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Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma to hold general election in November 2015

On Wednesday 8th July, it was announced that Burma is to hold a general election on the 8th of November this year. The election will be the first in 25 years to be contested by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), which won the 1990 elections by a landslide but were prevented […]

Vietnam visa

Vietnam announces waiver on visa requirements

Residents of Britain, Germany, France, Spain and Italy now have cause to celebrate, as Vietnam announces its plan to waive visa requirements for an entire year. The exemption period, which will begin on the 1st of July 2015 and end on the 30th of June 2016, will allow residents of these five countries to travel […]

Ho Chi Minh City traffic

New traffic restrictions make for a safer, cleaner Saigon

There may be nine million bicycles in Beijing (if Katie Melua is to be believed), but according to Thanh Nien News reporting last week, there are six million motorbikes and over 500,000 cars in Saigon: an altogether more troubling prospect. Whether or not these estimates are to be trusted is up for debate, but whatever […]