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Prisoners to be allowed to join in religious activities
The Prisons Department will allow inmates to carry out religious activities once a month starting from the new fiscal year, said the department’s deputy director from Security Section. “It aims to help prisoners have more peaceful minds. We can’t say what the exact schedule for ...
MPs voice discontent on YBS
A total of 26 MPs supported Wai Phyo Han’s proposal concerning the Yangon Bus Service in parliament on April 24. Intending to change Yangon’s notorious bus service, the Yangon Region Government started using the new YBS on January 16. However, on April 16, three months after the ...
VN air quality bad over half the year
In four years, from 2011 to 2015, more than 50 per cent cent of all monitored days in Việt Nam posted low air quality. The World Health Organisation repeatedly issued warnings that Việt Nam is among the most air polluted country in the Asia-Pacific region, ...
Garment exports grow despite hurdles
The domestic garment industry has faced many challenges in exporting to key markets, such as the European Union and the United States, but it still has a chance of achieving its export target this year, according to experts. First quarter figures appear to support this expectation. ...
Việt Nam, Cambodia agree on measures to boost ties
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen on April 25 agreed on several measures to strengthen multi-faceted relations between the two countries. PM Hun Sen said he considered the Vietnamese leader’s official visit as having historical significance, with the two ...
Document suggests US aid cuts
A document purported to have come from the US State Department appears to show plans to slash US development assistance to the Kingdom down to zero, a move observers said yesterday would further weaken the US’s standing in the country, allowing for China to cement ...
‘Many accomplices’ involved in sperm smuggling amid unanswered questions
Many accomplices are involved in the sperm smuggling that was detected at a border checkpoint last week, the Health Service Support Department said. “There are at least three to four suspects involved already – two sperm owners, the person who picked up their sperm, the ...
Uber confident on legal clearance for services
UBER has expressed confidence that it can clear within five months the legal hurdles that have dogged its taxi-service operation in Thailand. The Thai operation of the US-based company put out the timeline after its representatives met officials from the Department of Land Transport late ...
ASEAN urged to use arbitral ruling in code of conduct framework
Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to invoke the arbitral tribunal ruling that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea in crafting a planned code of conduct in the disputed waters. The Permanent Court ...
Cross-border bridge congestion target of Savan Park proposal
Savan Logistics based in the Special Economic Zone or Savan Park has proposed establishment of Common Control Areas in the park, aimed at easing traffic congestion at the Lao-Thai border checkpoint. Currently the CCA proposal is being discussed among the officials concerned from line ministries, ...
