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the southern economic hub aims to support more than 1,000 innovative startup projects at the pre-seed stage, along ]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274135145/vietnam-hcm-city-aims-to-support-nearly-2000-startup-projects-in-five-years Fri, 23 Feb 2024 04:41:12 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274135145/vietnam-hcm-city-aims-to-support-nearly-2000-startup-projects-in-five-years <![CDATA[Ras Al Khaimah Ruler receives Vietnamese ambassador]]> RAS AL KHAIMH, 21st February, 2024 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, received Nguyen Manh Tuan, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the UAE, at his palace in Saqr bin Mohammed City today. The ambassador paid a courtesy call on H.H. on the occasion of the end of his term of office.

The Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah praised the efforts of the ]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274133370/ras-al-khaimah-ruler-receives-vietnamese-ambassador Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:19:54 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274133370/ras-al-khaimah-ruler-receives-vietnamese-ambassador <![CDATA[Vietnam Stock Exchange's revenue down nearly 44% in 2023]]> HANOI, 21st February, 2024 (WAM) -- The Vietnam Stock Exchange (VNX) reported revenue of over 1.92 trillion VND (US$78.26 million) in 2023, down nearly 44% compared to the previous year, reported Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

Of the figure, nearly 1.86 trillion VND, or 97% came from investment activities in the two subsidiary companies - the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) and the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), which]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274132702/vietnam-stock-exchange-revenue-down-nearly-44-in-2023 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 04:23:33 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274132702/vietnam-stock-exchange-revenue-down-nearly-44-in-2023 <![CDATA[Asia emerges as primary source of overseas remittances to HCM City in 2023: State Bank of Vietnam]]> HANOI, 16th February, 2024 (WAM) -- Money sent from Asian countries made up 50.5% of the total overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City last year, Vietnam's largest economic hub, a massive 143.8% spike year-on-year, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)'s branch in the city.

According to Vietnam News Agency (VNA), inward remittances to HCM City rose 43.3% year-on-year to US$9.46 billion in 2023, a record h]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274127937/asia-emerges-as-primary-source-of-overseas-remittances-to-hcm-city-in-2023-state-bank-of-vietnam Fri, 16 Feb 2024 05:42:14 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274127937/asia-emerges-as-primary-source-of-overseas-remittances-to-hcm-city-in-2023-state-bank-of-vietnam <![CDATA[Vietnam's FDI forecast to remain strong through 2024]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274123722/vietnam-fdi-forecast-to-remain-strong-through-2024 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 06:53:33 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274123722/vietnam-fdi-forecast-to-remain-strong-through-2024 <![CDATA[UAE Ambassador presents credentials to President of Laos]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274120743/uae-ambassador-presents-credentials-to-president-of-laos Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:41:07 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274120743/uae-ambassador-presents-credentials-to-president-of-laos <![CDATA[UAE's Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Cambodia enters into force]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274120041/uae-comprehensive-economic-partnership-agreement-with-cambodia-enters-into-force Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:04:25 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274120041/uae-comprehensive-economic-partnership-agreement-with-cambodia-enters-into-force <![CDATA[Users of Airports of Thailand expected to double during Chinese New Year]]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274119860/users-of-airports-of-thailand-expected-to-double-during-chinese-new-year Thu, 08 Feb 2024 07:15:56 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274119860/users-of-airports-of-thailand-expected-to-double-during-chinese-new-year <![CDATA[O.P. Jindal Global University sets up new Jindal India Institute to build India's Soft Power globally]]>

OP Jindal University

Sonipat (Haryana) [India], January 29: O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), based in Sonipat, Haryana, has launched a unique, one-of-its-kind Jindal India Institute (JII). It is a strategic think tank housed within a private university for ideationally and intellectually enabling India']]> http://www.laosnews.net/news/274109545/op-jindal-global-university-sets-up-new-jindal-india-institute-to-build-india-soft-power-globally Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:29:08 GMT http://www.laosnews.net/news/274109545/op-jindal-global-university-sets-up-new-jindal-india-institute-to-build-india-soft-power-globally