The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), a species that lives at great depths off the coast of southeastern Australia and Tasmania at depths of 700 to 1,300 meters, has been declared "World’s…
Laos needs to bring in 70,000 more foreign workers as the country grapples with a shortage of skilled labour, according to Labor Minister Onechanh Thammavong. Around 20,000 foreign workers have…
The Philippines’ plans for using coconut oil as biofuel and blending diesel sold at gas stations with five per cent of the alternative fuel has caused the price of coconut…
Floods after a heavier-than-usual monsoon season have flooded 22 provinces in Thailand and caused evacuations in nine, affecting 600,000 people and killing four so far. Flood water from the North…
Agricultural processing plants in Laos are facing financial difficulties because they are unable to obtain bank loans to boost their capital, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Vilayvanh Phomkhe said at a press…
South Korea and the ten-member ASEANÂ bloc will hold talks on September 27 on boosting their agricultural cooperation and on establishment of a joint stockpile of rice. The ASEAN+3 meeting…
Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to foster cooperation on trade and investment in six sectors, which are oil and gas, energy, rubber, automobiles, sugar and rice and tourism. Thailand’s Commerce…
Cambodia’s GDP per capita was projected to hit $1,036 in 2013, up from nearly $1,000 in 2012, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on September 21-. The country will move from…
The Philippines and Taiwan are braced for Typhoon Usagi (local name: Odette) , which meteorologists say could become the most powerful typhoon of 2013. The typhoon was 560 kilometers east-southeast…
Vietnam expects to earn around $2.6 billion from shrimp exports in 2013, up by 15 per cent over 2012, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP),…