Thua Thien-Hue lures tourists with Tet experience tours

Thua Thien – Hue: Tours offering foreign tourists with brand-new experience of local life during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival have become special products of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in recent days.

At Tram Homestay in Hue city, th…

‘Xuan Que Huong’ programme held for OVs in Vientiane

Vientiane: A ‘Xuan Que Huong’ (Homeland Spring) programme was held by the Association of Vietnamese People in Vientiane in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos on February 8 to bring the Lunar New Year (…

Phu Quoc welcomes nearly 2,000 European visitors on last day of lunar year

Kien Giang: Cruise ship Aida Bella docked at Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, bringing 1,979 European tourists to the ‘pearl island’ on February 9, or the last day of the lunar year.

The group are scheduled to explore Phu Q…

Tet gathering held for Vietnamese experts working for UN agencies

New York: The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) hosted a meeting with Vietnamese experts working for UN agencies in New York on February 8 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest festival of Vietnam.

In his spe…

CJ Perez named PBA Comm’s Cup Best PlayerFor the development of bilateral relations, the visit set the development goal with the six targets of stronger political trust, more substantial defence-security cooperation, deeper tangible collaboration, firmer social foundation, closer multilateral coordination, and better management and settlement of differences.

MANILA: CJ Perez of San Miguel Beer was the runaway winner of the Best Player of the Conference (BPC) for the PBA Commissioner’s Cup.

Perez received the top local award for the season-opening tournament before Game 4 of the conference finals between …

CJ Perez named PBA Comm’s Cup Best Player

MANILA: CJ Perez of San Miguel Beer was the runaway winner of the Best Player of the Conference (BPC) for the PBA Commissioner’s Cup.

Perez received the top local award for the season-opening tournament before Game 4 of the conference finals between …

Tobacco consumption declining worldwide: WHO

ANKARA: The number of people using tobacco products, which are the main cause of respiratory diseases as well as cardiovascular ailments, fell from 1.26 billion in 2020 to 1.24 billion in 2022, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO…