The plane of Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos encountered a "minor" technical problem just minutes after takeoff on June 14 morning, forcing the pilot to return to an air base near Manila, China's Xinhua News Agency reported.
Director Teresito Bacolcol of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has warned that thousands of residents living at the foot of the Mayon volcano in Albay province are at risk of a volcanic eruption lasting several months.
President Vo Van Thuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 12 sent congratulatory messages to Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on the country’s Independence Day (June 12, 1898-2023).
The World Bank's Philippines Economic Update (PEU) said on June 7 that it expects the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 6% this year and 5.9% in 2024 due to solid domestic demand.
Another 80 Vietnamese citizens recently rescued from a casino in Pampanga province, near Manila capital of the Philippines, have been safely repatriated, raising the number of those returning home so far to 140, said Deputy Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Nguyen Duc Thang.
The 10th meeting of the Vietnam-Philippines Joint Permanent Working Group on Maritime and Ocean Concerns (JPWG-MOC) took place in Ha Long City, the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 15-16.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on May 15 approved the import of up to 150,000 tonnes of sugar to stabilise local prices due to domestic shortfall.
The Philippine economy expanded by 6.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, higher than the expected 6.2%, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has called on developed countries to fulfil their long-standing commitments on climate change and vowed that his country will take bold steps to transition to renewable and alternative energy technologies securely and sustainably.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has instructed its Consular Department to contact the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam and ask for support in assisting the Vietnamese citizens among the over 1,000 forced labourers recently rescued in Pampanga province of the archipelago nation.
At least 40 domestic flights have been canceled on May 1 due to a power failure at Ninoy Aquino Airport, the main airport in the capital city of Manila, the Philippines.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the Philippines has initiated a safeguard investigation on imported liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) steel cylinders, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) under the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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