41 - 50 of 66 results for "vietnam"

  1. 41. news | 02 May 2013

    Fast fashion, fair wages: Vietnam's lesson for Bangladesh

    By AFP

    » From factory fires to slave labour, the growth of mass manufacturing in Southeast Asia has not been problem-free, but after shedding its "sweatshop" reputation the region could have lessons for Bangladesh.

  2. 42. news | 30 Apr 2013

    Manila snubs Thai deal, buys Viet rice

    » MANILA - The Philippines government has approved the purchase of 187,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam because it underbid Thailand by a huge margin.

  3. 43. business | 16 May 2013

    PTT eyes $27bn Vietnam refinery

    By Yuthana Praiwan, Newspaper section: Business

    » The Vietnamese government gave the greenlight to an oil refinery and petrochemical complex by the energy giant PTT Plc, paving the way for a detailed feasibility study within a year.

  4. 44. learning | 25 Jul 2012

    Minibikes: Thai brand to be made in Laos

    About business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Stallions, the Thai minibike brand, is planning a factory in Laos & exports to Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.

  5. 45. learning | 28 Jul 2011

    Expensive Thai rice: Who will buy it?

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Thai rice exporters may opt to buy from Vietnam and Cambodia if above-market farmer payments force prices up.

  6. 46. news | 26 Apr 2013

    600 dogs saved from the pot

    » More than 600 dogs destined for restaurants in Vietnam and China were rescued in seizures in Nakhon Phanom and Sakhon Nakhon provinces on Friday, but the smugglers fled.

  7. 47. learning | 08 Jan 2013

    Rhino horn seized in Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » More than 27 kilos of rhino horn worth an estimated 42.6 million baht have been seized by airport officials in Thailand and Vietnam.

  8. 48. news | 05 Apr 2013

    Vietnam 'hero' fish farmer jailed for five years

    By AFP

    » A Vietnamese farmer who became a folk hero after using homemade weapons to resist eviction was handed an unexpectedly lenient sentence of five years Friday for attempted murder.

  9. 49. news | 26 Mar 2013

    Families raise wrong baby after mix-up

    By dpa

    » Doctors at a hospital in southern Vietnam apologised after two families discovered they had been raising the wrong baby for nearly three months after the infants were accidently switched at the facility, local media repo...

  10. 50. news | 16 May 2013

    Vietnam TV broadcaster drops foreign channels

    By AFP

    » A Vietnamese satellite television broadcaster said Thursday it had stopped airing foreign channels including CNN, BBC and Star World to comply with a new media law that came into effect this week.

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