For example, Bhutan has abolished the death penalty, but Thailand still retains it, although Buddhism is the official religion in both.

These years saw rapid growth in Malaysian cities, particularly Kuala Lumpur, which became a magnet for immigration both from rural Malaya and from poorer neighbours such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand and the Philippines.

Pawnbroking is also a traditional trade in Thailand, where pawnshops are run both privately and by local governments.

International access through the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand made the South a crossroads for both Theravada Buddhism, centered at Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Islam, especially in the former Pattani kingdom on the border with Malaysia.

Although neither China nor Vietnam border Thailand, the territories of both countries come within 100 km of Thai territory.

As a result, from 1950 onward, Thailand had received both military and economic aid from the U. S .. With regard to his economic policy, the Phibulsongkram Government set up many state enterprises, which was seen as a culmination of economic nationalism in the country.

The Armed Forces is also charged with the defence of the Monarchy of Thailand against all threats both foreign and domestic.

Sticky rice, not jasmine rice, is the staple food in the local cuisines of Northern Thailand and of Isan ( Northeastern Thailand ), both regions of Thailand directly adjacent to Laos with which they share this, and many other cultural traits.

Canada, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, Romania, Singapore and Turkey however, have both textual warnings and graphic visual images displaying, among other things, the damaging effects tobacco use has on the human body.

In many Asian countries, major Hollywood studios ( and Asian home video distributors ) have licensed companies to officially produce and distribute the VCDs, such as MCA Home Video in Pakistan, ERA of Hong Kong, Sunny Video in Malaysia, Vision in Indonesia, CVD International and Pacific Marketing and Entertainment Group in Thailand, Excel Home Videos in India, Berjaya-HVN and InnoForm Media in both Malaysia and Singapore, Scorpio East Entertainment in Singapore, as well as VIVA Video, Magnavision, and The Video to C in the Philippines.

In Southeast Asian cuisines, such as those of Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia, both shallots and garlic ( bawang putih, white onions ) are often used as elementary spices.

: Australia, Botswana, British West Indies, Brunei, Canada ( English-speaking ), Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea ( both North and South ), Lebanon, Luxembourg ( uses both marks officially ), Macau ( in Chinese and English text ), Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland ( when the amount is in Swiss francs ), Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States ( including insular areas ), Zimbabwe.

* In English Canada, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea ( both ), Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States: 1, 234, 567. 89 or 1, 234, 567 · 89 ; the latter is generally found only in older, and especially handwritten, documents.

* T. papuae infects both mammals and reptiles, including crocodiles, humans, and pigs ; this species, found in Papua New Guinea and Thailand, is also nonencapsulated.

Since the mid-1990s bilingual approaches to schooling and higher education have become popular in parts of South-east Asia, especially in Thailand and Malaysia where different models have been applied, from L2 immersion ( content taught in a non-native language ) to parallel immersion, where core subjects are taught in both the mother-tongue and a second language ( usually English ).

* 1567-Missionaries Jeronimo da Cruz and Sebastiao da Canto, both Dominicans, arrive at Ayutthaya, Thailand

During both these periods, Vientiane and other cities were looted and their Buddha images and artwork moved to Thailand.

It is popular both in Laos and Thailand, where there is a large ethnic Lao population.

During the Japanese occupation of Thailand in 1942 POWs both allies and Asian laborers were ordered by the Japanese to build a Thailand-Burma railway.

Application of bentonite clay technology made a big contribution to rejuvenating degraded soils in Northeast Thailand, which both improved yields and farmer incomes.

" (;, Tai Nüa: ;, ) is one of several ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ( both in southern Yunnan, China ), but by extension can apply to groups in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma when Dai is used to mean specifically Tai Lue, Chinese Shan or even Tai in general.

In Thailand, bride price ( Thai: ส ิ นสอด, pronounced sòt and often erroneously referred to by the English term " dowry ") is common in both Thai-Thai and Thai-foreign marriages.

Angola and Vietnam have steadfast partners as both transitioned from Cold War-era foreign policies of international communism to pro-Western pragmatism following the fall of the Soviet Union.

Thus he strongly opposed both United States aggression in Vietnam and Soviet military expansionism.

In response, the United States moved to provide material assistance to the new government's armed forces, which were engaged against both CPK insurgents and NVA forces. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces, desperate to retain their sanctuaries and supply lines from North Vietnam, immediately launched armed attacks on the new government.

To the southeast, the basin joins the Mekong Delta, which, extending into Vietnam, provides both water and land communications between the two countries.

The native Montagnards of Vietnam's Central Highlands were also known to have used crossbows, as both a tool for hunting, and later, an effective weapon against the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

The strip has also met controversy over every military conflict it has dealt with, including Vietnam, Grenada, Panama and both Gulf Wars.

In the hauntingly re-enacted opening portion of the film concerning the background that McNamara and his pro-nuclear-war adversary U. S. General Curtis LeMay had shared together during World War II, director Morris brought out complexities in the character of McNamara, which the public had not previously recognized, but which largely shaped McNamara's positions regarding both the missiles-in-Cuba issue and the Vietnam War issue, and which therefore created the historical figure that McNamara turned out to be as the U. S. Secretary of Defense.

The environmental movement borrowed tactics from both the successful civil rights movement and the protests against the Vietnam war.

Air-to-air missiles largely replaced guns and rockets in the early 1960s since both were believed unusable at the speeds being attained, however the Vietnam War showed that guns still had a role to play and most fighters built since then are fitted with cannon ( typically between 20 and 30 mm in caliber ) as an adjunct to missiles.

The US Marines in Vietnam also saw some success with this method, under its CAP ( Combined Action Program ) where Marines were teamed as both trainers and " stiffeners " of local elements on the ground.

Americans experienced this in Vietnam and during the US invasion of Iraqi and occupation, where shortages of Arabic speaking interpreters and translators hindered both civil and military operations.

* 1968 – Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12 / 13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral-Balmoral.

* 1963 – Vietnam War: Newly sworn-in US President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam both militarily and economically.

China and South Vietnam both occupied portions of the Paracel Islands until 1974, when the Battle of the Paracel Islands occurred ; China took over and has controlled all of the Paracel Islands since then.

While it was primarily a comical song about a Judge and his courtroom it is also notable for the political lyrics " I'm goin ' to Paris to stop this war " and " I had a chat with Ho Chi Minh " both social commentary references about wanting to go to the Paris Peace Accord negotiations to stop the war in Vietnam.

After the collapse of the Eastern bloc, China and Vietnam moved toward the socialist market economy model, which consists of state-ownership and open-markets in both capital goods and consumer goods.

The boundary with Laos, settled, on both an ethnic and geographical basis, between the rulers of Vietnam and Laos in the mid-seventeenth century with the Annamite Range as a reference, was formally defined by a delimitation treaty signed in 1977 and ratified in 1986.

Since the mid-1980s, through the " Đổi Mới " reform period, Vietnam has made a shift from a highly centralized planned economy to a socialist-oriented market economy which use both directive and indicative planning ( see Five-Year Plans of Vietnam ).

While Vietnam has remained relatively conflict-free since its Cambodia days, tensions have arisen in the past between Vietnam and its neighbors, especially in the case of China since both nations assert claims to the Spratly Islands, an archipelago in a potentially oil-rich area of the South China Sea.

Vietnam and Indonesia are both members of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.