Hopes high for concrete results from 2nd Kim-Trump summit
Feb 6, 2019
Governments across Asia are expressing hope that a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam will produce concrete results that will lead to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
Cambodian PM says Western sanctions would hurt opposition
Jan 14, 2019
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says if Western countries impose threatened economic sanctions on his country, it would cause the death of the country's political opposition
Facebook rebuts Vietnam claims over alleged illegal content
Jan 9, 2019
Facebook is defending itself against allegations that it allows illegal content in violation of Vietnam's cybersecurity law
Cambodia's biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
Dec 17, 2018
Cambodia's largest hydropower project has begun producing electricity as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to support a jump-start to industrial expansion
Vietnam beats Malaysia 1-0 to win AFF title
Dec 15, 2018
Vietnam beat Malaysia 1-0 Saturday in the second leg to win the ASEAN Football Federation championship 3-2 on aggregate
Cambodian court gives suspended sentences to labor leaders
Dec 11, 2018
Six Cambodian union leaders have each received suspended 2 1/2-year prison terms in connection with labor protests about five years ago in which four garment workers were killed and around 20 others hurt
Vietnam and Russia aim to triple bilateral trade by 2020
Nov 19, 2018
The prime ministers of Vietnam and Russia have agreed to nearly triple their countries' two-way trade to $10 billion by 2020 from $3.55 billion last year
Vietnam and Cuba sign trade agreement, pledge to deepen ties
Nov 9, 2018
The leaders of Vietnam and Cuba are pledging to deepen relations between two of the world's few remaining communist countries
Vietnam and France sign deals worth over $10 billion
Nov 2, 2018
The prime ministers of France and Vietnam have witnessed the signing of two business deals worth over $10 billion and dozens of other cooperation agreements covering energy, education, health, technology and the environment
Vietnam frees popular blogger on condition she leave for US
Oct 18, 2018
Vietnam has freed a well-known blogger, "Mother Mushroom," after two years in prison on the condition that she leave for the United States
