TEHRAN – Parts of a gigantic traditional Yakhchal (ice storage) in the city of Khalilabad, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province will undergo some rehabilitation works. The restoration project ... ( read original story ...)
Record Flooding In Vietnam Leaves 2.5 Million Children At Risk
Cascading floods and devastating landslides in central Vietnam have left more than 2.5 million children at risk of disease, poor nutrition and delayed development. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Moves Blogger From Prison to Psychiatric Hospital
A Vietnamese blogger detained in May on accusations of producing anti-state propaganda has been transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital in Hanoi. Pham Chi Thanh, commonly known as Pham Thanh ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam to buy more power from Laos
VIETNAM will buy more electricity from Laos starting in 2024 as the country expects to experience power shortages amid a rapidly developing economy. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam reviews 2020 performance of Asean Committee in New York
The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN held a virtual meeting on Monday (Dec 7) to summarise activities of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Committee in New York this year and ... ( read original story ...)
Disabled Bradenton Vietnam veteran struggles for neighborhood sidewalk access
More: Veterans Day: 75 years later, Sarasota Navy vet recalls watching surrender in Tokyo Bay More: Sarasota sheriff’s deputy and veteran dies of cancer after military burn-pit exposure But what ... ( read original story ...)
Record Hunger In The Philippines As Covid Restrictions Bite
Covid-19 restrictions have crippled the economy and thrown many out of work. "I've never seen hunger at this level before," said Jomar Fleras, executive director of Rise Against Hunger in the ... ( read original story ...)
Locsin: Philippines owes no thank you to EU countries supporting arbitral victory in West Philippine Sea
"The arbitral award stands on its own merit. It is a judicial award. It is now part of the international law. If I were to say thank you to Europe, then it would seem that the validity, the strength, ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines to face longer, shallower economic recovery
The Philippines’ return to prepandemic economic growth levels will take longer than expected, with next year’s expansion likely to remain constrained by downside risks, including challenges to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Takeda says drug pipeline to lift sales to $48 billion in next decade
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Wednesday its drug pipeline is poised to drive annual sales up by more than 50%, to 5 trillion yen ($48.01 billion) in the next decade. Japan's biggest ... ( read original story ...)