Thailands Songkhla ranked fourth highest in human-trafficking

Asia News Network - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The Royal Thai Police revealed that Songkhla ranked fourth in terms of the number of areas most at risk of human-trafficking crimes at 642, after Bangkok's 1,108, Chumphon's 997 and Prachuap Khiri Khan's 848 locations. This report prompted Social Development and Human Security Minister's secretary Anusorn Eiamsa-Ard to visit the province for inspection yesterday, where he ...

Vietnam China have huge potentials for cooperation Vietnamese President

Global Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday."Vietnam and China are close neighboring countries. The two peoples ...

French amphibious assault vessel visits Vietnam

Global Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The French Navy's most modern amphibious assault vessel, Tonnerre, docked at Baria Serece port in Vietnam's southern coastal Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on Tuesday, Vietnam's state-run news agency reported.Tonnerre along with the anti-submarine frigate Georges Leygues, which docked at Ho Chi Minh City's port, are visiting Vietnam as part of activities to mark the 40th ...

Ex-UNESCO chief visits Cambodias World Heritage Preah Vihear temple

Global Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Koichiro Matsuura, ex-director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on Tuesday visited Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple, a world heritage site, a Cambodian spokesman said.Dim Sovannarom, spokesman for the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC), said that Koichiro Matsuura, accompanied by Dr. Jiang Mingjun, President of the ...

Vietnam China to enhance ties

China Daily - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

/enpproperty--> HANOI -- Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday. "Vietnam and China are close ...

Cambodias lost city discovered near Angkor Wat

Christian Science Monitor - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Cambodia's lost city of Mahendraparvata lay hidden beneath a canopy of dense vegetation. Airborne lasers produced a detailed map of a vast cityscape, including highways and previously undiscovered temples near Cambodia's prized Angkor Wat ...

RP to export for first timehybrid corn seed to Vietnam in2...

Check Biotech - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will be able to export for the first time its hybrid corn seed once nearby Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam opens up to biotechnology products within the next two ...

Government Initiative in Laos Encourages Pro-Choice Agenda

EWTN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Christian Communities in Laos Committed to Defend LifeLAOS, May 29, 2013 (Zenit.org) - A family planning campaign launched by the Department for Health Care in the province of Huaphan, located in eastern Laos, encourages women to undergo surgical sterilization (tubal ligation). According to Fides News Agency, the project, supported by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities ...

Tablet computers thrust Thailand classrooms into digital era

Japan Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill-tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens, practicing everything from English to mathematics and music. The disadvantaged students are part of an ambitious project by Thailand to distribute millions of the handheld devices in schools, in a move supporters hope will boost national education standards. For ...

Songa Mercur to Depart Cuba for Vietnam

Rigzone - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Songa Mercur (mid-water semisub) is departing Cuba for Vietnam after failing to find oil, AFP reported on Tuesday. Drilling work in Cuba was suspended because of a problem-plagued exploration well, and the start of the hurricane season, reported the state-run Agencia de Informacion National (AIN). Songa Mercur was drilling in shallow waters in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila about ...

New Vietnamese bishops appointed after Vatican-Vietnam negotiations

Catholic Culture - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Pope Francis has appointed two new bishops in Vietnam, with the announcement coming the day after the conclusion of the latest round of negotiations between the Vatican and the Vietnamese government. The Pope appointed Father Nguyen Huu Long as an auxiliary bishop of Hung Hoa, and Father Pierre Nguyen Van Vien as auxiliary of Vinh. In a series of talks, representatives of the Holy See and the ...

Thailand acknowledges $4.4B loss from rice scheme

San Diego Union-Tribune - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

BANGKOK -; Thailand's government on Tuesday acknowledged losing more than $4.46 billion in one year in a much-criticized scheme to support rice prices that ended up dislodging the country from its spot as the grain's top exporter. The program is likely to be amended to reduce the losses, the commerce minister ...

Thailand admits losing $4.4bn from controversial rice scheme

Star Tribune - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

BANGKOK -- Thailand's government has acknowledged losing more than $4.46 billion in a much-criticized scheme to support rice prices that ended up dislodging the country from its top spot as the grain's exporter. Prime Minister's Office Minister Warathep Rattanakorn said Tuesday the government's sales of the rice failed to cover the sum it paid to farmers under the 2011-2012 ...

18 Vietnamese crew held as ship hits PH reef

Inquirer Global Nation - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Eighteen Vietnamese crew members of a cargo ship have been detained after it ploughed into a coral reef in the central Philippines, the coastguard said Tuesday. The Unicorn Logger, a Panama-flagged freighter, ran aground at a protected marine sanctuary off the tiny island of Sambawan on Friday, coastguard spokesman Armand Balilo said. ';The crew ...

Thailand names winners for $9.5 bln flood management work

Reuters - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

BANGKOK, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:08am EDT BANGKOK, June 18 (Reuters) - Thailand has selected four winners for water management projects worth around 290 billion Thai baht ($9.5 billion) aimed at preventing a repeat of devastating floods in late 2011. The flooding cut Thailand's economic growth to just 0.1 percent in 2011 but the water projects and other infrastructure work are ...

Cambodia - Post a photo to free Yorm Bopha jailed in Cambodia

IFEX - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Yorm Bopha is serving a two-year sentence for protesting forced evictions related to a land conflict in the Boeng Kak community. Upload a photo calling for her release, and we'll make a collage of all the images and send it to Yorm Bopha in prison, and to Cambodian authorities calling for her ...