BANGKOK - Thailand’s health minister said Tuesday he would keep a controversial generic drugs program for cancer medicines, reversing his earlier decision to review it for possible cancellation.

HANOI, VIETNAM: Drowning is a top killer of children in Asia, but the problem is often overlooked in poor countries plagued by deaths caused by speeding cars, suffocation and other accidents, according to a report released Tuesday (11 Mar).

Two people were killed when a bomb from the war exploded in Tan Dinh Commune, southern Binh Duong Province’s Tan Uyen District, on March 8. The provincial Military Headquarters on March 10 said the bomb was the 500 type with the USA mark, weighing 227kg.

BANGKOK Thai graft-busters filed new corruption charges against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday, accusing him and other top officials of illegal use of funds from a state lottery….

Carl F. Bernard, 81, a retired Army colonel and decorated combat veteran who died of a stroke March 4 at his Fort Belvoir home, found himself on more than one occasion in a sticky situation that tested his bravery and ingenuity.

Some 800 ducks in Vietnam’s central Quang Ngai province have recently died with unidentified causes, while bird flu is hitting nine localities across the country. Nearly 200 in a flock of 650 ducks ra…

Hanoi - Bird flu has killed four endangered civets in northern Vietnam, the first time the H5N1 virus has been confirmed in the species, officials said Tuesday. Four Owston’s palm civets, a catlike ca…

VIENTIANE, LOAS: Malaysia has agreed to hire Lao workers, giving new hope to those looking for higher-paid jobs, according to a Lao diplomat.

ຜູ້ທີ່ເຄີຽຕິດຝິ່ນ ຢູ່ໃນລາວ ຫລັງຈາກ ເຂົາເຈົ້າຢ່າຈາກຕິດຝິ່ນແລ້ວ ບາງຈຳນວນ ກໍຫັນມາໄຊ້ຢາເສບຕິດ ປະເພດອື່ນອີກແທນ. ຕາມທີ່ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ ່ຄະນະກັມະການ ກວດກາ ແລະຄວບຄຸມຢາເສບຕິດ ແຫ່ງຊາດລາວໄດ້ກ່າວ.