by VF | Dec 19, 2021 | ASEAN, Entertainment, Lifestyle
Thailand’s southern traditional Nora dance with the signature long and curly metal fingernail tips, has been listed by UNESCO among this year’s intangible heritages. Nora dance became the third UNESCO-listed Thai intangible heritage, following Khon dance in...
by VF | Dec 17, 2021 | ASEAN, Food & Drinks, Health, News
Eleven types of rice from Thailand, the US, China, India, Vietnam and Myanmar participated in the competition. It was already the seventh time that Thai rice won the main trophy. Thailand is one of the top exporters of rice in the world. Its rice exports are expected...
by VF | Dec 7, 2021 | ASEAN, Asia, Business, News, Visions
In the late 19th Century, France and Great Britain had Siam surrounded from Burma (Myanmar) to the West and French Indochina to the West (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam). To the south was British Malaya (Malaysia). An eleven-week war with France in 1893 and considerable...
by VF | Nov 26, 2021 | ASEAN, Asia, News, Technology
Smishing has become more popular in the Philippines during the pandemic. Sen. Joel Villanueva is describing these as an “epidemic of text scams.” They offer anything from no-collateral loans to well-paying jobs as well as astronomical raffle prizes. How do...
by VF | Nov 21, 2021 | ASEAN, Asia, Environment, Linkss, Visions
Companies operating in Asian cities are facing increasing environmental challenges. According to the first Verisk Maplecroft’s Cities@Risk ranking, 99 of the world’s 100 riskiest cities are in Asia. 37 of these are in China and 43 in India. The ranking lists the...
by VF | Nov 15, 2021 | ASEAN, Business, Entertainment, Technology, Visions
Vision Finland met with CSA’s Managing Director Jari Rantala. For him, the future looks bright. VF: How did you end up in Thailand? It happened so fast. In 1994, I was still working for Kore Cranes in Finland. Next year, I started working with Konecranes Service, and...
