Thailand: Major Flooding Hits Chiang Mai Forcing Residents And Animals To Evacuate 12

Heavy rainfall swept through northern Thailand on Friday, October 4, causing the second major flood within a week. Residents of Chiang Mai and surrounding areas were forced to evacuate to higher ground, and evacuation efforts were underway for more than 100 elephants and other animals at the Elephant Nature Park.

CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM FOR ASIA-PANEL DISCUSSION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM FOR ASIA-PANEL DISCUSSION (CN)

(240327) -- BOAO, March 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Secretary of State Ket Sophann (R) speaks at a panel discussion themed on "Social Governance and Regional Security - Economic and Social Development and Drug Problem Governance" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-CHINESE MILITARY DOCTORS-MEDAL AWARDING CEREMONY

CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-CHINESE MILITARY DOCTORS-MEDAL AWARDING CEREMONY

(240127) -- PHNOM PENH, Jan. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lt. Gen. Moeung Ponlork (C), director general of the General Department of Logistics and Finance at the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense, presents honorable medals to four Chinese military doctors during an awarding ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 27, 2024. Cambodia on Saturday pinned honorable medals to four Chinese military doctors in recognition of their contributions to improving medical standards of the Preah Ket Mealea Hospital. (Photo by Liao Hongqing/Xinhua)

Cambodia awards honorable medals to 4 Chinese military doctors

STORY: Cambodia awards honorable medals to 4 Chinese military doctors SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:59 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the medal awarding ceremony STORYLINE: Cambodia on Saturday pinned honorable medals to four Chinese military doctors in recognition of their contributions to improving medical standards of the Preah Ket Mealea Hospital. Lt. Gen. Moeung Ponlork, director general of the General Department of Logistics and Finance at the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense, presented the "Knight Class" medals to them at a ceremony held here. Ponlork expressed his profound gratitude to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) for having provided a great deal of support to the hospital, saying that the assistance has importantly contributed to further deepening the friendship between the two countries and peoples. "China's medical assistance has not only built capacity for medical practitioners at the hospital, b

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Vietnam dating company doing booming business

Vietnam dating company doing booming business

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese women (L) listen to a briefing for membership registrations at Ket Ban, which offer men and women opportunities to become friends in Hanoi.

Vietnam dating company doing booming business

Vietnam dating company doing booming business

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese women (L) listen to a briefing for membership registrations at Ket Ban, which offer men and women opportunities to become friends in Hanoi. (Kyodo)