by Pham Hoang Nam for VietNam News Known as the nation’s rice basket, blessed with fertile soil and favorable climatic conditions, the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been at the forefront of Viet Nam’s amazing agricultural transformation in the Doi moi (renewal) period. The nation went from being a net food importer until the late [...]
VOA Breaking News A Vietnamese duck farmer has become the first person to die of bird flu in Vietnam in nearly two years, while another death from the disease was reported in neighboring Cambodia. Vietnamese officials said Thursday the 18-year-old farmer from the southern Mekong delta died after reporting a high fever and respiratory problems. [...]
Mizzima News Four Chinese cargo ships and a Burmese patrol boat were attacked last week on the Mekong River in Burma. Chinese media reported that the attack on January 4 has heightened security concerns, following an earlier attack in which 13 Chinese sailors were murdered in October. The People’s Daily reported that a group of [...]
By Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor and The Christian Monitor The great city of Angkor in Cambodia, first established in the ninth century, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, the major player in southeast Asia for nearly five centuries. The ancient city of Angkor — the most famous monument of which is the breathtaking ruined [...]