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China, Vietnam agree to 'properly handle' disputes
The leaders of China and Vietnam agreed on 3 September to “properly handle” their disputes, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported, amid tension over a territorial spat in the South China Sea. China’s increasingly assertive moves to press sovereignty claims in regional waters have rattled its neighbors ...
Thai AirAsia picks Chinese cities for first U-tapao routes
Thai AirAsia has chosen the southern Chinese cities of Nanning and Nanchang for inaugural routes from its new base at U-tapao airport. The no-frills carrier will offer four flights a week from the navy-operated airport in Rayong province to Nanning and three a week to Nanchang, beginning on ...
China pledges to advance ties with Laos
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Lao President Choummaly Sayasone in Beijing on 1 September, pledging to advance ties with Laos. Choummaly is in Beijing to attend activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ...
China-Laos ties at historical high: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Lao President Choummaly Sayasone on 31 August, saying China’s relations with the Southeast Asian country are at an all-time high. Choummaly is in Beijing to attend activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s ...
Vietnamese laborers flock to China, Laos to work illegally despite issues
According to statistics from Vietnam’s Lao Cai province’s department of labor, invalids and social affairs, every year about 4,000 laborers leave the province for China. Quang Van Tinh, who lives in Muong Ang district’s Bung Lao commune, still feels angry when recalling his time in China. After ...
China seizes 620 live turtles, most endangered, in shipment from Vietnam: report
Chinese border patrol officials seized 620 wild turtles and tortoises that were found alive in a shipment claimed to be frozen seafood from Vietnam, Xinhua News Agency said on 30 August. Keep reading ...
Chinese top visits to Laos
Chinese visitors represent the third-largest segment of foreign visitors to Laos, following visitors from Thailand and Vietnam. In the future it is likely that China will surpass Thailand and Vietnam as the top supply market for travel. Keep reading ...
Tycoon to the rescue as cheaper China floods Vietnam's economy
Soldier-turned-tycoon Nguyen Huu Duong is a fierce patriot still fighting to protect his country, four decades after battling American forces in the Vietnam War. The construction mogul has amassed a war chest of tens of millions of dollars to fight for greater independence for Vietnam’s economy ...
How China's downturn is impacting southeast Asia
China’s economic growth for this year is projected by the International Monetary Fund to fall to 6.8 percent – its slowest pace of expansion in over two decades. The slowdown in China – which now accounts for about 15 percent of the global economic output – ...
Watching markets from the sidelines
As Chinese markets plunged 8.49 per cent on 24 August sending jitters across global indices, industry insiders were cautious about its potential spillover effects into Cambodia, suggesting a wait-and-watch approach to its impact on foreign investment, tourism and the construction sector. Jay Menon, lead economist for trade ...
