Challenges to Xi Jinping grow from Party, people and PLAXi Jinping's standing has diminished due to mishandling the COVID-19 crisis, restrictive policies, foreign aggression, and economic misstep...
21 Jan, 2025, 09.18 AM IST
Xi Jinping maintains his laser-like focus at China's third plenumA total of 199 members and 165 alternate members attended this plenary session of the 20th Central Committee, held nine months late. Xi's o...
30 Jul, 2024, 08.27 AM IST
Vietnamese honey maker Tieng Thu Cam eyes India market for exportsTieng Thu Cam's MD Ai Linh said that India has a huge customer base for honey. The company is also looking for a local distributor.
04 Nov, 2023, 10.26 AM IST
China, world's top graphite producer, tightens exports of key battery materialChina is the world's top graphite producer and exporter. It also refines more than 90% of the world's graphite into the material that is us...
21 Oct, 2023, 10.39 AM IST
Travel Guide: The best way to spend 36 hours in Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHow quickly Vietnam's biggest city is transforming with new urbane enclaves and upscale planned communities, as well as the high-rises cons...
15 Aug, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
Thousands mourn Buddhist monk who brought mindfulness to the WestThe Zen master, whose reach within Buddhism was seen as second only to the Dalai Lama, died aged 95 on Saturday at the Tu Hieu Pagoda in th...
23 Jan, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
Vietnam jails Facebook user for 10 years for anti-state postsVu Tien Chi, 55, was convicted of "making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the state" at a one...
30 Mar, 2021, 12.27 PM IST
Citi executive pulls James Bond stunts to woo China’s richHaving a senior banking executive star in a dozen online ads marks the most recent unconventional bid for attention by a financial services...
22 Feb, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
China’s struggling to get the world to trust its vaccinesThat mistrust, and the reliance of dozens of poorer nations on China to inoculate their populations could set the stage for a major global ...
29 Dec, 2020, 12.49 PM IST
How Asian chocolatiers are winning over with artisanal sweet treatsChocolate-makers in the Philippines are mixing soy sauce with their sweets.
27 Mar, 2019, 05.12 PM IST
Investors looking for reason to sell Asia stocks now have plentyDonald Trump’s threat of “ fire and fury” gave traders a fresh justification to reduce risk today.
09 Aug, 2017, 07.14 PM IST
From temples to mountains, celebrate new beginnings in VietnamWith its chilly temperature, the Sapa Valley is becoming a favourite destination for New Year’s Eve in Vietnam.
22 Dec, 2016, 05.19 AM IST
- Tata Tea handed control of its tea plantations to workers to make profit
Five years ago, Tata Tea handed control of its loss-making tea plantations to its workers. Today, they are flourishing and are being portra...
13 Oct, 2010, 02.53 AM IST