Regional cooperation key to renewable energy in Asia: experts Environment

Regional cooperation key to renewable energy in Asia: experts

International industry experts and businesses in the energy sector stressed the importance of cross-border cooperation and technology transfer for the region’s efforts to shift away from coal power at an online webinar hosted by Viet Nam News and the Asia News Network on June 15.
Officials pay visits to Bac Lieu, Soc Trang on Chol Chnam Thmay Festival Society

Officials pay visits to Bac Lieu, Soc Trang on Chol Chnam Thmay Festival

A delegation of the National Assembly's Council for Ethnic Affairs and the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs on April 4 visited the Mekong Delta provinces of Bac Lieu and Soc Trang on the occasion of Chol Chnam Thmay, which is one of the most important festivals of the Khmer ethnic minority people.
US Secretary of Defense visits Singapore World

US Secretary of Defense visits Singapore

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin on July 26 and 27 visited the Southeast Asian nation and held talks with his Singaporean counterpart Ng Eng Hen, according to a joint announcement issued after the talks.
Exhibition spotlights Vietnam-Russia military cooperation Society

Exhibition spotlights Vietnam-Russia military cooperation

Valuable documents and objects demonstrating military cooperation between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union (now Russia) during the Southeast Asian nation’s struggle for national liberation are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in Saint Petersburg on September 17.
Tourist destinations nationwide reopen their doors Travel

Tourist destinations nationwide reopen their doors

Visitors to the central province of Thanh Hoa can now visit tourist destinations in the province, which have re-opened since last weekend, according to the decision of the Chairman of provincial People’s Committee.
 New community tour sites to be built in Da Nang Travel

New community tour sites to be built in Da Nang

The central city of Da Nang has piloted the three first community-based tourism sites in suburban Hoa Vang district as rural ethnic and farm experience attractions in the Master Plan 2025-2030.
Remittances to Cambodia drop sharply due to COVID-19 ASEAN

Remittances to Cambodia drop sharply due to COVID-19

Cambodia is to join the ranks of declining overseas worker remittances this year after the World Bank projected global remittances will decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 because of the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent business shutdowns.