Indonesia’s parliamentary budget committee has approved additional 15 trillion IDR (1.01 billion USD) to speed up the construction of the flagship new capital Nusantara on Borneo island, the committee’s chair Said Abdullah announced on June 9, accordi…
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) hosted a meeting of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) themed “FABC 50 Bangkok Document and its implications for Asia” in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau from June 5-10, l…
Sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction over the seas of a state established in line with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as well as the legitimate rights and interests of the littoral countries, including Vietn…
A webinar on exploring information and communication technology startup ecosystem between India’s Karnataka state and Vietnam opened in New Delhi on June 9.Speaking at the event, Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Hai said Karnataka has great potential for IT co…
Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 5.2 percent in May, marking a 0.2 percentage point increase from the previous month. This is the first uptick in nine months, as reported by the country’s statistical body on Friday. The country’s unemployment rate r…
The siphoning operations that are part of the oil spill cleanup’s final stage in Oriental Mindoro will be completed by June 19, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday. The extraction of the remaining industrial fuel oil from the sunken MT P…
Two-time French Open champion Novak Djokovic, advanced Friday to the men’s singles finals after beating world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz from Spain (6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1) in the semifinal match at Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris. Alcaraz suffered cramps in t…
