Newly crowned Wimbledon champion Andy Murray says he will return to Bangkok for the fourth time in a bid to reclaim the Thailand Open title. The new Wimbledon champion won the title in 2011, but it was not part of his schedule last year after his US Open win.…

Lao Deputy Defense Minister Sanyahak Phomvihane has passed away on Wednesday. He was 45, state-run Lao News Agency reported Thursday.  Maj Gen Sanyahak, is a son of late Lao leader Kaysone Phomvihane. He was regarded as rising star who had strong potential to become leader of the country. Source:…

“A Vietnamese fan of Arsenal football club has spoken of his joy at meeting his heroes after pursuing their bus. Vu Xuan Tien, 20, was invited to meet the squad after they noticed a man clad in a team shirt running near the bus, dodging Hanoi’s traffic to keep…

Rapidly developing Singapore is making a name for itself with audacious new attractions such as the lotus-shaped ArtScience Museum but some things, such as its reputation as a culinary capital, have been developed over decades. As the current Singapore Food Festival continues, concierges from three of the destination’s best…

  Doctors are trying to puzzle out the spike in the disease which genetic predisposition, diet and exercise can’t fully explain, writes Thomas Fuller: HE survived the deprivation of the Vietnamese countryside and decades of war, but Pham Van Dang, 70, lay dazed in his hospital bed, the stump…

Hosts Vietnam beat Australia 3-0 on the second day of the 10th international women’s volleyball tournament, the VTV Eximbank Cup, here Sunday. With results of 25-15, 25-16, 25-15 Vietnam outclassed Australia, reports Xinhua. Earlier, China’s Shandong province beat Thailand 3-1 while Jiangsu beat Kazakhstan 3-0. Source: Read More @ malaysiasun.com

David Moyes’ first match as the Manchester United boss went badly as his side lost to Thailand All Stars 1-0 in a friendly at Rajamangala National Stadium on Saturday. Without strikers Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, a toothless United paid the price in stifling heat in front of…

Laos is suffering from a high rate of teenage pregnancy, with four out of ten women pregnant or already having given birth to their first child by the age of 19, according to a press release from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In Laos more than 60 percent of the…

“Thai police say they have rescued about 90 famished cats that they believed had been headed to Vietnam. They declined to say what fate they had rescued the felines from, but cats are considered a culinary delight in their intended destination. Police Col. Sakchai Sadmaroeng said Thursday his men…

“David John Fletcher, who ran a charity for children called the Rubbish Dump Project in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, was convicted in absentia for the rape of a 17-year-old Cambodian girl. He was sentenced in May 2011 to 10 years in prison. Fletcher was arrested in Bangkok…