MANILA: The schools that postponed the opening of classes for school year (SY) 2024-2025 are only around two percent of the total number of basic education schools in the country, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara said Monday.
Ac…
TACLOBAN CITY: Of the nearly 2,000 learners who flocked on Monday to the Northern Tacloban City High School campus for the new school year, someone caught everyone’s attention: 52-year-old grandmother Rowena Taboso.
Taboso, a Grade 12 student enrolle…
MANILA: Travel magazine Lonely Planet has named Siargao Island the number one spot in the list of best places to visit in Southeast Asia.
In its July article, the travel magazine described Siargao as a tropical paradise known for “quality surfing wit…
PARIS: Olympic medalists Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial will kick off their Paris 2024 campaigns on Tuesday, aiming to surpass their previous Olympic achievements.
Petecio, the Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, faces India’s Jaismine Lamboria in the …
Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 14.08 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, the General Statistics Office announced on July 29. Of the export value, the domestic sector accounted for 27.8% and the foreign-invested sector (including …
Vietnam and its traditional friends in Africa, including Burundi, share similarities in their struggles for national liberation and development, providing a foundation conducive to further deepening substantive friendship and cooperation, said Secret…
President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta will pay a state visit to Vietnam from July 31 to August 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. This visit will be made at the invitation of President To Lam.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Nine religious dignities, including Most Venerable Thich Tinh Lien, head of the An Nam Tong (Annamkiya) Buddhist sect and abbots of Vietnamese Buddhist pagodas in Thailand have received a royal decree from Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajirakla…
Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung was granted a third-class Issara (Freefom) Order of Laos on July 29 for his contributions to enhancing great friendship, special solidary and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries during near…