Northern Vietnamese province proposes relief package for workers of factories shuttered by COVID-19
A relief package is needed for over 51,000 factory workers affected by the coronavirus in Bac Giang Province
Controversy floods Hanoi over government’s plan to spend big on clean water
The city agreed to purchase clean water from a new treatment plant at an unusually high rate on behalf of local distributors, then subsidize those same distributors for a major chunk of the high costs
Thailand cuts rice-buying subsidy after big losses
The country has paid its farmers around 50 percent more than the market value for rice since 2011 in an effort to boost incomes in the rural heartlands of the ruling party.