Kenya Broadcasting Corp World Bank to lend Vietnam $500m Written By:BBC , Posted: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 | The World Bank has approved a $500m (£313m) loan to Vietnam, its largest to the South East Asian country. | The loan will be pr... (photo: AP / Chitose Suzuki)
Zeenews Vietnam set for middle income status: World Bank Washington: The World Bank said it had approved its biggest ever loan to Vietnam as it virtually endorsed the once war-ravaged Southeast Asian nation's impending elevation to middle income status. | T... (photo: Creative Commons / thisisbossi)
China Daily Nanning welcomes free trade zone | Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, will launch multiple efforts to welcome the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) next month. | The CAFTA, which goes into effect January ... (photo: AP / Elizabeth Dalziel) ChinaEconomyGuangxiPhotosTrade
The Star ANALYSIS - Testing times ahead for Thai PM Abhisit | BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva may have survived longer than expected, but a year after taking office, with a political crisis still unresolved, the future of his fractiou... (photo: Creative Commons / central_vietnam) BangkokCampaignPhotosPoliticThai
Asia Times China's naval prowess overblown | By Peter J Brown | A disturbing article entitled "How the United States Lost the Naval War of 2015" describes China's destruction of a US aircraft carrier, the USS Geor... (photo: AP / Guang Niu, Pool) ChinaDefenceForeign PolicyPhotosUS
