International News

Vietnam overtakes Thailand to become world's second-largest rice exporter

AKP Phnom Penh, August 05, 2025 -- Vietnam has outranked Thailand as the world’s second-largest rice exporter in the first half of 2025, Thai PBS reported on August 3, citing the Thai Rice Exporters Association. The association noted that from January to June, India exported 11.68 million tonn...

Vietnam, Egypt bolster defence cooperation

AKP Phnom Penh, August 05, 2025 -- Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang met with his Egyptian counterpart, General Abdel Mageed Saqr, in Cairo on August 4, part of President Luong Cuong’s ongoing state visit to Egypt. The Egyptian official raised Vietnam’s role in pro...

Ukraine conducts strikes on Russia's military, fuel facilities

AKP Phnom Penh, 05 august, 2025-- Ukrainian forces have launched separate strikes on Russian military and fuel facilities, Ukrainian authorities said Monday. The Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement that Ukrainian drones destroyed a Russian Su-30SM aircraft, damaged another and hit th...

Trump threatens to "substantially" hike tariffs on Indian goods, India says to take necessary measures

AKP Phnom Penh, 05 August, 2025-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to "substantially" raise tariffs on goods imported from India with the excuse that India bought and resold Russian oil. "India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of th...

U.S. stocks close higher as investors buy dip

AKP Phnom Penh, 5 August, 2025-- U.S. stocks rebounded Monday as investors looked to recover from sharp losses at the end of last week, which were triggered by growing concerns about the U.S. economy and the impact of new tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 585.06 points, or 1.3...

EU defense push could marginalize smaller firms, Finnish study warns

AKP Phnom Penh, 5 August, 2025-- The European Union's (EU) drive to centralize its defense industry and promote joint procurement may threaten smaller players in the sector, including many Finnish firms, according to a study released Monday by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (Etla)....

Cross-border trade driving China-Vietnam ties

AKP Phnom Penh, August 04, 2025 -- In its article titled "Cross-border trade driving China-Vietnam ties", the China Daily wrote that at dawn, Vietnamese tourists lined up at Hekou Port, the largest land port along the Yunnan section of the China-Vietnam border, drawn by more than mere sightseeing...

Bulgarian Informatics Team Achieves Historic Success at International Olympiad

AKP Phnom Penh, August 04, 2025 -- Bulgaria’s top high school students in informatics earned two gold and two silver medals at the world’s most prestigious programming competition – the 37th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), held in Sucre, Bolivia from July 27 to August 3, the Natural...

Puppet Theatres from Sofia and Tokyo Perform in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture

AKP Phnom Penh, August 04, 2025 -- Actors from the Sofia Puppet Theatre and Japan's PUK Puppet Theatre will stage the bilingual play Story of a Seagull and the Gang of Tomcats (known in English as The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly) in the city of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture,...

Hanoi pushes ahead with EV infrastructure for sustainable transition

AKP Phnom Penh, August 01, 2025 — The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is considered inevitable. To ensure this process is both smooth and sustainable, comprehensive infrastructure must be in place, from technical systems to regulatory frameworks. Taking the lead, the capital city of Hanoi i...

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