Tag: Vietnam

Kalayaan island group, ipinanukalang ideklarang ecotourism destination, protected area

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Sinusulong ngayon sa Senado ang panukalang ideklarang ecotourism destination at protected area ang Kalayaan Group of Islands, kabilang na ang Pag-asa island, na inaangkin din ng Tsina at iba pang bansa. Sa Senate Bill 944, ipinanukala ni Senador Sonny Angara ang pagbuo ng governing board na mangangasiwa sa development ng grupo ng mga isla upang maging mga major tourist destination ang mga ito. Ang Pag-asa island, halimbawa, aniya, ay isang magandang isla at hindi […]

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Japanese emperor heads to Vietnam for first time

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s emperor left for Vietnam on Tuesday to meet families of Japanese soldiers sent there by his father more than seven decades earlier during World War II. The 83-year-old Akihito and his wife, Michiko, are making their first visit to the country, the latest in a series of trips to former battlegrounds. “It is our hope that our visit to Vietnam will contribute to the further development of the mutual understanding […]

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Abe stresses U.S. importance for prosperity in Asia-Pacific

(Reuters) — The commitment of the United States is vital for peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday (January 16) during a visit to Vietnam, the last destination of his six-day trip to the region. “We (Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Australia) have agreed that the commitment of the United States is vital for the peace and prosperity of the region,” he told a news conference in Hanoi, […]

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Japanese and Vietnamese leaders discuss South China Sea security

HANOI, Vietnam (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a state welcoming ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday (January 16). Vietnam is the last leg of his six-day Asia-Pacific tour, aimed at bolstering security cooperation amid tensions on the South China Sea. In Vietnam, Abe announced that Japan would supply six new patrol boats to Vietnam, which too is locked in a dispute with China over the disputed South China Sea territories. China has […]

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Kerry back in Vietnam on last diplomatic tour

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — US Secretary of State John Kerry returned to Vietnam on Thursday for an emotional first stop on his final tour before stepping down as Washington’s top diplomat. Kerry fought in Vietnam as a naval officer before returning to the United States in 1969 to become a prominent opponent of the war, his first foray into public life. Later, as a US senator, he worked to mend ties between the former foes […]

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Japanese PM Abe, bibisita sa Phl, Australia, Indonesia at Vietnam

  MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News)– Bibisita si Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sa Pilipinas, Australia, Indonesia at Vietnam sa anim na araw na biyahe simula ngayong Huwebes (Enero 12, 2017). Ayon kay Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, nilalayon ng mga biyahe ng Prime Minister na palakasin ang relasyon at bigyang-diin ang koordinasyon ng Japan sa Asia-Pacific. Ito ay para sa isang malaya at bukas (open) na world order na sang-ayon sa batas. Unang bibisita si Prime […]

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Scissors pulled from Vietnam man’s stomach 18 years after surgery

  HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — A Vietnamese man has had scissors removed from his abdomen which were left behind during surgery 18 years ago, after reporting a stomachache that was nearly two decades in the making. Ma Van Nhat, now 54, underwent surgery in 1998 after a car accident and only recently discovered that doctors had left an unwelcome gift behind when they closed him up. Doctors discovered the 15-centimetre (six-inch) scissors near his colon […]

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Satellite images appear to show Vietnam dredging on disputed reef

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) —  Vietnam has started dredging work on a reef in the South China Sea, fresh satellite images appear to show, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most of the disputed waterway. An image of the small Ladd Reef in the Spratly Islands, where Vietnam has a lighthouse, shows several vessels in a carved out embankment on the reef’s edge. Sediment can be seen leaking out into the ocean, according to […]

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Prince William warns of looming threat of extinction

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Britain’s Prince William on Thursday delivered a dire warning on the fate of the world’s endangered wildlife, telling a major conference in Hanoi that vulnerable species are being killed at a “horrifying” rate. Vietnam is a global hub for the illicit trade of contraband animal products, including ivory, rhino horn, pangolin, tiger and bear parts. The communist country is both a top consumer and popular transit route for illegal products from […]

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Scaling the odds at Vietnam’s pangolin rehab

by Jenny VAUGHAN CUC PHUONG, Vietnam (AFP) — Pangolin Mi Bo has seen better days. He arrived at a rescue centre in Vietnam missing a paw after it was cut off in a snare trap. The rest of his body is marked by red lacerations, and he will probably never regain enough strength to return to the wild. But he is among the lucky ones. Rescued from poachers, Mi Bo and dozens of other pangolins […]

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President Duterte sets 17 Vietnamese fishermen free

https://youtu.be/9uzUaDogNmc SUAL, Philippines | AFP | — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday personally saw off 17 Vietnamese fishermen who had trespassed in Philippine waters, after ordering their release in a gesture of friendship towards Hanoi. Duterte ordered the release of the 17 men, who were apprehended aboard three fishing boats on September 8, after visiting Vietnam, a fellow member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). At a send-off ceremony, Duterte told diplomats and […]

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