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The Vietnam national men's football team will not play a friendly match with the Philippines on October 3 as planned.

The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) started a two-day special meeting in the Philippines’ capital city of Manila on September 16.

The Vietnam Football Federation said the national men's football team will play a friendly match with the Philippines on October 3.

Senior officials of the Vietnam-Philippines Bilateral Cooperation Committee convened their eighth meeting in Hanoi on September 14, rejoicing at the recent progress in all-round cooperation.

Vietnam exported over 3.8 million tonnes of rice, raking in 1.6 billion USD from January 1 to August 31, showing considerable drops in both volume and value over the same period last year.

Vietnam persistently pursues a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace and cooperation in developing its relationship with the Philippines.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting was held in Cebu Island of the Philippines on September 10.

The Philippines ran a budget deficit of 32.2 billion peso (nearly 688.96 million USD) in July, 1.8 billion peso (38.51 million USD) higher than the year-earlier period.

The Philippine government and environmental groups have introduced measures to mitigate the effects of the El Nino, which is expected to hit many countries in the region later this year.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its economic growth outlook for the Philippines this year to 6.2 percent from its earlier forecast of 6.7 percent, announced the Philippine media.

Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III and visiting Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha agreed to further strengthen relations between the two countries at their meeting in Manila on August 28.

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized 57 container vans full of smuggled sugar from Thailand with a total value of more than 85 million pesos (1.82 million USD) on August 27.

Personal remittances by overseas Filipino workers grew 5.3 percent to 13.37 billion USD in the first six months of 2015, according to the Manila Times.

A delegation of 15 Philippine businesses operating in food, packing and business franchises attended a trade exchange in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18 to seek cooperation opportunities in Vietnam.

The Philippines is likely to miss its 2015 target for rice output after dry weather hurt the first-half harvest, raising the prospect of increased imports to boost stocks.

The Philippines’ export turnover reached 5.28 billion USD in June, down 3.3 percent year-on-year, a fall for the third consecutive month, announced the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Aug 11.

Japan has pledged to provide a 2 billion USD loan to the Philippines in order to upgrade the national railway system, according to a statement released by the Philippines’ Foreign Ministry.

Filipino Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario - and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed territorial tensions in the Bien Dong Sea (East Sea) on the sidelines of the AMM 48 in Malaysia.

Thousands of Filipinos participated in an earthquake drill held in the Metro Manila on July 30.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has assured Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Jerril G. Santos that Vietnam will continue working closely with the Philippines to ensure a successful APEC Year 2015.