Thailand, Laos Travel News

MUMBAI: After four seasons of The Amazing Race Asia, AXN returns yet again with another made-in-Asia-for-Asia Original Production in May 2013 The Apprentice Asia! Filmed in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the Asian adaptation of the US reality series is based on the format created by reality TV guru Mark Burnett and produced locally by Fremantlemedia ... (more)

A massive power failure has affected more than 8 million people in Thailand's 14 southern provinces, including popular tourist areas such as Koh Samui and Phuket, in one of the country's biggest blackouts in recent memory.

The Ministry of Commerce will soon organise "Thailand Week Roadshow" in several neighbouring countries to promote Thai exports, Thai News Agency reported.

Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Saturday launched the construction of the 140km Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway project, the expansion of National Highway 1A and a new tunnel through two passes near the Hai Van Tunnel, all in central provinces.

Berhad chief executive officer Datuk Eu Hong Chew said the 25,000 sq ft wax museum is under construction and will open by early August.

Once upon a time, long before ASEAN , there was Indochina, comprised of Thailand, West Malaysia, Burma , Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

THE Philippines' largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific announced it will begin direct flights from Manila to Phuket, Thailand, starting August 16, 2013.

The very exciting Freedom Riders Asia tv series is now almost here, with Episode 1 being telecast on STAR Sports on Sunday 19th May at 9 pm.

The spoon-billed sandpiper , seen here in Phetchaburi, Thailand, could be extinct within a decade.

The Best Summer Destination selections were drawn from the more than 60,000 places visited by more than 2.5 million registered Gogobot users, their friends and like-minded travellers in their network.

Crickets are some of the most commonly eaten insects in the world and are regarded as a solution for the malnutrition problem plaguing Laos.

Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have welcomed the expansion of the East-West Economic Corridor to boost mutual cooperation.

DOHA/BANGKOK: Qatar Airways yesterday announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways to destinations across Thailand and the capital cities of neighbouring Cambodia and Myanmar, said a press statement.

Thailand is to invite Laos to sign up to a single-visa scheme for foreign tourists when the country's leaders meet at a summit in Chiang Mai on Sunday, a government source said.

Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi insists he will not apologise to opponents of the Asia-Pacific Summit who have accused him of insulting them.

Thailand was voted the most attractive nation in Southeast Asia for investment in the hospitality industry at the Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference, thanks to the country's strong infrastructure and ongoing tourism boom.

ITALY Successful and well known language school is situated between Milan and Turin, opened in 1972 is now for sale due to retirement.

Executives of major discount carriers Thai AirAsia and Nok Air say their operating costs are definitely lower than those of high-speed trains, which, according to the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, are estimated to be 2.50 baht per kilometre.

The number of dengue fever cases among people from Northern Ireland, England and Wales has almost tripled, with 141 "confirmed and probable cases" between January and April of this year.

Ayutthaya, Siam's former capital, opts for all things Persian this week, showcasing cultural shows and display of Iranian art and handicrafts, as part of the "From Persia to Thailand" festival.