Author: Chalermchai Lamwilai

Vietnam’s parliament elected the country’s minister for public security, To Lam, as president on Wednesday. Lawmakers voted unanimously on a resolution that approved Lam’s election.  Lam’s election followed the appointment by the National Assembly of a new chairman, former deputy Tran Thanh Man. After his election, Lam told lawmakers he would “resolutely and persistently continue the fight against corruption.” On Monday, the Delhi government in India issued a circular asking all schools that have remained open despite the ongoing heat wave to close immediately. In a circular issued by the Directorate of Education, all schools in the city were mandated to observe…

Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn plans to ask Israel to raise its quota for Thai workers during his four-day official visit to the Middle Eastern nation. Mr Phiphat is scheduled to visit Israel from May 26 to 29 at the invitation of the Israeli government. He and other top officials at the ministry will meet Israel’s labour, agriculture and interior ministers to negotiate for an increase in the number of Thai workers allowed into Israel. Mr. Phiphat said employers in Israel’s construction sector want to recruit more than 20,000 migrant workers while additional labourers are also needed in the agricultural sector.…

London (15/11 – 67) The streets in Colombo, Sri Lanka, erupted into celebration on July 13, 2022 after weeks of peaceful protests forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Rajapaksa, long implicated in war crimes when he was defense secretary, had presided over an economic catastrophe amid allegations of widespread corruption and impunity. But a year later, despite some superficial changes, there is no sustained improvement in the country’s economic situation that impinges many people’s human rights. The acute shortage of fuel that was the most visible feature of the economic crisis has eased. But more than six million people – nearly 30…

The quality of the internet has been severely compromised by restrictions placed on the market. The first step to solving a problem is admitting that it exists. Telecommunications regulators in Tajikistan have taken a surprising step in that direction by reportedly admitting this week that a staggering 95 percent of the country’s territory is covered by only outdated 2G mobile connections. This situation is in no small part due to the State Communications Service itself. In addition to regulating the sector, the service and the people running it are also major market players, albeit in highly nebulous ways that would be unthinkable…

Myanmar’s military has lost control of substantial sections of the country’s border with China in recent days, as forces fighting the coup regime coordinate their attacks in an unprecedented way. The immediate aim of the combined offensive was to shut down lucrative criminal activity in enclaves along the Chinese frontier that are run by military-sponsored border guard forces. Significantly, in doing so, the insurgents took advantage of China’s recent efforts to stifle scams run from the enclaves that target Chinese citizens. This could mark a turning point in the national struggle against military rule, one that would pose serious new…

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday presented his government’s 2024 budget, emphasising the need for tough reforms until the full recovery of the cash-strapped island nation’s economy. Although Sri Lanka has managed to control its hyperinflation in the ongoing economic crisis, its economy is far from being fully recovered. “We have been able to put back on the rails the derailed economy. Still, people undergo suffering,” Wickremesinghe, who is also the Finance Minister, said. “The inflation which was 70 per cent in September 2022 has been reduced to 1.5 per cent in October this year,” the minister said. He…

Berlin (05/11 – 40) The international transport corridor “Tajikistan-Europe” will be expanded. The initiative for the implementation of the “Crossroads of the World” project was announced at the IV International Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, which concluded in the capital of Georgia. The project envisions the development of connections between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Iran. This means that the Silk Road, which once passed through the North Caucasus, will now be connected to the South Caucasus hub. “In this way, another node is added to the multimodal corridor ‘China – Tajikistan – Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan – Iran – Turkey – Europe’,”…

HÀ NỘI — Germany has been working with many vocational colleges in Việt Nam, support the development of curricula and training on specific skills related to renewable energy such as the installation of solar rooftops, Dr. Guido Hildner, German Ambassador to Việt Nam, told Việt Nam News in a recent interview. He said the energy transition is a complex and demanding process, but also provides great opportunities to the people and the economies. And Việt Nam is not an exception. He said there are a lot of projects involved in human resources, job skills, and vocational training, which are key components of…

The Forbes magazine of Kazakhstan has updated the TOP-50 list of the most influential businessmen in the country. Most of the leaders retained their positions. Kenes Rakishev managed to climb higher and is now, according to the authoritative media, #8 in the list of the most influential businessmen. We’ll look at the success story of Kenes Rakishev and describe his current assets and operations. Forbes describes Kenes Rakishev’s business portfolio as a diversified one. It’s very true statement and, at least for some extent, the recipe of Kenes Rakishev success. He is always in search for new applications of his skills and funds, taking a weighted…

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính expressed satisfaction with the strong and practical development steps in the collaboration between New York and Vietnamese agencies and localities NEW YORK – Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on September 22 met with Mayor of New York Eric Adams, during which he affirmed Việt Nam attached importance to its cooperation with the US city, and would ensure interests for US and New York investors in the Southeast Asian country. PM Chính, who has been in the US to attend the high-level week of the UN General Assembly’s 78th session, said that the establishment of comprehensive…