Thailand’s Siam Motors partnered with Nissan Motors in 1962 with a factory that rolled out four cars a day, leading to a profitable, decades-long relationship with Japanese companies that transformed it from a car dealer to an automotive pioneer. But the Thai family-owned group that has grown annual revenues to …
Read More »Da Lat forest may be developed into tourist resorts
A company has asked the Central Highlands Lam Dong Province if it can convert 5.3 ha of protective forest at a national tourism site into a resort. In a document sent by the Sacom-Tuyen Lam company to the Lam Dong People’s Committee, the company has requested part of the protective …
Read More »Vietnam targets EU lifting fishing yellow card in October
The government has requested fiercer solutions to prevent fishermen from operating illegally in foreign waters, to overturn the EU yellow card barrier to seafood exports. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang ordered that coastal provinces and cities immediately set up their own fisheries surveillance task forces to coordinate with the …
Read More »Heat wave to persist in northern Vietnam until weekend
The longest heat wave for northern Vietnam since the beginning of the year will last until the end of this week, driving temperatures in Hanoi up to 39 degrees Celsius. Due to the impact of a low-pressure area from the west, northern Vietnam regions have been facing a lengthy heat …
Read More »Six killed in kindergarten attack in China, suspect detained
A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province on Monday killing six people and injuring one, police said. Media reported the attack in Lianjiang county was a stabbing. The suspect, with the surname Wu and from Lianjiang, had been detained, police said, adding they were …
Read More »PM orders infrastructure development for helicopters proposed for firefighting
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed relevant agencies to create infrastructure for using helicopters in firefighting and rescue activities. Besides building helipads, he said command and control centers to operate them need to be set up. It comes as part of a plan for developing fire safety infrastructure in …
Read More »At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spanish Canary Islands, aid group says
At least 300 people who were traveling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday. Two boats, one carrying about 65 people and the other with between 50 and 60 on board, have been missing for 15 days …
Read More »For Hong Kong’s youth, government-backed hostels offer a smidgen of housing hope
For most young adults, moving out of home is a rite of passage but in Hong Kong – notorious for its chronic lack of housing – it’s usually an unaffordable dream. Silver Ho, a 26-year-old hair stylist assistant who was tired of arguing with his parents, counts himself as one …
Read More »North Korea warns it may shoot down US spy planes violating its airspace
North Korea accused the United States on Monday of violating its airspace by conducting surveillance flights and warned that, while Pyongyang was exercising restraint, such flights may be shot down. Provocative military actions by the United States were bringing the Korean peninsula closer to a nuclear conflict, said an unnamed …
Read More »One dead, 7 missing in central China highway landslide
One person has died and seven were missing after a landslide overtook a highway construction site on an expressway in central China, local government officials said on Sunday. Six people were found alive and injuries were reported from Saturday’s landslide, officials in Hubei province said in a post on the …
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