New year, new goals.While 2015 marks the end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations (UN), the path to achieving progress does not go easier. With the dawn of 2016 comes the beginning of yet another bigger challenge of improving the lives of billions of ... [continue reading]
From Viet Nam NewsHA NOI (VNS) — Inappropriate dietary and lifestyles have hindered Vietnamese people from preventing and treating contemporary diseases, health experts have warned.Dr Tran Tuan, director of the Ha Noi-based Research and Training Centre for Community Development, said that ... [continue reading]
“Scientia est potentia.” This was what an English philosopher in the name of Francis Bacon once said, which literally translates to “Knowledge is power.” Indeed, no one can argue with this assertion. Only through knowledge or education can people truly reach their fullest ... [continue reading]
From Bangkok PostThe government will struggle to offload by a 2017 deadline some 14 million tonnes of rice in state warehouses left over from the previous government’s rice-pledging scheme, traders and exporters say.The military regime inherited 18.7 million tonnes of rice built up under ... [continue reading]
At around 5AM, you would already catch Long Sinang in a small crowd gathering near the beautiful Tonle Sap lake, patiently waiting for the fresh catch of fish in the province of Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia. In the dim of the early dawn, the watchful spectators would catch a glimpse of the ... [continue reading]
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