SRA allots P66-M fund for El Niño mitigation measures
BACOLOD: The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has allotted a budget of PHP66 million to assist sugarcane farmers in mitigating the effects of prolonged dry weather due to El Niño.
SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona, in a press conference at the…
Vietnam to switch on to Earth Hour switch-off
Hanoi: The Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, and Industry and Trade, and the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam) have called on people to join hands in reducing carbon footprint, towards net zero emissions, in response t…
Resources must be ensured for policies on elderly: Deputy PM
Hanoi: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha asked localities to ensure resources for the implementation of policies towards the elderly, while addressing a hybrid meeting of the Vietnam National Committee on Ageing (VNCA) on March 12.
To take a better …
Project launched to foster environment security in Vietnam, Laos
Hanoi: A project aiming to foster water and environment security in the Ma and Neun – Ca river basins and related coastal areas in Vietnam and Laos was launched in Hanoi on March 12.
The event was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resou…
Vietnam releases Provincial Innovation Index for first time
Hanoi: The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) on March 12 released the Provincial Innovation Index (PII) 2023, the first of its kind so far.
The index aims to provide a general panorama of the socio-economic development model based on science, …
Prime Minister orders strengthening fire prevention, control
Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 12 issued a dispatch ordering the Minister of Public Security and Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strengthen the fire prevention and control work.
The move wa…
PBBM arrives in Berlin to boost PH-Germany bilateral tiesNational park releases rare wild animals back to the wild
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has arrived in Berlin to start his three-day working visit to improve the bilateral relations between the Philippines and Germany.
Marcos, along with First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos and members of the Philip…