Việt Nam News

In the Philippines, home to Asia’s largest Catholic population with 85 million, the bells of Manila Cathedral tolled on the Monday afternoon as news of the Pope’s passing spread.

The agreement is seen to enhance business opportunities across a free trade area of over 703 million people, with a combined gross domestic product of more than US$5.6 trillion.

The panic buying comes as South Korea was slapped with a 25 per cent reciprocal tariff rate – among the worst-hit of countries with existing free trade agreements with the US.

Việt Nam’s grand celebration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification helps the nation usher in a new era ahead of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), said former chief representative of China’s Xinhua News Agency in Hà Nội Ling Dequan.

The programme, with support from more than 35 public and private sector organisations led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, seeks to empower over 1 million Thais by the end of 2025.

In terms of rescue workers, 2,094 people have arrived, as well as 2,514.6 tons of relief supplies and 1,197.12 tons of relief materials.

With this latest recognition, Indonesia now has 12 geoparks listed in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network.

Indonesian Minister of National Development Planning Rachmat Pambudy paid a visit to CT Group’s headquarters in HCM City on April 17 as part of his official trip to Việt Nam, aiming to explore co-operation in green technology and sustainable agriculture.

In the field of trade, the two sides exchanged three agreements on cooperation in trade services, upgrading the Malaysia-China “Two Countries Twin Parks” initiative, and standardisation.

The early presidential election takes place after the Constitutional Court's unanimous ruling to confirm the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law declaration in December.

Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Clinical Virology Department at Chulalongkorn University, indicated that COVID-19 cases in Thailand tend to rise in early April, coinciding with the Songkran celebrations.

More than 17 per cent of the country’s population of 27 million are Asian-Australian. Currently, 12 of the 227 MPs – or 5 per cent – are Asian-Australian.

Nomination Day has been set for April 23, while the official polling date is set on May 3.

The Public Works Ministry has announced that the government will lift a temporary freeze on funding for national strategic projects, including those earmarked for the development of the future capital city Nusantara in East Kalimantan.

A statement from Afghan Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Hafiz Zia Takkal and Afghanistan’s Bakhtar state news agency said the two sides discussed key political and economic issues.

The first all-woman space crew since the 1960s blasted off on Monday aboard one of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s rockets. The team included singer Katy Perry, US entrepreneur Lauren Sanchez, TV presenter Gale King, film producer Kerianne Flynn and former NASA scientists Amanda Nguyễn and Aisha Bowe.

The guideline aims to equip civil servants with necessary tools and knowledge to effectively utilise the benefits of generative AI, while safeguarding national interest, ethical standards, personal information, and data privacy.

Fierce winds and sandstorms continue to lash northern China, according to the Chinese meteorological authority.