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LYNN - Like so many veterans of the Vietnam War, Nahant native E.J. Breen has been reluctant to discuss the details of his time spent flying low over the hills of Laos as a U.S. Navy pilot during the height of conflict in the late 1960s.

Manila - The Philippines and Thailand will push for the adoption of a single visa for all member-countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to boost tourism in the region, Presid…

Vietnam has passed a law allowing certain categories of foreigners to buy apartments beginning in 2009, the first time the Communist country has allowed non-citizens to own real estate, the government website announced Friday.

Hanoi - Vietnam's Communist Party has revoked the membership of a high-ranking official of the prosecutor's office in a southern province due to a series of infractions, including having a fourth chil…

There are more than 100 informal marriage brokerage agencies still at operation in Cambodia despite the official ban and closure of three South Korean ones, state media said Friday. "The governme…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Dubai World has signed an agreement with the Thai government that could pave the way for a land bridge linking the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand in south Thailand, WAM news agency reported Friday.

HANOI (AFP) - Vietnam plans to allow foreigners to own apartments, but not houses, in the country, starting from early next year, the communist government said on its official website Friday.

Shareholders in the Brisbane-based mining company Pan Australian Resources have been told the company is counting on a 50 per cent boost in export earnings from Laos in south-east Asia.

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon flew into army-ruled Myanmar’s remote new capital on Friday for a rare audience with junta supremo Than Shwe to press him to accept more aid for 2.4 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis.