by VF | Jul 3, 2022 | Asia, Business, Economy, News
On 2 July 1997, Thailand gave up the dollar peg and devalued the baht. Asia’s economic crisis – also known as the Tom Yam Kung crisis (วิกฤตต้มยำกุ้ง) – had officially begun. What did the Asian countries learn from this major event that started 25...
by VF | Jun 1, 2022 | Linkss, ASEAN, Asia, Business, Environment, Finland, Lifestyle, Travel
Indonesia and Vietnam have posted improvements on the latest Travel and Tourism Development Index. Indonesia has climbed to second place in Southeast Asia, jumping from 44th to 32nd, whereas Vietnam has moved up from 60th to 52nd. One of the biggest travel...
by VF | Apr 14, 2022 | Linkss, ASEAN, Business, Lifestyle, News
Siam Makro will open two more Makro shopping malls in Cambodia. Currently, Siam Makro owns one shopping mall in Phnom Penh and another in Krong Siem Reap, according to the foreign trade promotion office at the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh. Cambodia’s economy is...
by VF | Apr 12, 2022 | ASEAN, Culture, Lifestyle, Travel
Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year festival. It is a celebration that embraces goodwill, love, compassion. and thankfulness, using water as the means of expression. The word Songkran derives from Sanskrit and means to move or step forward. Songkran takes place...
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...
