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China to advance 56 spots in global per-capita income rankings

China's surging economy is expected to raise the country 56 spots up in the world's per-capita income rankings between 2000 and 2025, and rank it 70th out of 191 measured countries and regions in

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ASEAN summit starts, highlights post-COVID-19 recovery

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday opened its 37th summit under the chairmanship of Vietnam via video conference, with focus on recovery from COVID-19 and the role of the

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Deadly aftermath of Typhoon Molave in Vietnam

00:49 Typhoon Molave made landfall in Vietnam Wednesday as the largest storm the country has seen in two decades.Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter.Subscribe here!

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Landslides in Vietnam kill 8, leave 45 missing

A bulldozer clears out the road damaged by landslide to access a village swamped by another landslide in Quang Nam province, Vietnam on Thursday, October 29, 2020. /AP Two landslides in centra

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114 dead, 21 missing in floods, landslides in Vietnam

Floods, landslides and other natural disasters triggered by downpours have left 114 people dead and 21 others missing in central Vietnam since early October, the country's Central Steering Committee

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90 dead, 34 missing in central Vietnam floods, landslides

Floods, landslides and other natural disasters triggered by downpours have left 90 people dead and 34 others missing in Vietnam's central region over the past two weeks, the Central Steering Committe

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Japan to remove travel ban for 12 countries including China next month

Japan is planning to remove a ban on overseas travel to China and 11 other countries and regions from November 1, which is the first reduction after the COVID-19 outbre

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Japan to remove travel ban for 12 countries including China: media

Japan is planning to remove a ban on overseas travel to China and 11 other countries and regions from November 1, which is the first reduction after the COVID-19 outbreak, the Yomiuri newspaper repor

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U.S. launches currency manipulation probe into Vietnam

Stacks of Vietnam Dong notes. /VCG The United States is opening a "Section 301" investigation into whether Vietnam has been undervaluing its currency and harming U.S. commerce, the U.S. Trade

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Merkel Says UNSC Needs Reform Amid Global Challenges, Germany Ready to Take Responsibility

erman Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in view of the current global challenges.Speaking at the 75th session of the UN

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UK takes "major step" towards joining Trans-Pacific free trade group: gov't

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Britain has taken "a major step" in the process of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the British government said W

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Chinese premier to attend Lancang-Mekong cooperation leaders' meeting via video link

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend the third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders' meeting via video link on Aug. 24, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced Friday. According to

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Number of China-Europe freight trains through Guangxi surges

South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region saw 217 China-Europe freight trains in the first seven months of 2020, up more than 5 times from the same period last ye

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iKala, an AI-based customer engagement platform, raises $17 million to expand in Southeast Asia

iKala, a Taiwanese startup that offers an artificial intelligence-based customer acquisition and engagement platform, will expand into new Southeast Asian markets after raising a $17 million Series B.

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ASEAN foreign ministers release statement on bloc's 53rd anniversary

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) released a statement on Saturday, marking the bloc's 53rd anniversary. The statement recalled the aspirations of the 1967 AS

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Xi expresses condolences over passing of former CPVCC general secretary

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence on Saturday to his Vietn

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Vietnam confirms 1st death of COVID-19 patient

Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday that a 70-year-old Vietnamese man died of COVID-19, which is the country's first death from the disease, the Vietnam N