Vietnam
May 18, 2013
HANOI, Vietnam--A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American...
May 09, 2013
HANOI--Vietnam has effectively dropped plans to adopt Japan's Shinkansen bullet-train technology, opting for a slower speed rail link between its two main cities.
May 09, 2013
HANOI--Put the "petals" to the metal! A special flower-decorated train commemorating the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan made its debut at Hanoi...
May 07, 2013
HO CHI MINH CITY--Fifty kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City, a withered trunk of a dead tree stands amid a mangrove forest in Vietnam's Can Gio district.
May 07, 2013
Cram school operators struggling with a shrinking domestic market are pitching Japanese-style teaching methods to other Asian countries, where higher birthrates and growing...
May 06, 2013
The factory of Sumitomo Chemical Co.’s subsidiary in South Korea was a beehive of activity. Machines were buzzing in the production of ultra-thin polarizing film and color...
April 29, 2013
Work is under way to reform the Constitution in Vietnam, with the goal of adoption at the end of the year.
April 22, 2013
HANOI--Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver.
April 18, 2013
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and its steel pipe pile joint corporation in Vietnam announced April 18 that they have received orders for large volumes of steel pipe piles ...
April 16, 2013
It is an iconic image that turned a nation against a war: A young girl, naked and badly burned, her injured arms held from her body, flees screaming and crying from her smoking ...
April 08, 2013
China isn't the only country in Asia struggling for cleaner skies. Though Beijing was in the spotlight earlier this year when reports surfaced of dangerous levels of air...
April 07, 2013
BEIJING--China will this month start allowing tourists to visit the Paracel Islands, one of a group of disputed islets and reefs in the South China Sea, state news agency...
April 04, 2013
Credit Saison Co. announced April 3 that it has established a subsidiary in Vietnam as part of its overseas expansion.
March 26, 2013
HANOI--Vietnam has accused China of opening fire on a fishing boat in the disputed South China Sea and burning down its cabin, charges denied by Beijing on March 26 as tensions ...
March 25, 2013
Marubeni Corp. and Korea Electric Power Corp. announced March 25 that they have been awarded a project to jointly develop, construct and operate a 1,200 megawatt coal-fired...
March 25, 2013
Honda Motor Co.'s Vietnam subsidiary has introduced the LEAD125, a liquid-cooled 125cc single-cylinder scooter, in the Southeast Asian nation.
March 19, 2013
HANOI, Vietnam--Jack Nguyen had sold 20 of his 30 containers of imported American grapes when a fresh round of rumors hit the Internet and state-run media: Chinese fruit on...
March 02, 2013
HANOI, Vietnam--Vietnam's leaders sought to boost their flagging legitimacy by asking the public for suggestions on constitutional reform. What they got instead was rare open...
February 25, 2013
Mitsubishi Rayon Co. has entered into a distributor agreement with the Vietnamese engineering firm Greentech Environment Joint Stock Co. to strengthen its water...
February 22, 2013
HANOI--Vietnam has approved a broad plan to boost its economy to 2020, focusing on restructuring public investment, banks and state-owned enterprises while controlling...