Covering Southeast Asia forthe past 15 years, the channel said it is now time for them to bettercover the Indochina region where over 220 million people live inVietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
Debra Soon,managing director of Channel NewsAsia, said they had started the processof getting approval from the Vietnamese Government and hoped that thebureau could open this year.
If the plan is approved, this willbe the channel's 14th bureau in Asia, following the opening of one inYangon, Myanmar, in January.
In another development, the channelhas organised the Vietnam Business Insights forum, with the title"Redefining Sustainable Business Growth for Vietnam," in which manyVietnamese and foreign experts, speakers and corporate leaders havetaken part.
Channel NewsAsia Singapore was established in 1999 by MediaCorp.-VNA