Vietnamese and Algerian victims of 1974 plane crash remembered in Hanoi

Hanoi: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Algerian Embassy on March 8 co-organised a ceremony to commemorate Vietnamese and Algerian officials and journalists who perished in a plane crash five decades ago.

On the occasion, the upgraded memorial…

Invest in women: Accelerate progress: UN officials

Hanoi: Vietnam has made strides in women’s empowerment, said Pauline Tamesis, UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam and Caroline Nyamayemombe, Representative of UN Women in the country in a joint article entitled ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’ on…

Vietnam, Algeria step up pharmaceutical cooperation

Algiers: The Critical Diseases Research and Treatment Institute (Radiner) of Vietnam and Saidal Group – an Algerian pharmaceutical company – have signed a cooperation agreement, opening up cooperation potential in the healthcare sector between the two…

PH records $102.7-B foreign reserves in February

MANILA: The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) settled at USD102.7 billion as of end-February, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

In a statement released late Thursday, the BSP said that preliminary data showed that the GIR level d…

At least 60% of Pag-IBIG members in Negros Oriental transact online

MANILA: More than 60 percent of Pag-IBIG Fund members in Negros Oriental now engage in virtual transactions, an official said Thursday.

Members of the Pag-IBIG Fund in Negros Oriental were urged to sign up for its virtual services for seamless and fa…

Human trafficker with 7 victims intercepted at NAIA – BI

MANILA: A suspected human trafficker with seven of his suspected victims were recently intercepted by Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 in Parañaque City.

In a statement on Friday, BI Comm…

Official Gazette: No holiday declaration on March 11

MANILA: There is no declaration from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that Monday, March 11, is a ‘nationwide regular holiday.’

In a statement posted on its official Facebook page on Thursday, The Official Gazette dismissed as ‘fake news’ the suppos…