Asahi, Kirin may fight over Vietnam brewer
Japan’s beer group giants are considering bidding for a share of the state-owned Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage group. The Nikkei Asian Review reports both Asahi and Kirin may fight for…
Missing helicopter in southern Vietnam found, 3 people dead
The bodies of all three pilots from a downed helicopter in the south of Vietnam have been found. According to Vietnamese news agency VnExpress, military officers found the aircraft on…
ABS apologises for August census meltdown, admits bungle will cost $30m
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has admitted this year’s forced shutdown of the website on census night will cost taxpayers $30 million dollars. The head of the ABS told a…
Philippine police van drives at protesters to break up anti-US demonstration
Philippine police used tear gas to disperse about 1,000 anti-US protesters outside the US Embassy in Manila on Wednesday, as television news footage showed a patrol van, which had come…
Bad winter delays MH370 search by up to two months, say authorities
SYDNEY – An undersea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be delayed by up to two months because of bad weather in the Indian Ocean during the southern…
Australia’s “Sculpture by the Sea” exhibition begins near Sydney
SYDNEY – Australia‘s annual “Sculpture by the Sea” exhibition got under way on Tuesday with more than 100 giant figures looming along the coastline between Bondi and Tamarama beaches near…
Hỏi và giải đáp 197: Quá trẻ để làm mẹ?
(Thư bà U/…). Quý độc giả và các bạn thân mến, Lần này, TL trả lời thư của nữ độc giả U. Xin tóm tắt nội dung thư như sau:…
Vietnam, US start second phase of dioxin clean-up in Danang
Vietnam and the United States have launched the second phase of a dioxin clean-up in the central city of Danang, where millions of litres of toxic herbicides were stored during…
DiCaprio Foundation to return gifts, money if from Malaysian wealth fund
The DiCaprio foundation has announced it will return all gifts and donations from the controversial Malaysian wealth fund 1MDB, if money laundering allegations against the fund are proven. The environmental…
Vietnam gives thumbs-up to U.S. regional role as pivot stumbles
HANOI – Vietnam supports US “intervention” in the Asia-Pacific if it helps keep peace and stability, the defence ministry said, in a timely endorsement of a continued US presence amid…
