Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

In principle, Vietnamese farmers will get benefits from the new Thai policy under which the government will buy rice at 15,000 baht (500 dollars) per tonne from farmers. However, the benefits remain unclear, though the domestic price has increased slightly.

A sudden surge in rice prices in Thailand has resulted in prices of Vietnamese rice to shoot up as well, creating a lucrative opportunity for exporters in the country.

Italia-Thailand Development Public Co, Ltd (ITD) and HCM City Urban Railway Management Board have signed a memorandum of understanding on investment cooperation to build the monorail No.2 and 3 and metro route No.4.

Hanoi - Vietnam urged Thailand and Cambodia to find a peaceful solution to recent conflicts in accordance with international law, state media reported Thursday.

Bangkok - Thailand objected to the use of Bangkok to launch a report denouncing Vietnam's human rights record and has reportedly revoked the visa of the main author, sources said Sunday.

Construction of the 220km Vietnamese segment of a transnational highway linking the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will begin in the second quarter of the year, says Duong Tuan Minh, general director of the My Thuan Project Management Unit.

BANGKOK – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is pitching a proposal to his Vietnamese counterpart for a mechanism to promote cooperation in rice exports, transport, and tourism on his first official visit to Vietnam after taking up his post late last year.

Hanoi - The protests that forced the cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Thailand last weekend will likely lead Vietnam to move slower on political liberalization, experts said Monday.

BANGKOK - Three neighbouring Southeast Asian countries will jointly open highway routes for truck transportation aimed at facilitating lower-cost freight transport beginning June 19, a senior Thai transport ministry official said Saturday.

Thailand, the world's biggest rice exporter, will revive talks with Vietnam, ranked second, on forming a rice cartel similar to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as prices and exports plunge.

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on Laos to free Hmong ethnic minority leaders who had been jailed after being forcibly deported by Thailand earlier this year.