• Posted 06 Mar 2017 00:55
• Updated 06 Mar 2017 01:39

People walk past a portrait of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at a department store in central Bangkok. (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Files)

BANGKOK: The former Buddhist abbot at the heart of a standoff with authorities at Thailand’s biggest temple has been stripped of his monastic rank by the king, the military government said on Sunday.

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Last update 14:00 | 01/03/2017 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The salary Vietnamese receive at Japanese businesses is half of what workers in China can expect. The key lies in productivity and the shift of production to higher stages of the value chain.

A recent survey by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) showed Vietnamese workers received $4,025 on average per year in 2016, though they worked for leading Japanese companies.The amount of money was less than 50 percent of the salary that Japanese companies paid to Chinese workers who work for factories in China.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s catfish industry has encountered bad press in recent months. Carrefour, the largest retail group in Europe, announced the stop of the sale of Vietnam’s catfish in Spain, Italy, France and countries where the group has branches.

Meanwhile, several newspapers in Europe reported that some schools in Spain have refused to buy Vietnam’s catfish.

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By CHAU DOAN and MIKE IVESFEB. 24, 2017

nytimes_NGHIA BINH, Vietnam — Growing up in this village of rice paddies and banana trees, Doan Thi Huong was known as a gentle girl and a diligent student, her brother said.

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