A ceremony was held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 31 to send off Vietnamese athletes with disabilities competing in the 12th ASEAN Para Games, which is scheduled to take place in Pnom Penh, Cambodia from June 3-9.Led by Nguyen Hong …
Amid the increasing use of tobacco, especially e-cigarettes, Vietnam has rolled out measures to minimise tobacco harms.The Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms has been implemented for 10 years with a number of achievements. However, Vietnam…
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) generated over 10 billion kWh of electricity in the first five months of 2023 which equals 42.5% of the yearly target.The figure represents an increase of 46.6% compared with the same period last year, than…
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism held a conference on May 31 to discuss the application of the ASEAN Tourism Standards and launch the ASEAN Tourism Awards among businesses in the sector.Deputy Director of the department Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu sai…
The three astronauts aboard China’s Shenzhou-16 spaceship entered the country’s space station and met with another astronaut trio on Tuesday, starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover.The Shenzhou-15 crew opened the hatch at 6:22 p.m. (Beijing Ti…
Laos Counter Trafficking in Persons Project (Laos CTIP Project) in colLabouration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MoLSW) held an event to celebrate International Labour Day with the aim to prepare vocational students for future employm…
By virtue of a resolution from the 8th Session of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the workers of the mechanical industry branch are making progress in the production of agricultural machinery, it was announced on Tuesday.Accordin…
India extended to Sri Lanka its one-billion-dollar credit line for another year to help the neighboring island, which is immersed in a serious economic crisis.The continuity of the loan will enable the Sri Lankan Government to purchase food, medicines…
Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San hosted a visiting delegation from the Lao People’s Army’s general department of logistics in Hanoi on May 30.Highlighting the special relations between Vietnam and Laos, San said the countri…
MANILA – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will be working with the Supreme Court (SC) to carry out the plan of pursuing an ‘open justice’ policy. This developed after SC Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, in a meeting with DBM Secretary Am…
MANILA – A PHP50,000 reward awaits anyone who can give information that could lead to the arrest of the suspect in the killing of radio broadcaster Cresenciano ‘Cris’ Bundoquin in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, the Presidential Task Force on Media Se…
LEGAZPI CITY – Rice farmers in Albay province who will sell their palay (unhusked rice) to the National Food Authority (NFA) will get an additional PHP3 per kilogram on top of the agency’s current buying price of PHP19. On Wednesday, Lorena Quising, A…
