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Laos loses $150 million to corruption
More than 1.2 trillion Lao kip ($149.40 million) have been misappropriated from 2012 to the present day through corruption, according to a report in...
Vietnam government struggles with overspending
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told a National Assembly session opening on October 21 that state budget overspending this year would likely be...
ADB gets involved in Cambodia’s post-election impasse
Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy has asked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to suspend funding to Cambodia, whose government he says was not formed...
‘Financial crisis’: Laos stops payment for public projects
Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong said during a special government meeting in Vientiane on September 13 that Laos was running a "high debt level"...
Mass protests in Cambodia rekindling
Cambodia's main opposition party has launched another mass demonstration in the capital on September 15 to step up pressure against Prime Minister Hun Sen...
Vietnamese tycoon plans $4b casino
One of the richest Vietnamese, Dao Hong Tuyen, CEO of hospitality and development company Tuan Chau Group, is planning to set up a casino...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...