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New Year road deaths soar despite Thailand’s safety campaign

More than 400 people died in road accidents in Thailand over the New Year period, statistics released on Wednesday showed, despite a government road safety campaign in one of the most dangerous countries in the world to drive a car.

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China is capable of keeping its economic growth above 6.5%: Justin Yifu Lin

Should the second largest economy in the world makes full use of its ability to stablize growth, expand aggregate demand and implement supply side structural reforms, then China will be able to keep its economic growth above 6.5 percent for the remainder of this year as well as throughout the country's 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).

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Vietnam's farm sector posts 5.4 pct growth in exports in H1

Vietnam's agricultural, fishery and forestry sector is estimated to post a year-on-year growth of 5.4 percent in exports in the first half of 2016, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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East Asia makes up half of tourist arrivals to Philippines from Jan to April

​East Asia countries make up 49.2 percent of total tourism visitors to the Philippines for the months of January to April 2016, officials said Friday.

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6 things you may not know about Grain Buds

It means that the seeds from the grain are becoming full but are not ripe.

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Polling date of 6th HK LegCo set on Sept. 4

​The polling date of the sixth-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of Hong Kong will be on Sept. 4, 2016, a spokesman for the government said on Wednesday.

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Drownings spike over Australian summer: report

​One person per day has died in Australian waterways so far in the southern hemisphere's summer period as long-term trends continue to be repeated, Australia's Royal Life Saving Society said.

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Philippines enforces total gun ban as election period begin

The Philippines started Sunday the implementation of a total gun ban and installation of checkpoints all over the country as the election period for the May national and local polls begin.

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Bangladesh, Malaysia grant visa waiver for diplomatic, official passport holders

​An agreement between Bangladesh and Malaysia on visa waiver for diplomatic and official passport holders came into effect Thursday, Banglaseh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

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Nigeria nabs 109 drug trafficking suspects in southern state

​The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it apprehended 109 persons for trafficking illicit drug in the third quarter of 2015 in southern Edo state.

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HK's unemployment rate stays at 3.3 pct

​The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of Hong Kong stood at 3.3 percent in the October to December period of 2014, same as that in September to November, according to the latest statistics released on Monday by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.

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China's Taiwan remains biggest market for Vietnamese overseas labors in 10 months

​China's Taiwan remained the biggest market for Vietnamese overseas workers in the first 10 months of 2014, according to statistics by the Department of Overseas Labor Management under Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on Tuesday.

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Tibet attracts more foreign tourists

The number of foreigners traveling to China's Tibet Autonomous Region increased by over 13 percent year on year in the first five months of 2014, local authorities said on Saturday.

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Vietnam becomes fourth largest rubber exporter worldwide

Vietnam has become the fourth biggest rubber exporter worldwide, according to Vietnam's Rubber Association (VRA) on Monday.

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432 Vietnamese SOEs set to conclude equitization by 2015

Vietnam has set to conclude equitization of 432 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) by 2015, said a government official.

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"Colorless Tazaki" becomes Japan's bestseller for 2013

Famous Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's new novel "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" became Japan's bestseller for 2013 during the 12 month period through November, reported local media Tuesday.

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Myanmar gets ADB soft loan for electricity supply network

Myanmar has got 60 million U.S. dollar new soft loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the development of its electricity supply network, official media quoted Minister of Electric Power U Khin Maung Soe as reporting Thursday.