The 3rd Silk Road Global News Awards calls for submission

In southwest China's Chengdu, a city of 21 million people, authorities have taken an unconventional approach to urban planning. Instead of filling every inch of valuable land with concrete and steel, they've deliberately set aside open spaces to help the city breathe.

Australia will become more vulnerable and less safe, and its capacity to make its own decisions will be further eroded, unless it changes its current policy course, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Monday.Speaking at a hearing of the AUKUS Public Inquiry at NSW Parliament

Vietnam shipped 2.04 billion US dollars worth of fruits and vegetables to China in the first six months of the year, a year on year increase of 25 percent, local media VnExpress reported Tuesday, citing the Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam Airlines Group will add 60,000 seats, bringing its total capacity to nearly 725,000 seats across its flight network to meet rising travel demand during the upcoming National Day holiday, the Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday.

China's penetration rate of new energy vehicles (NEVs), a major gauge of popularity, has reached a new high of 65.1 percent of total passenger car retail sales in July, an industry survey showed Tuesday.The figure represents a year-on-year increase of 11.6 percentage points and month-on-month

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and OpenAI on Tuesday announced a strategic collaboration to expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) tools across the university, as students increasingly view AI skills as critical to their future careers.

Malaysia's manufacturing sector sales grew 9.3 percent year-on-year to 524.8 billion ringgit (128.23 billion US dollars) in the second quarter of 2026, accelerating from 5.5 percent growth in the first quarter, official data showed Tuesday.

China will send a new naval escort fleet to the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia in mid-August to carry out an escort mission, the country's Ministry of National Defense announced on Tuesday.