Pangolin identified as potential link for novel coronavirus spread

Agence France Presse 02/08/2020

BEIJING — The endangered pangolin may be the link that facilitated the spread of the novel coronavirus across China, Chinese scientists said Friday. At least 31,000 people have been infected and 630 killed by the virus, which…

Vietnam is ground for PH to prove SEA Games overall win is no fluke

June Navarro 01/02/2020

As the focus shifts to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, sustaining the gains of Team Philippines in the recent 30th Southeast Asian Games should not be disregarded. Top officials of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine…

2 buses bound for 30th SEA Games collide in Bulacan

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 11/30/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Two buses ferrying athletes and sports officials from Laos and Vietnam to the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games collided in Bocaue, Bulacan on Saturday afternoon, November 30, 2019, ahead of the opening ceremony to…

Duterte backtracks: No halt to rice importation

Karl R. Ocampo, Yolanda Sotelo 11/22/2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has backpedaled on his pronouncement to suspend rice importation and instead called for ramping up palay purchases and giving cash subsidies to small farmers, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said on Thursday. Mr. Duterte changed…

Asian domination in international pageant’s list of top favorites

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 10/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Beauty queens from Asian countries dominated the Top 10 Most Popular Vote list in the ongoing pre-pageant activities of Miss Grand International 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela. Seven of the 10 countries in the…

Garces bags gold in Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam

Mars G. Alison 08/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s kyurogi darling, Nica Garces, strengthened her bid for a slot in the upcoming 30th Southeast (SEA) Games by bagging another gold this time in the recently concluded Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam. …

Tourism and the Vietnamese Challenge

Jobers R. Bersales 10/03/2018

For a country supposedly on the grip of authoritarian, one-party communist rule, Vietnam continues to defy the stereotype. Its openness to the world and its pursuit of the market economy (some would call this patent capitalist revisionism)…

DTI looking into safety of cement from Vietnam, other countries

09/30/2018

HANOI — The Philippines notified Vietnam that it has initiated a preliminary safeguard investigation on the importation of cement from various countries, including Vietnam. According to the notification issued by the MInistry of Industry and Trade on…

Vietnam to grow rice shipments; PH among main markets

Asia News Network, Inquirer.net 09/09/2018

HCM CITY — Vietnam’s rice exports are expected to rise in the remaining months of the year thanks to increasing demand in many markets, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Higher demand has been…

14 killed in Vietnam wedding party car crash

AFP 07/30/2018

Hanoi, Vietnam – Fourteen members of the same family were killed in a car crash in central Vietnam on Monday. The fatalities were en route to a wedding party when their van hit a container truck, police…

Vietnam and the relevance of Asean

Jobers R. Bersales 11/15/2017

During my recent trip to Vietnam, I could not help but notice how things had changed since my last time there some eight years back. Spanking new cars had started to crowd out the voluminous horde of…

27 dead as typhoon batters Vietnam

AFP 11/05/2017

At least 27 people have died and nearly two dozen are missing after Typhoon Damrey barreled into Vietnam, authorities said Sunday, damaging tens of thousands of homes and submerging highways days before the country welcomes world leaders…

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