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The Latest Breaking News from Vietnam

Thailand will be out for revenge against their Southeast Asian rivals Vietnam when they meet in their opening match at the AFC U23 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Mekong River in jeopardy: Sand-pumping operations ravage ecosystem

The Mekong is one of the largest rivers in the world, beginning in China and flowing through Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. Nearly 70 million people in Asia are dependent on its waters for fishing or to irrigate their rice fields. But this watery giant is threatened due to the dredging…

France 24

Vietnam develops 'world's first' African swine fever vaccine for commercial use

Vietnam said on Wednesday it had successfully developed a vaccine to administer to pigs to fight African swine fever, with the aim of becoming the first country to commercially produce and export it.

Reuters

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Tourism hit by safety, security woes

Thailand's ranking in the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 dropped to 36th from 35th place, with safety and security plunging to the lower end of the table, while neighbouring countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam posted improvements.

Bangkok Post

Analysts Slash Price Target On This Home Furnishing Retailer - Read Why

Telsey Advisory Group analyst lowered the price target on RH (NYSE:RH) to $400 (35% upside) from $510 and maintained an Outperform rating on the shares. The analyst said there was a broader deceleration in demand for home furnishings but has been more evident at low and mid-tier priced retailers. The analyst believes RH has had…

Benzinga

Fearless tourists take on world's longest glass-bottomed bridge as it claims new record

Bach Long suspension bridge in Vietnam has been crowned the world's longest glass bottom bridge according to the World Record Association - and it looks absolutely terrifying

Daily Mirror

Door reopens for foreign workers with visas

"Is that to eat here?" Vietnamese workers said cheerfully in Japanese as they practiced taking orders at a training facility of a hamburger shop operator in Tokyo. They were there to learn the fast food business, some of the many foreign workers who have finally been allowed into Japan.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Thailand drops down global tourism index

Thailand’s ranking in the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 dropped to 36th from 35th place, with safety and security plunging to the lower end of the table, while neighbouring countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam posted improvements.

Bangkok Post

Vietnam floats prospect of resuming nuclear power development

HANOI Vietnam's industry minister has told the national assembly developing nuclear power is an "inevitable trend" around the world, signalling that authorities may be considering resuming a plan to construct nuclear power plants after the programme was suspended six years ago.

Bangkok Post

Mother of man killed in Vietnam targeted by scammer asking for £10,000 to fly body home

She described the ordeal, in which she was sent graphic photos, as an “awful nightmare”

The Independent UK

‘Don’t Look Down’: Vietnam Glass-Bottomed Bridge Targets Thrill-Seekers

A mountain resort in Vietnam has opened a bridge with a bottom made of glass over a gorge 150 meters (492.13 ft) below to attract thrill-seeking tourists, the third such bridge in the Southeast Asian country. The Bach Long suspension bridge, which translates as "White Dragon", is in Son La…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hiking of rice price by Thailand, Vietnam ‘impossible’ - export body

A pact between Thailand and Vietnam to raise rice prices would be "impossible", a top industry official said on Monday, in another sign of opposition to a government-proposed plan for a rice cartel amid a global food crisis.

Bangkok Post

'Don't look down': Vietnam glass-bottomed bridge targets thrill-seekers

A mountain resort in Vietnam has opened a bridge with a bottom made of glass over a gorge 150 metres (492.13 ft) below to attract thrill-seeking tourists, the third such bridge in the Southeast Asian country.

Reuters

Cross-border land, sea routes can open new world, says external affairs minister in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar said if land connectivity through Myanmar and sea connectivity through Bangladesh become viable on a commercial scale, a world all the way to Vietnam and Philippines, from Haiphong to Hazira and from Manila to Mundra will open up, creating an east-west lateral with sweeping…

The Times of India

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Routes via Myanmar, Bangladesh could transform Asia: EAM Jaishankar

GUWAHATI: India can overcome geography and rewrite history "if only we get the policies and the economics right", foreign minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday while highlighting how land connectivity through Myanmar and sea connectivity through Bangladesh on a commercial scale could open up "a world all the way to…

The Hindu

Northeast’s neighbours India’s most trusted global partners: Jaishankar

Association with Japan, ASEAN underlined at the NADI3 Asian Confluence River Conclave in Guwahati

Bangkok Post

Prayut eyes rice hike plan with Vietnam

Thailand and Vietnam are looking into the possibility of working together to raise rice prices to increase their bargaining power in the global market, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said.

Bangkok Post

Thailand may join with Vietnam to control rice trade

Thailand and Vietnam should jointly raise rice prices to boost their bargaining power in the global market, according to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a move that threatens higher food costs for consumers worldwide.

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The Independent UK

Tribute for late VA chief Max Cleland, who lost limbs in war

President Joe Biden and three former presidents have paid tribute to late Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator Max Cleland, who lost limbs while serving in Vietnam

Bangkok Post

SCG unit eyes Asean top spot

SCG Chemicals, the petrochemical arm of Siam Cement Group, expects to become the largest petrochemical producer in Asean, thanks to a significant increase in output, especially from the Long Son Petrochemicals (LSP) complex project in Vietnam.

Benzinga

Dismal APAC Performance, Higher Freight Costs, FY22 Outlook Cut: Abercrombie & Fitch's Q1 Highlights

Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF) reported first-quarter FY22 sales growth of 4% year-on-year to $813 million, beating the consensus of $799.31 million. Net sales from the Hollister brand decreased 3% Y/Y, and Abercrombie rose 13%. Sales in the U.S. climbed 6% Y/Y, and EMEA rose 3%. APAC sales fell 35% impacted by COVID…

Caixin Global

Exclusive: Davos Photo Used by U.S. Congressman to Criticize China Didn’t Show Anyone Chinese

Figures accused of not standing up during an ovation for the Ukrainian president’s speech at the World Economic Forum were actually from the Vietnamese delegation

ABC News

Death sentences on the rise in post-coup Myanmar while China executes in secret, new Amnesty International report says

Myanmar has seen an "alarming" rise in the number of people sentenced to death, while China, North Korea and Vietnam continue to carry out executions in secret, according to a new global report from Amnesty International.

Bangkok Post

Thai teen athletes emerge as SEA's best

Clinching a total of seven gold medals in athletics among the two, national teen stars Puripol Boonson and Thai-Australian Joshua Robert Atkinson made Thailand proud of their record-breaking feat at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, recently.

The Guardian - UK

A new start after 60: ‘I took up skating and found my peaceful place in the world’

Maurice Newman, 77, began inline skating on his 60th birthday. Since then his passion has taken him from Kent to Berlin, Vietnam, and Myanmar, where he was born

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