HANOI (Bernama-VNA): Vietnam has been ranked the second happiest country in Southeast Asia, behind only Singapore, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report released that has been released to ...

Mountains in South-East Asia aren’t the untouchable ice-hells that the most hardened alpinists chase after. Yet mountaineering in South-East Asia would probably be the highlight of most holidays ...

A non-Penangite can be appointed the Penang governor as there are no laws against it, says chief minister Chow Kon Yeow. Speaking to reporters at Komtar, he said the state constitution does not ...

'Say My Name' team at HKIFF Industry awards Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Liu Xing’s Hong Kong-China co-production Say My Name and Gong Yiwen’s mainland China production Her ...

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Greg Poling testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission on China’s military and security footprint in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Chair Price, Vice Chair ...

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The news for some of Southeast Asia’s big stock exchanges has not been great lately. Since mid-September 2024, the Jakarta composite index has declined by around 18 percent. On March 18 ...

Can Anyone Stop the Beef? In our 2023 Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket, Whataburger made it to the Final Four without facing any real challenge. (It was eliminated by the eventual winner, H-E-B.) The ...

March 18, 2025 (Lakeside) -- The Maine Avenue Revitalization Association (M.A.R.A.) invites you to the Taste of Lakeside, its upcoming fundraise on April 8 from 5-8 p.m. This event brings together ...

Such statements were widely welcomed in South East Asia, where the emerging leadership wanted to follow a similar path and saw India as an economic example. Their concerns can be revisited today ...