Nearly 57,000 people visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum during Tet

Hanoi: More than 56,600 visitors, including 29,050 foreigners, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 9 – 12.

Meanwhile, over 500 visitors offered incense to the late leader at the…

Hanoi serves 653,000 visitors during Tet

Hanoi: The capital city of Hanoi has welcomed about 653,000 visitors in seven-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays from February 8-14, up 21.6% year on year, including nearly 103,000 foreigners, a rise of 2.2% over the same time last year, according to t…

Vietnamese community in Thailand enjoys Tet festival

Bangkok: Nearly 1,000 Vietnamese in Thailand gathered in Nong Bua Lamphu on January 13, the fourth day of the first lunar month, to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, the most important of Vietnamese in a year.

Addressing the event, Vice Ch…

Rains to continue over parts of PH due to shear line, ‘amihan’

MANILA: Several areas of the country will continue to experience rain showers due to the three weather systems affecting the Philippines, the weather bureau said Wednesday.

In its 4 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomi…

Rains to continue over parts of PH due to shear line, ‘amihan’Tan Son Nhat airport serves record number of passengers during Tet holiday

MANILA: Several areas of the country will continue to experience rain showers due to the three weather systems affecting the Philippines, the weather bureau said Wednesday.

In its 4 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomi…

PH seeks to register, provide services to stateless Pinoys in Sabah

MANILA: The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur is targeting to register around 550,000 ‘stateless’ Filipinos in Sabah, and eventually provide them with services available to Filipino citizens, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday night…

DILG orders intensified crackdown vs. extortion scheme on truckers

MANILA: The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed to crack down on unscrupulous individuals extorting money from trucker groups.

Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. made this assurance following a meeting with the Confederat…