VIENTIANE, June 19 (Bernama) — A total of 31 people died in Laos this year due to dengue, out of the 7,920 people infected, China's Xinhua news agency reported citing Lao government statistics. The high number of cases indicated dengue may soon reach epidemic proportions in Laos, a senior official in the Lao Ministry of Health warned in a speech during the celebrations of Asean Dengue …
In this photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, lawyer Nguyen Thi Duong Ha stands in the courtyard of her home in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam. Her husband Cu Huy Ha Vu is entering the fourth week of a prison hunger strike to protest alleged poor treatment. The statues seen in her background are of Vu's father, the poet Cu Huy Can, left, and his uncle Xuan Dieu, also a famous poet (right). Vu was …
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon, kicking off his three-day state visit to China.Sang, as a guest of Chinese President Xi Jinping, will hold talks with Xi and other Chinese leaders on bilateral ties, regional affairs and international issues of common concern, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry.Besides Beijing, Sang will also visit Guangdong …
PHNOM PENH, June 19 (Xinhua) — Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday finalized its 5-year strategic plan to attract at least 1.3 million Chinese visitors by 2018. Speaking at a seminar on Cambodia tourism marketing strategy targeting China, So Visothy, director of the Tourism Ministry's Marketing and Promotion Department, said that currently China is the third largest tourist …
HANOI, June 19 (Reuters) – Vietnam's benchmark VN index closed up 0.9 percent on Wednesday, climbing for a second day as big cap firms recovered from losses and sentiment improved among investors, traders said.
Expectations the National Assembly would approve a corporate tax cut from 28 to 22 percent during a house vote later Wednesday could give companies a boost and further lift the …
Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:43am EDT
Shares in low-cost airline Nok Airlines Pcl, a unit of national carrier Thai Airways International Pcl, are expected to rise on debut on the Thai main stock exchange on Thursday, due to the company's growth prospects and valuation appeal.
"The pricing of 26 baht was not at the high end of the offer range. With a price-to-earnings valuation of around 11 times, …
Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:46am EDT
–Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.–
By Clyde Russell
LAUNCESTON, Australia, June 19 (Reuters) – The Thai government has finally done something sensible with its rice intervention scheme by trimming the amount of money it pays farmers for their crops.
But don't for a minute believe the massive problems the scheme has …
Some 40,000 bottles of indelible ink, donated by the Indian government, were delivered to Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) Wednesday for use in general elections July 28. The poll panel accepted the ink from Indian Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik. NEC’s chairman Im Suosdey said the ink cost $877,800, and each bottle contains 70 cc, reported Xinhua. “The Indian government …
On invitation from President Xi Jinping, Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang will kick off a three-day visit to China starting tomorrow. Analysts say, both China and Vietnam face similar risks and challenges at home and abroad and that both nations have great potential in boosting trade cooperation. China and Vietnam not only share a similar cultural background, but the two countries also …
The Yingluck Shinawatra government has given in to heavy public criticism over the huge 130-billion-baht (US$4.22 billion) loss incurred through its controversial rice-pledging scheme, agreeing to reduce the minimal price from 15,000 baht to 12,000 baht per tonne. Payment for rice will be reduced from the end of this month – June 30 – till the end of the current crop season in late September, …
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