TOKYO, Dec. 25 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Crown Prince Naruhito will visit Vietnam for one week from early February next year, the Imperial Household Agency announced Thursday. It will be decided later wheth...

BANGKOK--Thailand's government plans a 15.6 billion baht ($450 million) package for reviving its important tourist sector, badly hit by a crippling week-long airport blockade, the Tourism Minister sai...

Hanoi - In an effort to boost exports, Vietnam's Central Bank devalued the dong currency by 3 per cent on Thursday, driving up black market dollar rates. The state bank of Vietnam set its reference ra...

Hanoi - Traffic accidents went up by 30 per cent in Hanoi on Wednesday night, a doctor from Bach Mai Hospital said Thursday, after a Vietnamese football victory over rival Thailand triggered wild cele...

Dec 25 2008 Thai police have been urged to drop complaints against a BBC reporter accused of slandering the country's king. BBC correspondent Jonathan Head has been accused of insulting the monarchy...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - New Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva vowed on Thursday to take legal action against leaders of protesters whose week-long occupation of two Bangkok airports has brought billio...

and Vietnam signed an economic partnership pact Thursday with a promise to cut tariffs on some 92% of goods and services traded between the two nations within a decade.

Vietnam's inflation rate reached nearly 23 percent in 2008, the highest in nearly two decades, according to government figures released Thursday.The consumer price index rose 22.97 percent in the past...

Tokyo - Japan and Vietnam signed an economic partnership agreement Thursday, laying the ground for about 92 per cent of their trade in terms of value to be duty free in 10 years, the Kyodo news agency...

Bangkok's Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel was overrun with guests stranded by the recent shut down of the airport by anti-government protesters, but despite the adversity, the Accor brand came thro...

Western and Eastern medicines have traditionally been at odds - however, Bangkok Hospital is now combining the best of both worlds to provide improved health outcomes for patients.

THAILAND has set new dates for the delayed summit of Southeast Asian nations in Bangkok, a minister said yesterday. The 14th Asean summit will now go ahead on February 13-15.The foreign ministry had e...

DOCUMENTED BUT NOT RESOLVED – NYT photographer Dith Pran in New York in this undated photo circa 1994. The Cambodian born Dith was the subject of the book and film "The Killing Fields." What is miss...

(RTTNews) - Thursday, the General Statistical Office of Vietnam reported that the consumer price index or CPI rose at a pace of 19.89% year-on-year in December. Inflation slowed from 24.2% recorded ...

Thursday. This is the second time the central bank has made a significant increase in the exchange rate, after raising it by 2% in June. "The move is aimed at encouraging exports, controlling imports...

There may not be much by way of snow to carry Santa's sleigh in Thailand, and the ubiquitous saffron-robed monks and golden-spired temples are a reminder that this a predominantly Buddhist country. Bu...

Suwaibah (left), 15, who lost her mother in the tsunami, now shares a 10-square metre unfinished concrete-block house with her father and his new family in Ranong, Thailand.

VIETNAM -- As reported by VietNamNet Bridge: "Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed in principle to the construction of a large tourism and entertainment centre with a casino on Phu Quoc Island of...

HANOI: Vietnam has tightened curbs on bloggers to ban views seen as opposing the state or undermining national security, according to a new edict which asks online service providers to provide data on...

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release: THAILAND: BBC reporter charged with insulting the king New York, December 24, 2008 - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the ongoing ...