BANGKOK, 18 February 2012  - The Labor Ministry has affirmed that migrant workers will have until mid-June to sort out their nationality issues before having to return home, as decided by the Thai government. 

Hanoi (VNA) - The Head of the European Union Delegation in Vietnam, Franz Jessen has stated he will make every possible effort to broaden and strengthen ties between Vietnam and the European bloc.

Hanoi , Feb. 9 (VNA) – The world’s renowned travel guide, the Lonely Planet, has rated Vietnam ’ Mekong Delta region ninth out of the 10 best value destinations for 2012. “Vietnam’s rice basket, the Mekong Delta is a watery landscape of green fields and sleepy villages, everywhere crisscrossed by the brown canals and rivulets fed by the mighty Mekong River ,” the Lonely Planet said in its website.

BANGKOK, 17 February 2012  - The Bank of Thailand is offering low-interest loans or soft loans to financial institutions in order for them to provide loans to flood-affected entrepreneurs. 

BANGKOK, 17 February 2012  - The central bank is not worried about reports of continued capital inflow into Thailand, which some fear will cause fluctuation to the value of the baht. 

BANGKOK, 17 February 2012  - The Thai export promotion agency has organized a meeting between entrepreneurs in Chiang Mai and their counterparts from Singapore, ahead of an international exhibition in the City State later this year. 

BANGKOK, 17 February 2012  - Myanmar has revealed its plan to make an annual import of at least 60,000 pickup trucks from Thailand. 

Hanoi (VNA) - A week featuring Australian culture as well as its education sector will be held in Hanoi from Feb. 17-25 with a programme of events taking place across the city.

BANGKOK, 17 February 2012 -Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that around 1.5 million rais of land have been designated as monkey-cheek reservoirs while another 117 more flood prevention programs are expected to be achieved soon. 

BANGKOK, 17 February 2012 - The Strategic Committee for Water Resources Management (SCWRM) has prepared to propose to the Cabinet the construction of five new dams to contain 1.8 billion cubic meters of water.