A delegation of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) led by Deputy General Director Doan Thi Tuyet Nhung attended the second Shusha Global Media Forum in Shusha city, Azerbaijan on July 20-22. Themed ‘Unmasking False Narratives: Confronting Disinformation,’…
Day: July 23, 2024
Vietnam joins efforts to promote preservation of world heritage values
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO Ha Kim Ngoc is attending the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in New Delhi from July 21-31. This is the first session Vietn…
Vice State President pays tribute to martyrs in Con Dao
Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and a working delegation on July 23 laid wreaths and offered incense to fallen heroes at Hoang Duong cemetery, on the occation of the 77th War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947-2024). They also presented gif…
BOC collects P1.73-T in 2 years of Marcos admin
MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday reported that it has collected a total of PHP1.730 trillion in revenues during the first two years of the Marcos administration.
In a statement, the BOC said this figure was collected from July 2022 to M…
CREATE More bill passage to expand tourism investments: DOT
MANILA: The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Monday backed calls to pass the CREATE More bill, seeing it as a way to expand tourism investments in the country.
Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco made the statement following the third State of the Natio…
DA to put up permanent farmer coop-run Kadiwa sites nationwide
MANILA: Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Tuesday bared plans to establish ‘permanent’ and farmer cooperatives-run Kadiwa stores to further advance the administration’s food security and affordability targets.
Durin…
Recto: Gov’t to help Filipino POGO workers find new jobs
MANILA: Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto on Tuesday gave assurance that the agency would help Filipino Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) find new employment.
This, after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., in his third Stat…
DSWD prepositions relief goods as ‘Carina’ intensifies ‘habagat’
MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Disaster Response Command Center (DRCC) on Tuesday declared a ‘red alert’ status as the southwest monsoon or ‘habagat’ enhanced by Typhoon Carina continues to drench large parts of Luzo…
NDRRMC: 8 dead from effects of ‘habagat’, 2 cyclones
MANILA: The combined effects of bad weather due to the southwest monsoon (habagat) and tropical cyclones Butchoy and Carina in a large part of the country has so far left eight people dead, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (…