‘Technology with heart” photo and video award launched

Hanoi: The Vietnam News Agency (VNA), in coordination with the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel), on January 25 launched a photo and video award with the theme “Technology with heart” to honour important contributions of technolog…

HCM City’s Vietnam Buddhist Sangha spends 748 billion VND on charity activities in 2023

HCM City: The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of Ho Chi Minh City carried out charitable and social activities with total funds of over 748 billion VND (30.3 million USD) last year.

The information was revealed by Most Venerable Thich Le Trang, Head of…

Parliament unanimously adopts BTA annual reports

SOFIA: The Parliament on Wednesday adopted the annual activity reports of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) for 2020, 2021, and 2022, including financial reports, during its plenary sitting attended by BTA Director General Kiril Valchev.

The agenc…

SC assures commitment to freedom of speech in meeting with UNSR Khan

MANILA: The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, assured United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan that the Judiciary remains committed to the universal principles of freedom of speech and expression.

‘The Philippine Judiciary i…

Bolinao town in Pangasinan gets drug-cleared certification

MALASIQUI: An official of the municipality of Bolinao has vowed to continue with the town’s demand and supply reduction programs against illegal drugs after it received drug-cleared status from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pangasin…

BOI green lanes Malaysia’s P150-B telco tower investments

MANILA: The Board of Investments (BOI) on Thursday said it has awarded the Certificate of Green Lane Endorsement to EDOTCO Towers, Inc.’s PHP150 billion telecommunication infrastructure investments.

EDOTCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-b…

PBBM’s call for energy efficiency to save gov’t P2-B: DOE

MANILA: The Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday said Administrative Order (AO) 15 signed this month by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. which aims to accelerate energy efficiency and conservation efforts in all public offices will save the governm…