BANGKOK: About 500 people were evacuated after floods struck parts of southern Thailand following three days of heavy rains, officials said on Tuesday.

HANOI (Reuters) - An American-Vietnamese political activist was sentenced to six months jail in a one-day trial, but he will be deported at the weekend as he had already served the time, U.S. embassy …

Hanoi - Police in Vietnam have seized more than a ton of live wild monitor lizards being smuggled from central Vietnam to the country's northern provinces, where they might have been destined for Chin…

HANOI — A prominent Vietnamese businessman said Monday he has splashed out seven million dollars on a plane, becoming the first individual to own a private jet in the communist nation. Doan Nguyen Du…

PUSHING POVERTY:The Asian Development Bank says the poor in Laos live with less than US $2 a day but the country is optimistic it will change as the economy gets better with the help of tourism and hydropower energy.

Hanoi - Police in Vietnam have arrested two prominent anti-corruption reporters for "abusing their position and power while on duty," an official said Tuesday. Nguyen Viet Chien of the newspaper Thanh…

Bangkok - Thailand-based companies are expected to propose about 100 carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction projects for certification under the Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanism this year, media r…

LOS ANGELES — The director of a Thailand museum was indicted on a wire fraud charge in connection with a federal investigation into looted Southeast Asian antiquities. Roxanna Brown, a 62-year-…

NEWARK, N.J. — A small-time New Jersey actor accused of traveling to Thailand to have sex with underage boys was denied bail on Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Michael A. Schipp ordered Wayne…

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