Hanoi: A get-together for overseas Vietnamese in Malaysia to welcome New Year 2024 has been held by the Liaison Committee of Vietnamese People in Penang state recently.

Malaysia’s law on marriage and family, as well as the rights and obligations of V…

Hanoi: The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has signed contracts with domestic vaccine producers on the supply of ten types of vaccines used for the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI).

According to the institute, the vacc…

SEOUL/BUSAN: Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was attacked during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan on Tuesday and taken to a hospital while conscious.

Lee, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, was attacked on the left side o…

MANILA: The Philippines is ready to provide assistance to Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake that struck the East Asian country on New Year’s Day, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Tuesday.

‘We are deeply saddened to hear of the magni…

DUMAGUETE CITY: Health authorities are gearing up for a possible rise in gastrointestinal cases in Negros Oriental with the predicted onset of the El Niño phenomenon in the country early this year.

Dr. Liland Estacion, chief of the Provincial Health …

MAMBURAO: A successful beekeeping program piloted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in this province will be replicated nationwide this year to create new livelihood opportunities from honey production.

In an interview on Tuesday, DA Undersecreta…

MANILA: The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) has arrested one of the suspects in the ambush of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr.

In a statement on Tuesday, CIDG chief Maj. Gen. Romeo Caramat said Ameno Amatonding, 52, was ar…

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is planning to resume voter registration nationwide for the May 2025 midterm polls next month.

“Likely by the first week of February. It could be from February to September (2024),’ Comelec chairperson Ge…