DUMAGUETE CITY: Rice prices in Negros Oriental slightly dropped due to the importation of the commodity, as well as local production, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday.

Rice traders here said a 50-kg. sack of premium ri…

ILOILO CITY: This city will be conferred the first ASEAN Smoke-free Award (ASA) during the opening session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations health ministers meeting on Aug. 8 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR).

Iloilo C…

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 30 chaired a national conference on the implementation of a number of laws and resolutions of the 15th National Assembly. Jointly held by the Government and the NA Standing Committee, the event was connected wit…

President To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 30 for Josep Borrell Fontelles, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission (EC), who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

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Vietnamese athletes had a poor performance day on July 29 and July 30 as both boxer and rower were ousted from the Paris Olympics. In boxing, Ha Thi Linh was eliminated from the Games after losing 0-5 to Asian Games champion Yang Wenlu of China in th…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Hanoi on July 30. The EC official is on an official vi…