Vientiane, March 31 (Xinhua) The six-nation Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) group Monday wrapped up its two-day summit in this Laos capital, endorsing a five-year action plan to boost regional growth.

Japan’s jobless rate has risen for the first time in five months, and Chevron Corporation has discovered large offshore natural gas deposits in Vietnam. Naomi Martig in Hong Kong has more on these and…

Bangkok - UN-sponsored climate change talks opened Monday in Bangkok with pressure on the participants to ink an agreement on cutting carbon emissions by next year. “The Bali outcome created huge publ…