HSBC, Europe's largest bank which first arrived in Vietnam in 1870, said in a statement on Tuesday it would headquarter its Vietnam-based bank in Ho Chi Minh City, the country's commercial centre.
Reports are coming in from all around East Timor that the country's poorest people are missing out on a government rice subsidy aimed at relieving the pressure of the global food crisis.
BANGKOK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Thailand's bechmark stock market <.SETI> was down 8.10 points, or 1.22 percent, at 657.56 at 0334 GMT on Tuesday, with the domestic political crisis continuing to unsettle foreign investors in particular.
Suffering:A Filipino mother and her child stand beside photos of jailed Myanmar rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi in this file photo. One of the maids detained with Suu Kyi is believed to have kidney condition.
'The military's role is to look after the country' : Soldiers participate in an anti-riot drill at an army base in Bangkok on Friday as thousands of anti-government activists barricaded themselves in the prime minister's compound.
