Perspectives
by Lia Sciortino
Perspectives
Reading Media
Johanna Son
BANGKOK -- Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. What images might these words conjure up in the minds of international consumers of news? Perhaps war, maybe the Khmer Rouge. Or they might say, ‘Oh, it’s that those countries that had that war some time ago. . . they’re near one another, and they’re all the same’.
VIETNAM: Border Deal Makes Visit Historic - Cambodian PM
Vietnam and Cambodia’s signing of a supplementary deal to the 1985 border treaty during Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Vietnam visit has made his trip a “historical event,” Hun Sen said in a banquet in Hanoi in October.
The event would help boost friendship, peace and cooperation along the countries’ common border, the Cambodian leader said in the banquet, which Prime Minister Phan Van Khai held in honour of his guest.
Apart from the supplementary agreement, six other bilateral cooperation documents were signed.
Hun Sen said he believed that after the signing of the treaty, the two countries would find the best solutions to resolve the outstanding issues in the spirit of friendship, neighbourliness, and time-honored and long-term cooperation between the two peoples. (Than Nien News, Oct. 11, 2005)
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Journalism Workshop Applications Deadline Moved to Dec. 2, 2011
Due to the current flooding crisis in Bangkok, the Mekong Energy Journalism Workshop, originally set for Nov. 27-30, 2011, has been moved to 17 - 20 January 2012. Application submission deadline is on Dec. 2, 2011. The selection result will be announced on Dec. 14, 2011.
MA Scholarships Open for Myanmar Students
Heinrich Boell Foundation holds an annual scholarship competition for a small number of students from within Myanmar/Burma to study at two premier Thai universities, offering three international programmes for the academic year 2009 and 2009/10.