President Thongloun Sisoulith received in Vientiane on Jun 26 a letter of credence from new India Ambassador to the Lao PDR Prashant Agrawal.The presentation of credentials was followed by a cordial discussion on ways and measures to further strengthe…
Thailand’s exports of cassava and cassava products are estimated at 9 million tonnes this year, down from 11 million tonnes last year due to reduced output caused by drought, according to the Foreign Trade Department under the Ministry of Commerceof T…
Russian tourist flow abroad surged by 47% year on year against the like period from 2022 to two mln trips, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov said on Monday.”While Russian tourists made about seven million trips overseas in 2022, Russi…
President Thongloun Sisoulith received a courtesy call from visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his delegation.President highly valued the Malaysian premier’s visit and his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and a…
The city government has begun devising a master plan for public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization to decongest traffic here. In a statement Tuesday, Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) chief Nonito Oclarit said the initiative is to align the traf…
The city government has set aside a PHP65 million budget for this year’s 38th Kadayawan festival here, an official said Tuesday. ‘An (additional) amount of some PHP12 million will also come from sponsorship – the trust fund of Kadayawan,’ Jenifer Rome…
San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) infrastructure unit has secured a PHP100-billion syndicated loan agreement with a consortium of major Philippine banks for its ongoing Metro Rail Transit 7 (MRT-7) project — its first foray into mass transport systems. …
The Supreme Court (SC) greenlighted the holding of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30 despite declaring the law resetting the polls unconstitutional. In a statement released late Tuesday, the tribunal said it “recognizes…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday expressed optimism that the Philippines will become the ‘tourism powerhouse’ of Asia in the next few years. This, as Marcos witnessed the unveiling of the country’s new tourism slogan ‘Love the Philippines’ …
President of the Swiss National Council Martin Candinas’s official visit to Vietnam from June 27-30 is to strengthen the good cooperation between the two countries, and consolidate the good relationship between their two legislative bodies, Swiss Amba…
The period of strong volatility of the US dollar has ended, and the USD/VND exchange rate in the last six months of 2023 will remain stable, experts have forecast.According to experts of Yuanta Vietnam Securities Company, the USD/VND exchange rate fro…
Black Pink, the Republic of Korea’s girl group phenomenon, is storming Hanoi at My Dinh stadium for two nights on July 29 and 30.The announcement was unveiled on their fanpage and official website. Tickets will be up for sale on July 7 at ticketbox.vn…
