THE 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver.
"Do you know why I love God?" Nick Vujicic asked a young girl on stage who, like him, was born without arms and legs.
"Because heaven is real. And one day when we get to heaven, …
Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI), a calculator for the inflation growth, deflated again in May, down by 0.06 percent against the previous month, reported the Vietnam General Statistics Office on Friday.The figure posted an increase of 2.35 percent compared to last December and 6.36 percent to last May, pushing the first 5-month index this year to rise by 6.74 percent over the same …
HAT YAI, Thailand – Five soldiers have been killed and one wounded by a roadside bomb in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south. Police Col. Jeera Setdao-ngerntrakul said Friday that Muslim insurgents were suspected of detonating the bomb in Saiburi district in Pattani province as a pickup truck carrying the six soldiers passed by. He said the soldiers were on their way to assist security …
Pyongyang, May 23 (KCNA) — The delegation of Vientiane City of Laos led by Soukanh Mahalath, secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, secretary of the Vientiane City Party Committee and mayor, visited Mangyongdae, the birthplace of President Kim Il Sung. Being briefed on the noble life of the President and his family, patriotic and revolutionary, the …
Vietnam War veteran Bob Pardo, known for the ';Pardo’s Push'; heroic aerial maneuver, will be the guest speaker at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum general meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday. The meeting will be next door to the museum at Jet Center of Tyler in Hangar 1, and the public is invited. There is no charge for the meeting.According to information from the museum, on March …
Vietnamese inflation slowed to its weakest pace in eight months in May, official data showed Friday, in the latest sign that the communist-run economy is cooling. Consumer prices rose 6.36 percent year-on-year in May, the Government Statistics Office said, slightly down from a 6.61 percent increase reported in April. Economists attribute the slowdown in inflation to past monetary policy …
Vietnam is a "top priority" investment destination in Asia for Indian companies, especially for those from Haryana state.This was revealed at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday by Pankaj Kapoor, chairman of the Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Kapoor said companies from Haryana, a state that borders the Indian capital of New Delhi, were looking for co-operation …
Europ Continents, an international distributor of medical equipment in South-East Asia, has introduced new test kits for HIV and syphilis, aimed at ensuring a timely diagnosis.The company's Healthcare Division Manager, Pierrick Chambrin, said the test would reduce the amount of time taken to obtain the result of tests for HIV. Only one blood sample is needed to test for both conditions.The …
Government representatives from Laos and the United States have been meeting in Vientiane this week to discuss ASEAN, the Lower Mekong Initiative and other regional issues.Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Michael Fuchs, who also routinely works on Southeast Asian issues, met with Deputy Minister of Foreign …
The Vientiane People's Court in Laos has handed down the death penalty to three men who were part of a drug trafficking ring caught shipping illicit drugs from the notorious Golden Triangle area last year.The three traffickers were intercepted while attempting to transport more than 2.1 million methamphetamine tablets and 40 bags of heroin from the northern province of Bokeo. The drugs had …
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