Ticket prices for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, may see a hike of more than 30 percent from 6,000 yen to 8,000 yen (US$60) due to inflation and higher labour costs associated with tighter security measures, sources familiar with t…
Survivors and the families of those who died in the mass shooting in Pamplona, Negros Oriental where Governor Roel Degamo was killed will finally get psychological and stress interventions that would help them cope with the traumatic experience. Three…
Some 1,800 learners, teachers and non-teaching personnel who were affected by the recent encounters between government soldiers and the New People’s Army (NPA) in several towns of Masbate province have received psychosocial support services from the D…
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested 137 persons in anti-criminality operations conducted across the country that led to the recovery and confiscation of several pieces of evidence and the suppression of il…
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed the pilot use of electric cars to transport tourists around the city.Under the proposal, the city will operate 200 electric cars, each carrying from 5 to 14 passengers, with a maximum speed of …
The 42nd ASEAN Summit, slated to take place in Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province on May 9-11, will have eight meeting agendas, according to Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.Meetings of the 42nd ASEAN Summit will be organis…
On April 25, at Napaphai Lower Secondary School, there was held a handover ceremony for 5 secondary schools newly built with a 6.3 billion financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Muen district, Vientiane Province.The handover ceremo…
A workshop on Women and Intellectual Property (IP): Celebrating Innovation and Creativity was held in Vientiane on Apr 25 to promote protections for creative professionals in the Lao PDR and facilitate collaboration among creatives.Director General fo…
A groundbreaking ceremony for the 600 MW Monsoon Wind Power Project, the first of this kind in Laos, contracted by Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina), has been held in Vientiane, the capital of Laos.Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign …
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received World Bank (WB) Country Director for Vietnam Carolyn Turk in Hanoi on April 26Informing his guest on Vietnam’s significant demand for preferential credit, Ha hoped that the WB will support the country in pro…
The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) has encouraged farmers to plant drought-tolerant varieties and use technologies that can help them cope with the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon. Elmer Alosnos, senior sc…
At least 844 displaced workers in Camarines Norte province have been provided with a means of livelihood through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD program. TUPAD is a project of the national government through…
