The defense chiefs of South Korea and the US have reaffirmed their robust alliance and agreed to closer cooperation between their defense forces one day after a new ballistic missile launch by North Korea. According to Seoul’s defense ministry, Minister Suh Wook and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held phone talks

  400 delegates have registered to attend Routes Asia Development Forum 2022, which will take place in Da Nang city in June. The event aims to revive tourism, open new air routes, and promote investment cooperation with international airlines. Routes Asia 2022 will consist of 19 different activities and events, including a forum called “Da Nang: a high potential destination of Asia”, an

Vietnam is seeking to maintain its top spot as rice exporter to several Southeast Asian countries by transitioning to higher value varieties, according to a consultation hosted by Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency on Thursday. In the first quarter of this year, the Philippines was Vietnam’s biggest rice buyer, accounting for more than 40% of

  – Elon Musk is expected to become Twitter’s temporary CEO after closing his 44 billion USD takeover of the social-media firm, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the billionaire inches closer to securing funds for the deal.  Musk, the world’s richest man, is also the

 Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far. There were 15 million excess deaths associated with COVID-19 by

 Vietravel Airlines has become the official airline partner for the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) following an agreement on Thursday. Vietravel will fly Vietnamese medal hopefuls to their competition destinations during the region’s biggest sports event, and cooperate with Vietravel Holdings’ ecosystem to hold a Walking Tour in Hanoi for both local and

 Vietnam has scrapped medical declaration requirements within the country, but localities will continue monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Health Ministry.  The Ministry said COVID-19 has been brought under control with the number of infections and deaths significantly falling. The vaccination coverage against the pandemic is high nationwide and