General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam received National Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) Fabien Roussel and senior PCF officials, including parliamentarians at the French N…
Day: October 7, 2024
PM, WEF leader hold talks with Vietnamese youth
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), held talks with students at the Vietnam National University (Hanoi) on October 7 afternoon. The talks was held under the theme ‘P…
Pho festival helps promote Vietnam-RoK culture exchange
A Vietnam Pho festival was held in Seoul on October 5-6, aiming to further promote cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the people of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK). The festival attracted a large crowd of Vietnamese expatriate…
Cebu Pacific buys AirSWIFT
Manila: Gokongwei-led airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) announced Monday it has signed a share purchase agreement with ALI Capital Corp. to buy 100 percent stake in boutique airline AirSWIFT.
The acquisition worth PHP1.75 billion was approved by ALI Capital…
Stocks sustain gains amid easing inflation, peso weak vs. dollar
Manila: The local stock barometer improved at the start of the trading week, while peso depreciated against the US dollar.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) increased by 1.16 percent to 7,554.68, with All Shares also higher by 1.02 percent t…
NDA wants return of gov’t milk feeding program to its helm
Manila: The National Dairy Authority (NDA) on Monday expressed desire to regain supervision of the government’s school-based milk feeding program.
The program is currently under the Department of Education (DepEd) with a budget of nearly PHP2 billion…