Lovely Gitaruelas relishes unforgettable stint with Philippine team in Vietnam

Glendale G. Rosal 03/20/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuana elite cyclist Lovely Gitaruelas cherished the opportunity to represent the Philippines in two back-to-back international cycling races in Vietnam this month. Now back in Cebu, Gitaruelas rode an impressive 1,123 kilometers over…

Vietnam parliament approves $8 billion rail link to China

Agence France Presse 02/20/2025

Hanoi, Vietnam — Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday approved plans for an $8 billion rail link from its largest northern port city to the border with China, boosting links between the two communist-ruled countries and making trade easier.…

E-bikes pushed in Vietnam as pollution becomes ‘unbearable’

12/04/2024

Vietnam–In Vietnam’s heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike (e-bike) through streets jammed with two-wheelers belching toxic fumes. Trung, 19, is one of a growing number of Generation-Z workers driving…

Vietnam condemns China’s ‘brutal behavior’ in fisher attack

Agence France Presse 10/03/2024

  HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s foreign ministry condemned on Wednesday China’s “brutal behaviour” during a violent attack on Vietnamese fishers in the disputed South China Sea. The 10 fishermen were reportedly beaten with iron bars and robbed…

Rescue on as Typhoon Yagi leaves 40 missing, 63 dead in Vietnam

AFP 09/10/2024

Hanoi, VIETNAM– Emergency workers raced to evacuate thousands of people from severe floods Tuesday after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam, killing 63 people and leaving 40 others missing. Yagi struck on Saturday with winds in excess…

Typhoon Yagi weakens, leaves dozens dead in Vietnam, China, PH

Agence France Presse 09/09/2024

HA LONG, Vietname — Typhoon Yagi weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday, after killing more than a dozen people, tearing roofs off buildings, sinking boats and triggering landslides across Vietnam. The typhoon had left a trail…

DTCC brings home 6 gold medals from dancesport tilt in Vietnam

Glendale G. Rosal 07/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of Cebu’s dancesports pillars, Eleanor Hayco, and her dance partner, Lloyd Bartolini, brought home four gold medals from the recently concluded World Dance Sports Federation (WDSF) World Challenge Cup Rising Stars &…

US think tank: Vietnam speeds up island-building in SCS

06/09/2024

WASHINGTON — Vietnam has significantly increased its dredging and land reclamation in the South China Sea (SCS), nearly matching the amount of new land created in the past two years combined, setting up for a record year in…

What to know about real estate tycoon sentenced to death in Vietnam’s largest fraud case

Associated Press 04/12/2024

HANOI, Vietnam— A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was sentenced to death Thursday in the country’s biggest ever financial fraud case, a shocking development in an intensifying anti-corruption drive in the southeast Asian nation. Truong My Lan, a…

Vietnam’s incense village is a Instagram hotspot

01/24/2024

Hanoi, Vietnam—In a tiny village in northern Vietnam, Dang Thi Hoa ties up a bundle of freshly dried incense sticks ahead of Lunar New Year and watches a line of tourists waiting to pose for pictures. Three generations of Dang Thi…

Yassi Pressman mi-bakasyon sa Thailand, Vietnam kauban si Luigi Villafuerte

CDN Digital 01/03/2024

Malipayon nga gi-saulog nila ni Yassi Pressman ug Camarines Sur Gov. Luigi Villafuerte ang holiday season samtang nag beach trip ug mibisita sa mga tourist spots sa Thailand ug Vietnam. Gipakita ni Yassi sa iyang mga fans…

Arci Muñoz says credit card stolen during flight, used in Vietnam, Indonesia

Anne Pasajol 11/13/2023

Arci Muñoz narrated how a man stole her credit card while she was asleep on a business-class seat during an international flight as she lamented that the “world is not a safe place.” The actress gave an account of…

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