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Vietnam’s richest man bets $2bn to sell cars to US
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/12/2019
» HANOI: The billionaire behind six-month-old Vietnamese auto startup VinFast plans a feat even Toyota Motor Corp and Hyundai Motor Co couldn’t pull off during their early days: sell a car in the US.
Child's play: Coding booms among Chinese children
AFP, Published on 10/12/2019
» BEIJING - Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a red T-shirt, an eight-year-old Chinese boy is logged in for an online coding lesson -- as the teacher.
Revving up to a new speed record in the Kalahari
AFP, Published on 10/12/2019
» HAKSKEENPAN (SOUTH AFRICA) - A loud hiss rips through the stillness of southern Africa's Kalahari Desert.
Mingkwan denies NEP rift over vote
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/12/2019
» Former New Economics Party (NEP) leader Mingkwan Saengsuwan on Monday slammed MPs from his party who defied the opposition in a crucial House meeting last week, putting his reputation at stake.
Delayed high season for Phuket hotels
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 10/12/2019
» The high season for hoteliers in Phuket will come late this year as rooms are not being snapped up until after Christmas.
Futile propaganda
News, Postbag, Published on 10/12/2019
» Have readers noticed that a letter from Prasan Stianrapapongs, ("Examples of hypocrisy", PostBag, Dec 7), a full fledged member of the wumao -- China's fifty cent army of citizen propagandists -- and the recent letter from the Chinese embassy, ("End violence, restore order", PostBag, Dec 8), bear an uncanny resemblance in both style and content?
Asean must not give up on India ... yet
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 10/12/2019
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is flying to New Delhi next week to meet up with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His mission is to convince India to take up the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), for which negotiations were last month completed in Bangkok after seven years. In the wee hours before the official announcement on Nov 4, Mr Modi told Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha that he would personally like very much to sign the pact but India was not yet ready, reiterating that further consultations were still required at home at this crucial juncture. The Asean chair, Thailand, accommodated India's request.
The banana peel of sustainability
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/12/2019
» Making a profit from bananas is not a piece of cake, but Siam Banana Co in Kanchanaburi's Phanom Thuan district is trying to create jobs and generate income for the community.