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In December 2007, I flew from Bangkok, Thailand, to Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thailand-based Nok Air, one of the scads of new budget airlines operating in Southeast Asia. Flying between Bangkok and Phuket al…

Standards, Processes and Prospects

Feb 1, 2008 Download a pdf of this article(right click to save the pdf) Editors Note: Washington Laboratories and American TCB organized the first Conformity Assessment Conference in October 2007 in H…

Thailand’s Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed the Thai government’s concern over the blizzard that is affecting many parts of China and extended its moral support to the Chinese government and peopl…

A sleeping giant wakes up (Bangkok Post)

With development at long last gaining momentum in the far North’s Economic Quadrangle, early investors who rushed to put their money into the region more than 10 years ago are finally hoping to get a return.

HIGHWAY PROSPERITY (Bangkok Post)

The R3A highway may not be familiar to many, but it is already touted as the road to economic prosperity for the region with China as the vehicle driving growth.

Bangkok Post : General news (Bangkok Post)

Construction workers at the site where the foundations of the Thai-Lao bridge will be built in Chiang Khong district in Chiang Rai. The construction of the bridge, which links Chiang Khong to Houei Xai in Laos, is expected to start in March next year.

U.S. military aid back for Thailand

The United States announced Friday it will resume military and other aid to Thailand as a result of the country’s successful election and its formation of a democratically elected government. Soon aft…

Agent Orange Work Progresses in Vietnam

Feb. 01, 2008 The Associated Press — Agent Orange is an herbicide that contains dioxin, a highly toxic compound linked to serious birth defects and health problems.Vietnamese officials say more than …

(HRW/IFEX) - The following is an abridged Human Rights Watch press release: Vietnam: Woman Writer Released, but Crackdown Continues (New York, February 1, 2008) - The Vietnamese government relea…

The crowds of Vietnamese trying their luck at the casinos that have sprung up in the southeastern border town of Bavet are a tangible example of the widening social divisions in their home country. Wh…

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