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The US plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war with Russia, the White House said today. More than 3.6 million refugees have fled Ukraine, according to the UNHCR, with most going to neighboring Poland. While the Biden administration didn’t give a timeline for the commitment, it…

A Vietnam Airlines Airbus A330-200 plane prepares for landing at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam November 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kham Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comHANOI, March 23 (Reuters) - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will temporarily suspend regular flights from Hanoi to Moscow starting from March 25…

MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Excerpts culled from a replay of “The Chat Room” on PTV, with UniTeam candidate BBM replying to questions by Communication Secretary Martin Andanar and Erwin Tulfo. “Food sovereignty.” Plant enough to produce our own supply to keep prices steady. Learn from countries like Vietnam, which…

PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Former President Fidel V. Ramos celebrated his 94th birthday last Thursday, March 18, which was marked by the launching of the Fidel V. Ramos Presidential Library, the first online presidential library in the country. A hero of the Edsa People…

Hong Kong Customs seized about 10.2 million suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about $28 million at the Tsing Yi Customs Cargo Examination Compound on Thursday. Customs officers found the consignment inside a 40-foot transshipment container, declared to be carrying plastic bins. It had arrived from Vietnam…

Pham Doan Trang was sentenced to nine years in prison for “anti-state propaganda” in December. Photo: Paul Mooney This week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced jailed Vietnamese dissident journalist Pham Doan Trang as a winner of the International Women of Courage prize—an annual award given by the Department of…

Baked Lime Pork Spring Rolls By: Georgia Harding These are like a traditional Vietnamese spring roll — wrapped in a lettuce cup with a zesty sauce. I think it’s the best way to enjoy spring rolls. Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 500g pork mince 1 bunch spring onions, thinly sliced…

Experiential retail, which integrates shopping with engaging and interactive entertainment, can be a game changer for businesses and direct-to-consumer merchants. According to a 2021 report by market research firm GWI, one-third of consumers say it’s important for them to be entertained when they shop. In another report by property consultancy…

An international team of researchers has described a new species of the tree frog genus Theloderma from northeastern Vietnam. Theloderma khoii, holotype, male, in life. Image credit: Ninh et al., doi: 10.5852/ejt.2022.794.1655. The genus Theloderma is a poorly known group of tree frogs due to their cryptic habits and because…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comHANOI, March 15 (Reuters) - A consortium of South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp (028260.KS) and Vietnam's Lilama Corp has won a $940 million contract to build Vietnam's first LNG-fired power plants, Lilama said in a statement on Tuesday Under the engineering, procurement and…