Tuesday, September 16, 2025

General

BIR and AMLC to Investigate ‘Ghost’ Flood Control Projects

Manila: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) are set to jointly investigate firms and individuals implicated in fraudulent flood control projects. This collaboration aims to address potential tax evasion an...

Weeklong Davao Operations Yield PHP3.7 Million in Illegal Drugs

Davao city: Law enforcement authorities here reported the confiscation of over PHP3.7 million worth of illegal drugs during a series of buy-bust operations conducted from Sept. 7 to 14. Col. Mannan Muarip, acting chief of the Davao City Police Office ...

‘Goyo150’ Musical Play Celebrates the Legacy of Gregorio del Pilar

Malolos city: Kabesera Inc., a heritage, culture, and history group, launched a musical play on Monday in honor of the life and heroism of Gen. Gregorio 'Goyo' del Pilar. The launch was a significant part of the culmination of the weeklong Sining Kali...

NegOr Cops, Soldiers Ensure Safety Amid Anti-Corruption Rallies

Dumaguete city: Army and police officials in Negros Oriental are gearing up to ensure public safety and security in anticipation of anti-corruption protest actions scheduled for this week. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of the Army's 302nd Infant...

Bacolod City Inflation Rates Drop as Food Prices Ease

Bacolod city: Inflation rates for all income households in this highly urbanized city and Negros Occidental province slowed in August, with food and non-alcoholic beverages as the main sources of deceleration, data from the Philippine Statistics Autho...

Government Policy

Vietnam and Laos Commit to Enhanced UN Coordination

New york: Ambassador Thongphane Savanphet, Permanent Representative of Laos to the United Nations, has praised the close and reliable coordination between the Lao and Vietnamese missions, expressing his wish for even stronger and more effective cooper...

Education

DepEd makes education accessible to remote villages in Antique

Antique: The opening of two elementary schools and the conversion of 12 others into elementary, secondary and integrated schools made education more accessible to learners in far-flung barangays of the municipalities of Bugasong and Valderrama in Anti...

Industry

Human Services

PM calls to boost anti-tuberculosis efforts

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently ordered efforts to be exerted to enhance the tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control efforts. His recent dispatch in this regard said TB prevention and control activities have achieved commendable resul...

Vietnamese blood donors save life of UK patient

HCM City: Three Vietnamese donors with a rare blood type have helped save the life of a 64-year-old British man with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The man was taken to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for emergency treatment on March 17....

Thai Binh province records fruitful health cooperation with Denmark: official

Thai Binh: A senior official of the northern province of Thai Binh highlighted the productive cooperation in healthcare with Denmark while meeting with a visiting delegation of the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health on March 5. Providing a br...

Digital transformation in health care – irreversible trend

Hanoi: An official of the Ministry of Health has called digital transformation in health care an irreversible trend. Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Le Thu Hang, Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Planning, held that the Fourth Industrial R...

RoK pharmaceutical firm transfers technology of 7 products to Vietnam

Hanoi: Genuone Sciences, the Republic of Korea's leading pharmaceutical company, announced on February 26 that it signed a business agreement with Vietnam's Imexpharm Joint Stock Company (IMP) on the transfer of technology for seven products, includin...

Entertainment

2024 Ha Long Carnival to showcase parades at sea

Quang Ninh: This year, for the first time, the Ha Long Carnival will feature performances and parades on both the sea and sandy shores of the popular UNESCO-recognised bay, as heard at a quarterly press conference of the People's Committee of the nort...

HCM City Int’l Film Festival 2024 opens

HCM City: The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) opened in the southern metropolis on April 6. Running from April 6-13, the festival includes three main competition categories, including Southeast Asian films, debut and sho...

French food festival 2024 opens in Hanoi

Hanoi: The French food festival 2024 named 'Balade En France' was opened in Hanoi on April 5 under the auspices of the French embassy in Vietnam and the municipal People's Committee. Taking place to April 7, the festival boasts nearly 80 pavilions, a...

Fun & Game

2024 Ha Long Carnival to showcase parades at sea

Quang Ninh: This year, for the first time, the Ha Long Carnival will feature performances and parades on both the sea and sandy shores of the popular UNESCO-recognised bay, as heard at a quarterly press conference of the People's Committee of the nort...

HCM City Int’l Film Festival 2024 opens

HCM City: The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) opened in the southern metropolis on April 6. Running from April 6-13, the festival includes three main competition categories, including Southeast Asian films, debut and sho...

French food festival 2024 opens in Hanoi

Hanoi: The French food festival 2024 named 'Balade En France' was opened in Hanoi on April 5 under the auspices of the French embassy in Vietnam and the municipal People's Committee. Taking place to April 7, the festival boasts nearly 80 pavilions, a...

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