Thua Thien Hue strives to become centrally run city by 2025

Hanoi: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision approving a plan to turn Thua Thien Hue into a centrally run city by 2025 and a typical heritage city of Vietnam by 2030.

To realise the goal, Thua Thien Hue will develop synchronous and…

P40-M feeds center to boost W. Visayas’ dairy industry

ILOILO CITY: A PHP40-million feeds center that is expected to greatly boost the dairy industry in Iloilo and the whole of Western Visayas will soon rise in New Lucena town after the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the local government and…

2 die, 3 hurt in Negros in ‘treasure hunt’ gone bad

DUMAGUETE CITY: Police are investigating the circumstances behind the reported gas poisoning that claimed the lives of two persons during an alleged treasure-hunting activity in Siaton town, Negros Oriental.

A report from the Negros Oriental Police P…

Ex-convict yields P6.8-M ‘shabu’ in Mandaue

CEBU CITY: A former convict was arrested at midnight Friday in Mandaue City after yielding PHP6.8 million worth of suspected shabu.

Police seized from Sydney Tanggarorang, 54, an ex-convict of several offenses and who is also on the drug watchlist of…

SMC-led group to operate NAIA

MANILA: SMC-SAP and Co. Consortium emerged the winning bidder to operate and rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista announced Friday.

The group, composed of San Miguel Holdings Corp., RMM…

PBBM to DPWH: Prioritize damaged roads, PAGASA building in Caraga

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday directed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to prioritize repairing the damaged roads and Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) buildin…

Hanoi to play host to lunar New Year Concert 2024

Hanoi: A lunar New Year Gala concert 2024 is due to be held at the Ho Guom Opera House in Hanoi on February 17, the eighth day in the first lunar month.

Attendees will have the chance to see a range of outstanding performances put on by the Vietnam N…