Victim’s stepson allegedly owed money to Texas drug ring, prosecutor says A man who helped abduct and beat a Vietnam veteran over a drug-smuggling debt has been convicted of aggravated kidnapping, Kan…

HANOI — A court in communist Vietnam freed a writer and pro-democracy activist from prison Thursday, partially on medical grounds due to tuberculosis, a judicial source said citing the ruling. Noveli…

The new and improved Talat Sao or Morning Market in Vientiane has a food court. Check out the video clip to see if there is anything good to eat.

The food centre is located on the third floor of the mall, and has 23 shops selling Lao,…

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(New York, February 1, 2008) - The Vietnamese government released the award-winning writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy from prison yesterday, but continues to hold dozens of other peaceful activists in priso…

FORTY YEARS ago, a nationwide offensive by the fighters of the liberation struggle in Vietnam exposed the Pentagon lie that the U.S. was winning the war. Here, we print an excerpt from an article on T…

“More than 20 years ago, I went to Shanghai for the first time. Only one skyscraper was there then …But when I was on the highway from airport to downtown Shanghai during a visit in 2000, I could not believe my eyes since the whole city …

After a year away from the Laocook Kitchens, King has decided to return to Spain and rejoin the A-Team.

Our mission in 2008 is to push further our works from 2007. Asiatic Cuisine in Spain has taken large steps forward over the past 18 months, ingredients that are vital to our foods are now becoming more [...]

Quite a beautiful sunrise this morning - streaks of cloud over the shoulder of Ta-khae Mt. with ruby red sky in the background. People moving in the half-darkness of the dawn - vendors pushing awkward carts, filled with vegetables with a weight scale balanced on top, towards the market. My landlord’s nephew is watering the trees in the yard.

It’s Friday, which I’m happy about, except this is

By Guy De LauneyBBC News, Phnom PenhMr Mueller said Cambodia was a key part of a global security networkThe top US law enforcement official has described Cambodia as an important country in anti-terro…

Gold fell to $918.75 by early trade in London and rose to $928.20 by early trade in New York before it fell back off near $920 by midmorning in New York , but it then rallied back higher for most of the rest of trade and ended with a gain of 0.22%.