Thongchai Jaidee closed in on back-to-back victories on the Asian Tour after firing an eight-under-par third-round 64 to take a big lead at the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open.The 39-year-old began the ...

Catholics in northern Vietnam welcomed the new auxiliary bishop of Ha Noi archdiocese, who for decades earned his living as a barber. Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet of Ha Noi ordains his Auxiliar...

The untouchable: Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej taking the guard of honour salute during the military parade to celebrate his 81st birthday in Bangkok, Thailand in this file photo.Picture: EPA

HANOI: Vietnam Airlines signed a contract on Friday to buy six new ATR 72-500 planes worth a total of 112 million dollars to modernise its fleet of short-haul turboprop aircraft, officials from bot...

Cambodia’s Health Ministry has announced the country’s eighth human case of virulent bird flu since 2005. The ministry said in a statement with the United Nation’s World Health Organisation tha...

Phnom Penh - A new outbreak of bird flu in Cambodia has infected a 19-year-old local man, the Cambodian government and the UN health agency said on Friday. The outbreak occurred in Kandal province,...

serves as a reminder of the ongoing struggles of democracies in Southeast Asia, a region whose governments have usually been regarded as reliable U.S. allies.

BANGKOK, Dec. 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Thailand reaffirmed Friday it plans to host the annual summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, if possible in the first week of February, and to ret...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A 19-year-old man was confirmed to become the eighth person in Cambodia who contracted with avian influenza since early 2005, according to a release from the Cambodian ...

Vietnam plans to launch its first remote sensing satellite by 2012, the local newspaper Vietnam News Agency reported Friday. The country is now carrying out its satellite-launching project, worth abou...

Phnom Penh - Cambodian health workers converged on a town near the capital Phnom Penh after a man was diagnosed with avian flu, officials said Friday. The 19-year-old man from Kandal Province fell ill...

Hanoi - On May 28, a currency analyst at Morgan Stanley released a report that hit Vietnam's financial community like a smack in the face. With Vietnam's inflation and trade deficit soaring, the analy...

HANOI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories. - - - - FINANCIAL NEWS: TUOI TRE -- Brokerages which...

FUKUOKA — A Japanese nongovernmental organization working to remove landmines in Cambodia for the past 10 years has been selected to receive the 10th Asia Human Rights Award. The Cambodia Mines...

, said the Thoi Bao Kinh Te newspaper, citing a Vietnam Footwear Association source. Footwear is Vietnam's fourth-largest export earner, after crude oil, coal and garments. The country earned

Washington — The new faces in the 111th Congress when it convenes January 6, 2009, will include Vietnamese-American Anh “Joseph” Cao. Cao surprised nearly everyone when he won the Louisiana 2nd...

Bangkok, 12 December, (Asiantribune.com): Thailand's House of Representatives will vote for a new prime minister on Monday. According to House Speaker Chai Chidchob, "The meeting is scheduled on Mond...

Labour-export companies in Vietnam said Qatar was still extending visas to workers and denied reports that said Qatar had stopped granting visas to people of Vietnam.

FUKUOKA, Dec. 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A Japanese nongovernmental organization working to remove landmines in Cambodia for the past 10 years has been selected to receive the 10th Asia Human Rights Award...

When Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar in May, leaving close to 140,000 people dead or missing, aid workers feared an increase in child trafficking from the region. Burmese children have long been traffic...