A man inspects Cambodian rice at the World Rice Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand, last week. Photo supplied
Cambodia’s prized rice falls short at awards
Mon, 21 November 2016 – Cheng Sokhorng
Cambodia’s Phka Rumdoul variety of fragrant rice, which won the World’s Best Rice award for three consecutive years from 2012 to 2014, narrowly missed its fourth crown at this year’s awards held in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand last week.
Jesus,
Let’s go for a walk.
Today is beautifying.
Sunny morning.
White clouds in the blue sky. Continue reading Prayer 9
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Lima, Peru, Nov. 19, 2016. Photo: Xinhua
2016-11-21 01:23:29 Xinhua Web Editor: Zhang Xu
TĐH: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. It was established in 1989.Membership: Joined 1989: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, USA.
Republic of China (Taiwan – Chinese Taipei) joined 1991, Hong Kong (China Hong Kong) 1991, People’s Republic of China 1991, Mexico 1993, Papua New Guinea 1993, Chile 1994, Peru 1998, Russia 1998, Vietnam 1998.
Jesus,
I love you.
And I want to understand you.
Understand your heart.
Understand your feeling. Continue reading Prayer 8
Engaging Southeast Asia in a Time of Flux
By Amy Searight, Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program (@SoutheastAsiaDC), CSIS
Welcome to our rebooted Southeast Asia from Scott Circle newsletter. The newsletter will continue to bring you commentary about U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia and highlights of key developments in the region on a biweekly basis. We are also consolidating our SitRep announcements and program highlights into this one regular update.
Jesus,
I love mom and dad,
and all moms and dads on earth.
Please take away all their troubles,
all pains and sorrows.
Take away all those. Continue reading Prayer 7
Sanchita Basu Das For The Straits Times
Published – Nov 17, 2016, 5:00 am SGT
Since the early 2000s, countries in South-east Asia have seen a plethora of trade pacts.
Singapore signed a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with New Zealand in 2000. Soon, others like Malaysia and Thailand got in on the act.
Jesus,
We are one.
We are one family.
We are one family in you, Jesus.
We are one family in Jesus forever. Continue reading Prayer 6
CSIS – 07 Nov. 2016
Remarks to a Workshop of the China Maritime Studies Institute
Beipanjiang Highway Bridge in Guizhou province, China (Photo by Glabb / Wikimedia Commons)
Alexander the Great is said to have declared that “logisticians are a humorless lot … they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.” He was the one of the first strategists to understand the importance of connectivity and also to point out that there are not a lot of jokes about it. The speed and reliability of transport and other forms of communication matter greatly to economic efficiency as well as to war.
Jesus,
I love you.
You said,
“Ask and it will be given to you.”
So I ask you: Continue reading Prayer 5
VIETNAM – 
Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 6:53AM
Despite being torn apart by the devastation of two separate aggressor invasions and often finding its artisans hamstrung by censorship and bureacracy, the 100 year-old Vietnamese film community has forged a strong brand and unique voice within the global cinema community.
(Picture, above: Tôi thay hoa vàng trên co xanh; Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass, 2015)
Jesus,
I feel I lose my footing easily everyday.
If in a day
I don’t love you as much as now,
don’t connect with you as much as now, Continue reading Prayer 4
Energy Investments In A Transitioning World
The ECOreport interviews Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA) about energy investments in a transitioning world
By Roy L Hales
Though most of the world’s energy investments are still in fossil fuels, their iron grip is weakening. The largest source of power investment was the $313 billion put into alternate energy sources like wind and solar. According to Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA), last year there were more renewables coming online than the entire growth of the energy sector. In many developing countries, wind and solar are less expensive than using imported gas to produce electricity. Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency, described energy investments as the world transitions to a low carbon economy.
Giêsu ơi,
Em đang ăn sáng với Giêsu.
Em đang ăn sáng trong tình yêu và bình an.
Em rất hạnh phúc.
By Euan McKirdy, CNN
President Xi Jinping and Trump spoke on the phone Sunday night, and “established a clear sense of mutual respect for one another,” according to a short statement from Trump’s transition team.
Đọt Chuối Non 