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Vietnam rushes for new north-south air path as traffic grows
Vietnamese agencies plan to launch a new flight path connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City as increasing air traffic on the country’s busiest route may cause strain and congestion, the government’s website has reported. The new path will run parallel but 30 kilometers above the ...
Vietnam province cancels fireworks shows, asks sponsors to donate to poor families
Dak Lak Province in the Central Highlands has canceled two of the three fireworks shows planned for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebration, urging potential sponsors to give that money to poor people instead. A source from the province’s culture and tourism department told Tuoi Tre ...
Vietnam asks China to remove drilling rig
Vietnam has asked China to cease drilling for oil and promptly pull its Haiyang Shiyou 981 drilling rig out of the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said on 19 January. Keep reading ...
Energy supply must be ensured for national growth: PM Dung
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed the need to ensure power and coal supply in the decades to come in service of national growth and development. The leader was speaking at a meeting of Government standing members in Hanoi on 19 January, to scrutinise a ...
Oxfam urges Asia to tackle rising inequality to sustain growth
Asian leaders must address rising inequality in all aspects, aid agency Oxfam warned on 19 January, saying ignoring the issue would leave almost 500 million people trapped in poverty and threaten economic growth. “Asia is now at a crossroads. It could continue with the existing policies ...
Borei Keila protesters shout down panel
Five shouting protesters on 19 January morning shut down a meeting of the joint committee for housing solutions in Borei Keila before it could sign cash compensation deals with 56 evicted families. After a long and contentious land dispute, 56 families were set to sign contracts that ...
Thai princess to visit Cambodia
Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will visit Cambodia next month to boost bilateral education ties between the kingdoms, a topic she has worked on since her first visit in 1992. Keep reading ...
With AIIB, nation diversifies funding options
Though it’s extremely early days, experts this week welcomed Cambodia’s membership to the nascent China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, saying it would provide much-needed diversity of funding for the nation’s infrastructure and connectivity needs. Keep reading ...
Lao tax collectors pay to play
In Laos, where corruption seems like a part of daily life, the locals say tax collectors often stand out as they can be seen driving some of the flashiest cars and living in some of the biggest houses. In this landlocked Asian country with an authoritarian ...
Myanmar recruiters boycott Malaysia
Overseas employment agencies, angry at “bullying” from the Malaysian government, have resolved to boycott the country. Agency chiefs say they will no longer send Myanmar migrant workers to Malaysia, as the recruitment industry has been monopolised by a newly instituted system that has changed the ...
