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Sydney Top Tours Shares Essential Advice for Summer Travellers to Sydney, Australia
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA, December 23, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the vibrant summer season unfolds in Sydney, the city becomes a bustling hub of activity, drawing tourists from across the globe. With cruise ships arriving back-to-back,...

23 Agreements Signed on Opening Day of GMBPF as Traders Explore Business Opportunities in Silver Economy and China Chic Industry
MACAU, July 25 - The 2025 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair (2025GMBPF), jointly organised by the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong...

Global Times: Chinese-built hydropower station lights up homes of remote Lao village, dreams of prosperity
Beijing, China, Dec. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In today's world, green has become the defining color of the New Era in China, with green development emerging as a significant feature of Chinese modernization. Green development, which seeks to...

Evidence for clean air action: quantifying emission sources in Lao PDR
Around March and April each year, most of Lao is shrouded in a toxic haze. In 2023, this haze pollution contributed to 2000 premature deaths in 2021. Exposure to air pollution inside people’s homes poses an even greater risk, contributing to an...

【Promote courtesy & quality enhancement】 MGTO reveals winning catering businesses and travel agencies of QTSAS 2024
MACAU, December 3 - Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) hosted the Award Ceremony for the Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme 2024 for catering businesses and travel agencies today (3 December) to commend winning merchants of this...

To His Excellency Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
AZERBAIJAN, December 2 - 02 December 2024, 11:09 Dear Mr. President, On behalf of myself and the people of Azerbaijan, I sincerely congratulate you and, through you, your entire nation on the occasion of the national holiday of the Lao People's...

Greater Bay Area Forum Focuses on New Directions for the Integration of Health Tourism, Logistics and Transport
MACAU, November 29 - In recent years, the “Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” and the “Overall Plan for the Construction of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone,” issued by the State Council,...

Vice Minister of Education and Sports, with support from Australia, hands over learning materials, essential products and clothes to Phin district in Savannakhet province
From 10th to 12th November 2024, H.E. Dr. Samlane Phankhavong, Vice Minister of Education and Sports (MoES) led a delegation composed of MoES representatives from the Department of Planning, the Cabinet, the Youth Union, Vientiane Provincial...

New Memoir SECRET PATHS REVEALED Shines Light on the Challenges Faced by Women of Color in America
Charleston, SC, July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Born in Laos, the eldest of five siblings, Ia Yang Kue bore the weight of her father’s dreams for a better life. Escaping a communist regime and America’s "secret war," Kue alongside her family...

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão to Visit Lao PDR, Portugal and Indonesia
Mon. 07 of Outubro of 2024, 08:41h The Prime Minister, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, will embark on a series of visits starting this week on October 8th to Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), then on official visit to Portugal, followed by a...

ADB Forecasts 4% Growth for Lao PDR in 2024
VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (25 September 2024) — Services and clean energy investments are supporting growth in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), but macroeconomic challenges from public debt continue to constrain...

North Coast Communications Opens Asia Office
Firm to deliver strategic marketing, communications, and public affairs expertise across Asia with new hub in Manila. MANILA, PHILIPPINES, July 9, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- North Coast Communications LLC has opened a new Asia Office to provide...

US deports convicted criminals to South Sudan
(MENAFN) Eight individuals labeled as “barbaric criminal illegal aliens” by U.S. authorities have been deported to South Sudan, a nation the U.S. State Department warns travelers to avoid due to ongoing violence, crime, and abductions. According...

U.S. Deports Eight ‘Illegal Aliens’ to South Sudan
(MENAFN) The United States has expelled eight individuals it referred to as “barbaric criminal illegal aliens” to South Sudan, a nation that the US State Department strongly advises against traveling to because of widespread violence, kidnappings,...

Visit Philadelphia Debuts Within Us, Celebrating Underrepresented AAPI Voices
PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 2025 – Visit Philadelphia is proud to debut Within Us, a new video series highlighting the diverse experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) residents in Philadelphia. Created in honor of AAPI Heritage Month,...

US puts seven African nations on blacklist
(MENAFN) President Donald Trump has implemented a travel ban affecting nationals from seven African countries — Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan — citing terrorism risks and high visa overstay...

Trump prohibits residents of dozen nations from US
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a new proclamation barring citizens from 12 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, and Yemen, from entering the United States. The full travel ban, which will take effect on June 9, cites national...

Art Macao 2025 opens this summer Sparking citywide artistic resonance through an everyday question
MACAU, July 2 - The mega international cultural and artistic event “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2025” (hereinafter referred to as “Art Macao 2025”) will be held from July to October this year. The event, jointly developed by the...

Philip Rudge – A Tireless Campaigner for Refugee Rights in Europe
By Martin Barber and Jeff Crisp We were both working at the British Refugee Council (BRC) in 1984, when Philip Rudge arrived to set up the office of the modestly-named European Consultation on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) on the top floor of 3-9...

Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia continue collaboration to identify inclusive teaching practices
From 10 February – 7 March 2025, a research team of 32 enumerators from several Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) departments and three Teacher Training Colleges (Luang Namtha, Khang Khai and Savannakhet) will travel to primary schools...