SEOUL, June 11 Asia Pulse - South Korean builder Byucksan Engineering & Construction Co. (KSE:002535) said today it has signed a US$83 million deal to build a commercial and residential complex in central Vietnam.
VIENTIANE - The plotline of the hot new movie opening in Bangkok this week seems simple enough: a heartthrob Thai photographer falls in love with his beautiful Laotian tour guide.
BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) - Thai stocks are likely to fall again on Thursday after oil prices shot back to near record highs, stoking fears about inflation and slowing consumer spending, dealers said.
KUALA LUMPUR -- The world's largest listed palm oil producer, Sime Darby, said it has sacked its chief financial officer and a senior executive following investigations into futures trading losses.
Thai stocks dropped 5.55 points or 0.70 per cent when the market was open for trading Thursday morning. The composite index of the stock exchange of Thailand dropped to 786.11 at 10 am with the turnover of Bt1.153 billion.
NATIONWIDE INTERNATIONAL NEWS 384 words Hanoi June 11 Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hua Duc Nhi said Vietnam is taking important measures to combat desertification.
By Ben Stocking, APHANOI, Vietnam -- Former Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, an economic reformer who led the Communist nation away from poverty and isolation and backed the normalization of ties with the United States, died Wednesday. He was 85.
