The top US diplomat for East Asia met with South Korean officials Thursday to discuss North Korea, the bilateral alliance, and joint efforts to build resilient global supply chains. Daniel Kritenbrink and his South Korean counterpart Yeo Seung-bae reaffirmed the robust South Korea-US alliance as the linchpin of peace and

 The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Thursday left its forecast for global oil-demand growth in 2022 unchanged from its October estimate at 4.2 million barrels a day. That would put global oil demand at some 100 million barrels a day next year, OPEC said in its monthly

Supply chains in Southeast Asia are racing to recover to full strength after months of factory stoppages and production cuts. Auto component makers ramp up output as Hanoi eases pandemic restrictions, Japan’s Nikkei Asia said on Tuesday.  The Nikkei said Japan’s Furukawa Electric expects to return to full capacity at its

A rare species of leafless orchid has been discovered in Ru Linh forest of the Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province.  Researchers from the Central Region Institute of Scientific Research and Quang Tri province’s Forest Protection Department, who found the orchid, said it has the scientific name Erythrorchis ochobiensis Garay

  Chinese Taipei has announced their reopening to temporarily receive foreign workers in November through December depending on whether the labor supplying countries meet pandemic preventive conditions. The Department of Overseas Labor at the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs quoted the Management Board of Vietnamese Workers in Chinese Taipei

  The agenda discussed at the National Assembly’s year-end session and the two-day Q&A session are of great interest to Overseas Vietnamese.  Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quoc Si, a Vietnamese living in Russia and President of VinIT Institute of Technology said: “The big result I’ve seen over the past two days has