Sunday 5th February, 2012
QCU blasts Laos, nails 1st win
Cheska D. Geli Sunday, February 5, 2012 QUEEN City United rose from the ashes as it upset Laos FC, 2-0, yesterday on the University of Makati football field to finally nail its first win in the ...
Vietnamese Director Brings Haruki Murakamis quotNorwegian Woodquot to US Theaters
Japanese is a foreign language to him, but Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hung was able to surpass all cultural and language barriers to bring the Japanese novel "Norwegian Wood" to the big ...
Thailand Recognizes Palestinian State
Thailand has formally announced its recognition of Palestine as an independent state, making the Southeast Asian country the first country to recognize Palestine in 2012. The Palestinian Authority ...
Lao gov't to amend law on state assets
General SourcesVientiane (Vientiane Times/ANN) - The Lao government will amend the Law on State Assets, making it easier for the authorities to use their property for business operation purposes. The Ministry of ...
Ancient coffins discovered in cental Laos
General SourcesVientiane (Vientiane Times/ANN) - Five wooden coffins thought to be more than 100 years old have been discovered outside Phonsa-aat village in Mahaxay district of Khammuan province in central Laos. ...
Power struggle in Thailand
Asia News Networkmonarchy to threaten them. Another proposal that has meet with public opposition is [the call] to have the monarch swear before being enthroned to prevent the problem of the constitution being ...
Economic downturn slows Vietnam auto sales
Asia News NetworkThe number of imported CBU's matches last August's record low.Industry insiders attributed the fall to economic difficulties, high lending interest rates and strict regulations on import ...
Thailand to speed up water projects
Asia News Networkflood -prevention projects worth a combined 350 billion baht (US$11 billion) to ensure that the country is ready to cope with this year's rainy season, according to Prime Minister Yingluck ...
9 Vietnamese Fined For Illegal Fishing
Bru DirectBandar Seri Begawan - Nine Vietnamese fishermen were each fined after they pleaded guilty to fishing illegally in Brunei waters before the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court yesterday. ...
AP Vietnam correspondent George Esper dies at 79
Deseret NewsGeorge Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. ...
A breathless week in non-stop Vietnam
The IndependentHis Robin Williams impersonation wasn't great. But I'd certainly arrived early enough - on the first-ever non-stop flight from the UK to Vietnam - to witness Hanoi waking up. The ...
China to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance bilateral relations: FM
People's DailyChinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (2nd R) meets with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (2nd L) in Bali, Indonesia, July 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)Chinese ...
Bangkok Hosts Interreligious Meeting
EWTNGroup Looks at Social Challenges That Need Cooperation Between CreedsROME, JAN. 24, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Religious leaders from regions of Asia and the West met in Thailand this month to consider the ...
In Thailand Elephant Sashimi is All the Rage
New America MediaSAN FRANCISCO -- In Asia, there's an ongoing irony that deepens as the natural world dwindles to the size of a parking lot. Wild animals, once revered and assigned all kinds of spiritual ...
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