Photo from FIBA Gilas Pilipinas ruled out Kai Sotto’s inclusion in next month’s Southeast Asian Games, but is hopeful that he can don the national colors in at least one of the tournaments lined up in the coming months. Team manager Butch Antonio said there are no plans to make last-minute...
Photo from PBA Japeth Aguilar’s availability for next month’s Southeast Asian Games could be determined this week, but team manager Butch Antonio hinted that it would be best for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel big man to take more time to recover from his ankle injury. Gilas is still...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda knows a good opportunity when he sees one. (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook) According to the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman, the Philippines' semiconductor and electronics industry should find “ways to capitalize on supply disruptions...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam recorded 11,160 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, down by 869 from Thursday, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections, which were recorded in 59 provinces and cities, were all domestically transmitted. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the epidemic...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam started its vaccination program for children aged five to 11 on Thursday, Vietnam News Agency reported. The northern province of Quang Ninh is the first locality in the country to inoculate its children in this age group. The first batch of vaccines administered to the...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Hundreds of thousands of children of kindergarten ages in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi returned to school on Wednesday after a months-long hiatus due to Covid-19. Unlike school pupils and university students, kindergarten children did not have online learning while the schools...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam logged 34,140 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, down 5,194 cases from Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwide, included 34,138 domestically transmitted and two imported. Localities reporting the highest number of...
The Philippines has received 200 tons of rice from the Vietnamese government for the communities hard-hit by Typhoon Odette late last year, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Meynardo LB. Montealegre with H.E. Nguyen Ming Hang, Assistant to the Foreign...
Hot air balloons are seen during an event to celebrate the National Tourism Year 2022 in Quang Nam province, Vietnam, March 25, 2022. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua) HANOI, Vietnam -- With proactive and continuous efforts, Vietnam is stepping up the resumption of international tourism while flexibly...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Foreign visitors entering Vietnam will no longer have to present Covid-19 vaccine certificates or go under mandatory quarantine, according to the latest policy released by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. The regulations, issued late Tuesday when Vietnam announced its full...
The Gilas Pilipinas women's basketball team Former US NCAA player Mai-Loni Henson was named to the 16-player pool of the Gilas Pilipinas for the women’s basketball competitions of the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games. Henson, now playing pro ball in France after a stint with the University of...
Robert Bolick (from left), Kevin Alas, June Mar Fajardo, Matthew Wright and Japeth Aguilar (PBA photos) June Mar Fajardo, Japeth Aguilar, Matthew Wright and Kevin Alas were among the PBA cagers named to the 16-man pool of Gilas Pilipinas for the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. The four...
