Thai navy officers show smuggled Bengal tigers, leopards and pangolins seized on the bank of Mekong River near the Thai-Laos border. Photo courtesy: AFP.

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After a nice mini bus ride, like 3 hours arrived into Vientiane,capitol of Laos, 200.000 inhabitants. Found a nice room (no window but a big ceiling ventilator like in the opening scene of “Apocalypse now”, I like that hehe) but with very strict rules:…

A Bengal Tiger. Six slaughtered tigers and five leopards have been seized along with 275 live pangolins as traffickers tried to smuggle them across the Mekong River into Laos, the Thai navy said Wednesday.

Six slaughtered tigers and five leopards have been seized along with 275 live pangolins as traffickers tried to smuggle them across the Mekong River into Laos, the Thai navy said Wednesday.

Vietnam will host the World Youth Chess Championships 2008 in southern Vung Tau city from Oct. 19-31 with the expected participation of some 1,500 athletes from over 100 countries and regions, accordi…

An Australian man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for heroin trafficking in Vietnam, state media reported.Kant Nguyen, an Australian citizen of Vietnamese origin, was convicted of trafficking…

Robert Mueller, Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will start a two-day official visit to Cambodia on Wednesday to meet with the Prime Minister Hun Sen and government officials, accord…

Cao Van Vien, 87, the four-star general who commanded the South Vietnamese army during its final faltering years and who defended Saigon during the crucial 1968 Tet Offensive, died Jan. 22 of sudden cardiac arrest at Sleepy Hollow Manor, an assisted living facility in Annandale. He was a Falls Church resident.

ການສ້າງສູນວັດແທກ ແຜ່ນດິນໃຫວ ໃນແຂວງຫລວງພະບາງ ແລະ ແຂວງ ບໍຣິຄຳໄຊ ຂອງລາວ ຈະລ້າຊ້າໄປແດ ່ນ້ອຍນຶ່ງ ແຕ່ຈະສຳເຣັດແທ້ໆ ພາຍໃນ ເດືອນ ມິນາ ທີ່ຈະມາເຖິງນີ້.