HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese Catholics have ended more than a month of protests in Hanoi aimed at pressing the Communist government for the return of church land seized 50 years ago. After talks betwe…
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam won a contract this week to export 300,000 tonnes of rice to the Philippines, according to Viet Nam News daily. Vietnam’s six suppliers, led by State-owned Vietnam Southern…
Ericsson aims to introduce so-called 3G, or third-generation, networks that will let mobile phone companies provide high-speed data services in the Southeast Asian nation by the end of the year, Ahman…
KULAI: Four Vietnamese and two Myanmars were detained after they were involved in a gang fight. Kulai OCPD Supt Zulkefly Yahya said the incident occurred after eight men from Vietnam allegedly attacke…
I’ve read one of Pratchett’s books, Going Postal, which is number 25 of his Discworld series. I haven’t been able to read more of these books for some reason - the writing seem forced and the humor obscure.
But I really enjoyed The Wee Free men, about a young girl who enlists some very strange allies in the search for and rescue of her younger brother. The funny parts are funny, and the
I’m moving right along with my TBR challenge.
The Door into Ocean tells the tales of two worlds - one very materialistic, where rank and wealth are based on metal and stone, and it’s moon called Shorra, which is covered by a shallow ocean and inhabited by females, supposedly the descendants of “the Primes” who populated the universe for billions of years before. The world Valedon, is one of the
HANOI — Vietnam on Friday marked 40 years since the Tet Offensive with colorful military parades of its veterans and re-enactments of the surprise wave of urban assaults that marked a turning point i…
I took the overnight bus from Salavan to Vientiane on a different bus company. Unfortunately, the bus clipped a motorcycle about midnight and it took a few hours to sort everything out. The rider broke his leg and had a lot of scrapes, but fortunately, we were near a city and the hospital sent a truck out to pick him up.
Traffic makes me shudder here. Especially when driving at night -
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Dutch lawyer for a detained former Khmer Rouge leader will not be allowed to address a UN-backed genocide tribunal hearing next week because Cambodia’s bar association refuse…
Thailand has launched a three-year study to decide whether the kingdom should build a nuclear power plant to meet its growing energy needs. The study, which will cost about $US55 million will include …