July 16, 2011
Activists in the ongoing fight against Mekong dams worry that recent US opposition has come too little, too late. Cambodian fishermen cast their net into the Mekong River outside Phnom Penh in April. US senators have called for greater environmental safeguards for the Mekong River, but analysts remain doubtful that US influence is capable [...]
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January 31, 2010
Thereâs no better place to let the time roll away than on the waterfront Hoan Kiem Lake, which is the heart and soul of Hanoi, means “Lake of the Returned Sword”, in reference to the legend surrounding fifteenth century Vietnamese hero General Le LoiHanoiâs 20 lakes are renowned for bringing the city a sense of [...]
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November 10, 2009
Workers assemble motorcycles at a production plant of TVS, an Indian motorcycle manufacturer, in Indonesia Indonesiaâs economic growth may have accelerated for the first time in more than a year as lower interest rates and a strife-free election stoked spending. Southeast Asiaâs largest economy expanded 4.2 percent in the three months to Sept. 30 from [...]
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