Hanoi - Expectant mothers are asking doctors to deliver their babies prematurely, via Caesarean section, so they can be born before the end of the lucky “Year of the Golden Pig,” Vietnamese doctors sa…

MANILA, Jan 31 - The Philippines’ human rights chief criticised President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Thursday for possibly jeopardising a regional charter by demanding that democracy be restored in military-ruled Myanmar.

The Prem Rawat Foundation Provides Safe, Clean Drinking Water to Schools in Thailand The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) made a significant contribution to the Betterment of Life Foundation in Thai…

One of the top US law enforcement officials has arrived in Cambodia as part of a tour of South East Asia. Robert Mueller is the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ever to v…

The People’s Democratic Republic of Lao comes in at 159 out of 175 according to a magazine article I read today.

The Asian Development Bank signed an agreement Thursday to provide a US$7 million (€4.7 million) loan to build transmission lines to bring electricity from Thailand into power-short northwestern Cambodia, including the popular tourist destination of Angkor Wat.

VietNamNet Bridge - 2007 saw the soaring of orders searching for “laptop” and “Nokia 1110i” on Google Trends from Vietnamese Internet Protocol (IP). Vietnamese people seem to like luxurious laptops tr…

ขณะที่เสียงประทัดดังก้องท้องถนนต้อนรับปีใหม่ปีวอกเมื่อ 40 ปีก่อนโน้น สายลับเวียดกงกลุ่มหนึ่ง ประชุมกันลับๆ ในร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวหรือร้านเฝอ.. มันเป็นการประชุมที่ทำให้วิถีของสงครามในเวียดนามเปลี่ยนไป แกนนำของกองโจรคอมมิวนิสต์กลุ่มนี้ได้สั่งการจากร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวเฝอบิ่ง (Pho Binh) ให้สหายที่อยู่ข้างนอกแตกเสียงปืน เริ่มการรุกใหญ่วันตรุษในกรุงไซ่ง่อนซึ่งได้กลายเป็นจุดเริ่มนำไปสู่การสิ้นสุดความขัดแย้ง

Recent Australian volunteers have told me they were given a most warm reception my the Lao Ambassador in Canberra during their pre-departure training. He was generous with his time and put on a BBQ at his residence.
 The ambassador was really excited about showing the volunteers a home video he had of an ASEAN meeting from [...]

Thailand’s Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva announced on Thursday his party will set up "shadow government" to monitor the newly elected premier Samak Sundaravej and his coalition’s p…