Hanoi, May 23 (Xinhua) The World Bank has approved a loan of over $502 million to help Vietnam improve its urban infrastructure, expand the rural electricity network and facilitate the accession to finance in rural areas.

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia's royal cows performed an ancient ceremony on Friday, predicting the country will have a "quite good" rice harvest this year, despite global concerns over su…

Since I’ve a lot of strawberry left, I decided to try a new dish, its Som Tum and since I don’t have any papaya, I decided to substitute it with rutabaga (Thai/Lao people call it Ruba for short, it is believed to have originated from a hybrid between the turnip and wild cabbage) and instead [...]

ผู้จัดการออนไลน์- พลัมพีนัท (Plumpy’nut) และ BP-5 เป็นอาหารที่ไม่สามารถหาซื้อได้ตามตลาดทั่วไป แต่อาหารยุคอวกาศนี้ (space-age foods) ได้กลายเป็นอาวุธชิ้นเยี่ยมในการต่อสู่กับความหิวโหยโดยเฉพาะในช่วงหลังจากเกิดเหตุการณ์ภัยพิบัติต่างๆ เช่นพายุนาร์กิสพัดถล่มในพม่า

Ask people for permission to touch them, especially if it's above the shoulders.Allow families to be intimately involved in their loved ones' care.Respect a patient's decision to refuse treatment.Thes…

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.

My cousin, being the wonderful person she is, sent me a huge Edible Arrangement the other day!  Not only was the fruit incredibly fresh, it was freezing cold.  Ah, just in time for the heat!  (THANK YOU girl.  Love ya!)

And how about I bought me a new lens this week?!  I absolutely LOVE it!

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…