With smiling faces and great enthusiasm villagers from the Bandung Barat district of West Java hailed officials and other stakeholders, as the region gears up to having Southeast Asia's very first high-speed railway.
"We are hoping that the upcoming 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will breathe new life into the country, and chart a clear course for the development of Vietnam in the coming five years," said a Vietnamese youngster.
Global fish populations risk becoming disorientated in the world's oceans if ocean acidification continues to climb at its current rate, Australian marine researchers are warning.
Australia's outgoing Ambassador to the United States, Kim Beazley, who hands over the role on Thursday to former federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has described his six years in the job as "unusual" given the tumultuous political landscape back in Canberra.
Ministers from 12 nations are to gather in Auckland next month to sign the disputed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay confirmed Thursday.
Indonesia's first high-speed railway, being built by China, will be a significant boost to the country's economy and act as a catalyst for other key infrastructure developments regionally, according to experts following the project.
Weibo’s move comes a couple weeks after the revelation that Twitter intends to get rid of its trademark cap as well.
Fans of the blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens will have to wait two more years for the next installment as Walt Disney on Wednesday pushed back the release of Star Wars: Episode VIII by seven months.
Schools have been suspended and emergency workers are on standby as Chinese provinces brace for a week of unusually cold weather.
China's central bank on Wednesday announced that it will try to issue digital currency "as soon as possible.
Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted an extra budget of 3.32 trillion yen (28.2 billion U.S. dollars) for fiscal 2015 through March to underpin the economy and enhance welfare provisions.
Visitors to New Zealand over the next two months will be forgiven for not recognizing the national flag as the country flies two flags over official buildings and other sites.
The preparatory session of the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) kicked off Wednesday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.
China's vast southern regions are expected to experience blizzards, sleet and rainfall until Saturday, the national weather authority said on Tuesday. But it said the weather will not likely disrupt transportation.
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri will travel on Tuesday to the Swiss city of Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF), the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs Susana Malcorra said.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would hear the case that challenges President Barack Obama's executive actions to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.
Vietnamese people have high hopes for the country's new leadership as the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) draws closer.
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