Bangkok - Bangkok’s Governor Apirak Kosoyodhin on Thursday suspended his official duties to face corruption allegations in the city’s purchase of 315 fire truck and 30 fire-fighting boats from Austria…

orthern Laos . Five hours and numerous stops later we reached the peak of the hill and a chance to sleep for a few hours. We walked for another two hours beneath the dense jungle canopy, then stopped …

VIENTIANE, LAOS: Singapore’s Tiger Beer has made a major push into Laos with the opening of its first brewery there. The 23 million euro (US$35.75 million) facility will produce 300,000 bottles of beer a day for the fast-growing Lao market, distributor Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) said.

WASHINGTON: The United States will use human rights talks with Vietnam in May to press for the release of political prisoners, including a US citizen jailed last year, a top US diplomat for Asia sa…

Nam Dinh, Vietnam’s national cup champion, took the lead of 0-1 at half-time, but eventually lost 1-3 to China’s Beijing Guoan in the F group game at AFC Champions League 2008 at My Dinh national stad…

China’s Beijing Guoan won 3-1 over Vietnam’s Nam Dinh in a Group F match at AFC Champions League 2008. At the Asian soccer event, 28 clubs, including two from China and two from Vietnam, are competing…

Vietnam is scheduled to launch its first satellite on April 12, helping the country offer better domestic and international communication services at lower cost. This launch will make Vietnam the sixt…