Trump says US struck trade deal with Vietnam
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 2) that the US has struck a trade deal with Vietnam, after months of negotiations, that imposes a 20 percent tariff rate on many imports from the Southeast Asian country. The rate is lower than the initial […]
Read MoreCambodia cuts off power supply from Thailand, switches to Vietnam
CAMBODIA this morning (June 17) switched off electricity supply from Thailand to Poipet border town, opposite Aranyaprathet border town, Sa Kaeo province, and adjacent areas and instead connected a new transmission line for flow of power from Vietnam, Amarin TV said. At 9 a.m. when the checkpoint was opened, officials from Poipet Electricity Authority […]
Read MoreTravellers urged to beware as tropical storm Wutip roars in the region
THE Thai Meteorological Department this evening (June 12) warned travellers to be careful as tropical storm Wutip is approaching China’s Hainan island and Guangdong province with Vietnam Airlines having cancelled and adjusted multiple flights, Thai Rath newspaper, Voice of Vietnam and China Daily said. At 4 p.m. in Thailand Wutip was racing through South […]
Read MoreUS calls Vietnam’s blogger sentence harsh, deeply troubled by abduction reports
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Washington – The United States said on Thursday (Oct. 31) it was concerned by Vietnam’s conviction and “harsh” sentencing of blogger Duong Van Thai, and deeply troubled by reports he was abducted by Vietnamese authorities in Thailand. The Committee to Protect Journalists cited media […]
Read MoreTyphoon Yagi leaves more than 60 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam
By Agencies – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom Hanoi – Emergency workers were racing to evacuate thousands of people from severe floods today (Sep. 10) after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam, killing 63 people and leaving 40 others missing. About 752 people have also been injured in flooding and landslides, officials at […]
Read MoreTyphoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as warning issued to some Thai provinces
By AP – published by Yahoo!News and Thai Newsroom Hanoi, Vietnam – At least 14 people have died and 176 others injured in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country’s north, state media said today (Sep. 8), as officials warned of heavy downpours despite its waning power. Described by Vietnamese officials as one of […]
Read MoreSuper Typhoon Yagi slams southern China, shutting schools and cancelling flights
By Reuters – published by Yahoo!News and Thai Newsroom Hong Kong – Powerful gales and heavy rain from Super Typhoon Yagi drenched southern China today (Sep. 6), with schools shut for a second day and flights cancelled as one of the strongest storms to hit Asia this year headed for landfall along Hainan’s tropical […]
Read MoreMystery solved: Snake medicine ordered by suicide-murder Vietnamese woman is a supplement
THE puzzling “snake medicine No. 7” which one of the six Vietnamese visitors, with two being American citizens, who died in a murder-suicide at a luxury hotel on Tuesday (July 16) had asked her guide to buy for her turned out to be a Thai supplement and not a poison as earlier suspected, Matichon […]
Read MoreOne of six Vietnamese visitors poisoned the others and herself over investment: Police
POLICE have concluded that the six Vietnamese visitors, with two being American citizens, who died at a luxury downtown hotel yesterday (July 16) were poisoned by a woman in the group who died along with them over 10 million baht investment not yielding returns, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said this afternoon. Pol. Maj. […]
Read More5 questioned all night over fatal poisoning of six Vietnamese at luxury hotel
FIVE people were questioned all night last night over the fatal poisoning of six Vietnamese visitors, two of them American citizens, with one being a friend of a sister of one of the victims, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 17). Meanwhile it was mentioned at “World Forum International News” Thai-language […]
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