Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed bilateral and global issues including Ukraine over the phone on Friday, Indian Ministry of External Affairs said. 

High COVID-19 vaccination rates and free trade agreements (FTAs), namely the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Cambodia-China FTA (CCFTA), have been helping boost Cambodia's economic recovery, said a World Bank economic update report released on Thursday. 

NDO/VNA - Thailand is speeding up its plan to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) for domestic use by 2023. 

NDO - Iran and the US started indirect nuclear talks in Doha (Qatar) with the mediation of the European Union (EU). Although it was only an indirect talk, the efforts of both Tehran and Washington also ignited hopes of reviving the Iran nuclear deal. 

Cambodia sets July 23, 2023 as the date for the seventh National Assembly election, according to a decision signed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Wednesday. 

NDO - The world is facing an unprecedented global hunger crisis. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned 'There is a real risk that multiple famines will be declared in 2022'. 

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) continues to have the highest support rate in the run-up to the July 10 upper house election, a local news survey showed Tuesday. 

NDO/VNA – A Vietnamese representative affirmed the country's commitment to effectively manage small arms and light weapons, while attending an ongoing meeting held at the UN headquarters in New York. 

Japan braced for a possible power crunch on Monday as temperatures climbed across the country and the rainy season ended in the Tokyo area at its earliest point since 1951, raising fears of a long, hot summer amid fuel price rises. 

NDO - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just lowered its forecast for US economic growth while warning that the world’s leading economy is facing the risk of recession. The above fact is “shadowing” the global economic outlook in the context of galloping inflation and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on all economies. 

NDO/VNA – The Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina, in collaboration with diplomatic missions of Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia, all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), organised an annual bazaar on June 25, featuring a wide range of their traditional handicrafts, food and musical performances.  

China’s Shanghai will gradually resume dining-in at restaurants from June 29 in low-risk areas and areas without any community-level spread of COVID-19 during the previous week, a Shanghai government official said on Sunday. 

NDO - In the context of falling gas supplies from Russia and increasing gas prices, the German government has declared the “alarm level” of the country’s gas emergency plan. Analysts are concerned about the risk of an economic recession in Europe’s leading economy if there is no longer a gas supply from Moscow and this entails many consequences for neighbouring countries. 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday stressed the importance of reintegrating the food and fertilizer products from Ukraine and Russia into world markets.