International News

China opens major river-to-sea canal, creating trade shortcut to Southeast Asia

AKP Phnom Penh, September 17, 2026 — China opened the Pinglu Canal on Wednesday, giving its landlocked southwest a shortcut to the coast and overseas markets, particularly those in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the country's largest trading partner. Built at a cost of 72.7 bi...

Ho Chi Minh City eyes more foreign medical tourists

AKP Phnom Penh, September 17, 2026 — Ho Chi Minh City has considerable potential to become a destination for foreign patients, thanks to its experienced medical professionals, advanced treatment techniques, competitive costs and increasingly developed hospital system. However, a comprehensive pa...

Timor-Leste seeks quality investment to enhance competitiveness

AKP Phnom Penh, 15 September, 2026 — Timor-Leste’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Filipus Pereira has stressed that the country’s ASEAN integration should not be viewed simply as a way to expand markets, but also as an opportunity to strengthen the capacity of people, businesses and domestic i...

Vietnam, Germany suggested to boost practical high-tech agricultural cooperation

AKP Phnom Penh, 15 September, 2026 — Vietnam’s drive towards modern, green and sustainable agriculture, increasingly driven by science – technology, is opening up significant opportunities for cooperation with Germany, but German experts say the focus should be on developing solutions suited to Vie...

Russia, China to expand AI cooperation

AKP Phnom Penh, 9 September, 2026 — Artificial intelligence (AI) will broaden the scope of cooperation between Russia and China, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). "Another area [of cooperation] has now emerged, whic...

Russia-Turkey agricultural trade up by almost 30% year-on-year in January-July

AKP Phnom Penh, 9 September, 2026 — Trade turnover of agricultural products between Russia and Turkey grew by nearly 30% year-on-year in January-July 2026, the Russian Agriculture Ministry reported following talks between Russian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Maxim Markovich and Turkish Deputy Min...

Ho Chi Minh City seeks to make seaports new growth driver

AKP Phnom Penh, 9 September, 2026 — After more than a year of expanding its development space, Ho Chi Minh City has gained new opportunities to accelerate growth by linking industry, seaports, logistics, trade and finance. Alongside implementation of Politburo Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW and special m...

ASEAN strengthens cooperation to tackle future health challenges

AKP Phnom Penh, 9 September, 2026 — Malaysia has hosted the 17th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM) and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur from September 7-11, which are expected to help ASEAN step up regional health cooperation. The meetings bring together health ministers, senior officials and...

China's major river-to-sea canal to open to navigation

AKP Phnom Penh, 8 September, 2026 — Pinglu Canal in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will become operational on Sept. 16, according to a Monday press conference on the canal's opening. The 134.2-km canal links the Xijiang River shipping route in the north with the Beibu Gulf in the s...

Xi urges greater efforts to nurture capable young people for socialist cause

AKP Phnom Penh, 8 September, 2026 — Congratulating a popular national children's radio program on its 70th anniversary, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged professionals in children's culture to redouble efforts in nurturing a new generation of capable young people for the socialist cause. Xi, also...

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