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Vietnamese NA chairman meets Lao counterpart in Hanoi

HANOI, Jan. 7 (PNA/Xinhua) — Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with his Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou in capital Hanoi on Monday,

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Early intervention can prevent HIV spread

BA RIA-VUNG TAU, Vietnam, Dec. 26 (PNA/VNS) — Early intervention and treatment can almost completely prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam, a workshop heard in

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Viet Nam targets 2014 for bio-fuel project green light By Manh Ha

HA NOI, Dec. 3 (PNA/VNS) — Viet Nam will start blending bio-fuels with petrol on a large scale to power road vehicles from 2014, as

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Enthralling night of music and food at Vietnam National Day

Give it to the dynamic Vietnam Ambassador Nguyen Vu Tu to come up with creative ways to enhance Philippine –Vietnam relations. Last year, it was

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China finishes construction of railway linking ASEAN

TONGHAI, Yunnan, Aug. 14 (PNA/Xinhua) — Construction workers on Tuesday laid the last piece of a railway that will link southwest China’s Yunnan Province with

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Vietnam affirms its sovereignty over Spratly, Paracel

HANOI, July 19 (PNA/VNS) -— A representative from the Foreign Ministry’s National Border Committee said Vietnam has sufficient legal and historical evidence to affirm its

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DA allots P6B to help mechanize rice farms, keep pace with Thailand, Vietnam

MANILA, July 3 (PNA) – The Department of Agriculture initially allots P6-billion fund to further increase rice production and farmers’ incomes, and subsequently hike the

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New transnational route between South China and Vietnam to open in August

NANNING, CHINA, March 12 (PNA/NNN-Xinhua) — A new transnational route linking the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in South China and Vietnam will open in August,

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Vietnam opposes rice “cartel” move

MANILA, Oct. 26 — Visiting Vietnamese president Truong Tan Sang on Thursday assured that the proposed Organization of Rice Exporting Countries (OREC) would not become

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Deepening PH and Vietnam relations

By: Ellen Tordesillas The Philippines and Vietnam share a common painful experience with colonial powers but each country dealt with them differently. Philippine history as

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The near saint from an Igorot mission school
June 18, 2013   //   0 Comments

By ELIZABETH LOLARGA Photos from the book The Odyssey of an Igorot Mission Girl. FOR a woman who formally entered school at age 10, Esperanza

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Business & Economy »

• International Food Exhibition (IFEX) Philippines to be Held in May 2013
• Where is the largest shopping malls in the world located? Want to know?
• Phoning from the Philippines
• DTI reports P5.171-B 2012 incremental investments in Zamboanga Peninsula
• Leisure Resorts World to invcrease authorized capital stock to P5 billion

Health & Lifestyle »

• Six ways to keep fit during election campaign
• 3.4 million Saudi Arabians suffer from diabetes
• Social distancing, cough etiquette, proper hygiene best ways to stop flu spread: Tayag
• The Filipino doctors are in
• H1N1 flu shots safe for pregnant women: study

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The near saint from an Igorot mission school
June 18, 2013   //   0 Comments

By ELIZABETH LOLARGA Photos from the book The Odyssey of an Igorot Mission Girl. FOR a woman who formally entered school at age 10, Esperanza

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First Jose Rizal monument in the Philippines
January 5, 2013   //   0 Comments

The first Jose Rizal monument in the Philippines was erected in Daet, Camarines Norte three years after the national hero’s execution in Luneta in 1896.

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Science & Technology »

• Apple Inc. to open online store in Indonesia
• Globe posts strong gains in 4Q 2012 NTC test By NV Constantino
• Convertibles: the next big thing in mobile devices
• Key parts of N. Korean rocket built without foreign help: experts By Kim Eun-jung
• Agham partylist hails President Aquino for enactment of Risk Reduction and Preparedness Equipment Protection Act

Travel & Tourism »

• Metro Manila Skyline 2012
• DOT sets media familiarization tour to Great Sta. Cruz Island
• Baguio cool weather attracting more tourists
• Indian air force chief arrives in Israel for military talks
• NAIA authorities prepared to prevent entry of flu virus from US By Jelly Musico

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Embassy Opens Field Office for Travel Documents and Releasing of Surrendered Passports
May 22, 2013   //   0 Comments

Philippine Embassy in Riyadh Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Press Release No. PR-088- 2013 15 May 2013 Embassy Opens Field Office for Travel Documents and

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