The 16th meeting of the National Focal Point for the ASEAN Cocoa Club (ACC) on ASEAN Cooperation and Joint Approaches in Agriculture and Forest Products Promotion Scheme opened in Ho Chi Minh City on [ … ]

Vendors in three economic corridor towns in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam will see greater access to microfinance and more space available to set up shops with a 2.5 million USD Japan Fund for Poverty Re [ … ]

A delegation of Myanmar’s government officials and diplomats is paying a working visit to Indonesia to prepare their country for the role of ASEAN Chair in 2014.

A delegation of 25 Myanmar parliamentarians is on a five-day visit to Singapore to learn about Singapore's model of governance and exchange views on broadening linkages between the two countries.

Rescuers have recovered seven more bodies from a collapsed mine tunnel in eastern Indonesia, its US operator said Wednesday, taking the accident's final toll to 28.

Leaders of recession-hit Europe take a fresh stab at fighting tax fraud and evasion worth a trillion euros a year at a summit Wednesday but seem unlikely to convince reluctant Austria and Lu [ … ]

A powerful tornado attacked on Monday afternoon the southern suburbs of the Oklahoma City, capital of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, killing at least 51 people and injuring at least 140 others, [ … ]

The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for mill [ … ]

A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world's highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday.

An Australian zoo said Tuesday the birth of a southern white rhinoceros was a "sign of hope" for the species given the escalation of poaching in Africa.