HO CHI MINH CITY: With the government’s initiatives to address disappointing gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter (1Q) and foreign companies’ orders likely to increase in the…
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Royal Pardon Granted, Malaysia’s Longest Serving Prisoner Walks Free After 40 Years
After spending 40 years in jail, Jamil Arshad will forever cherish the date March 22 — when he received a royal pardon from the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum…
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In Bucks County, people gather to honor a son who died in Vietnam, naming a bridge in his honor
‘As long as his name is spoken, he’ll never be forgotten,’ said Ed Preston, head of the Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. David Ortals has been gone a long time,…
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the public not to panic-withdraw funds from their bank accounts amid concerns following the recent bankruptcy of two major US lenders, as industry…
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How the Sino-Vietnamese War Was Purposefully Forgotten
In both China and Vietnam, the governments have deliberately tried to bury memories of their 1979 war. In the novel “Reunions of Companions-in-Arms”（战友重逢）published in 2001 by Nobel prize laureate Mo…
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South Korea, US, Japan Focus on North Korea’s Nuclear Threat at Trilateral Meeting
The countries reaffirmed their trilateral coordination to cope with North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Cho Hyun-dong, the first vice minister of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, met his U.S.…
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Why didn’t they shoot it down earlier? Biden administration monitored Chinese spy balloon
U.S. officials knew about the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina from the moment it took off, sources said on Tuesday – leading to further…
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No charges against Thaksin or Yingluck over controversial G-to-G rice deals
Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission has decided not to press charges, against former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra or former Pheu Thai MP Yaowapa Wongsawat, in connection with the fraudulent…
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Kenes Rakishev and Monnet Group to build a new plant in Kazakhstan
Kenes Rakishev, former special envoy of the Kazakh government and current chairman of Fincraft Resources signed a memorandum of understanding, as well as a shareholder agreement with the Indian holding…
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