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Jakarta (VNA) – The third Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2018 (MNEK 2018) began on Lombok island in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara on May 5. The biennial event aims to strengthen friendship, build trust, and enhance coordination capacity among naval forces in humanitarian assistance and settlement of maritime security matters. Themed “Readiness and Cooperation for Responding to Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Contingencies,” the Komodo drill 2018 is expected to promote collaboration among countries in the field, especially in giving early warnings to prevent disasters, mitigate damages, and increase emergency rescue. Participating naval officers witnessed traditional performances such as parachuting, aircraft demonstration, and international fleet review with the participation of 50 ships of all kinds from countries, including Hospital Ship 561 of the Vietnam People’s Navy. The Komodo exercise was initiated in 2014. This year’s event … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s Third Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo begins

Meanwhile, because of Ministry of Public Security’s order, traffic police have withdrawn from mobile vehicle load checkpoints on major national highways, leaving monitoring to provincial departments of transport, making it harder to punish those vehicles. … [Read more...] about Poor management leading to overloaded trucks on the road

From her memories, her father used to find his smoking tools here, like the Vietnamese bamboo pipes, smoking bowls, bamboo slices, and traditional Vietnamese rice wine, while her mother carefully picked the best river crabs to steam her authentic northern jute mallow veggie soup. … [Read more...] about North markets home sweet home for Vietnamese northerners living in Saigon

"Outbound departures by Singapore residents had crossed the 10 million mark in 2018 and will heighten in the next few years. NATAS has always been a strong advocate of travel insurance and believes that a comprehensive travel insurance is fundamental to smart travelling. The association is excited to partner Etiqa Insurance to effectively drive this message across to all travellers via the biannual NATAS Travel Fairs and various marketing outreach initiatives. Beyond the NATAS Travel Fairs, we envisage this collaboration to unlock new possibilities in strengthening the value propositions of the travel agency community," remarked Mr Steven Ler, President of NATAS. … [Read more...] about Etiqa joins industry lead body NATAS in leading travel excellence as Official Travel Insurer

T'Nung Lake, also known as Bien Ho Lake, meaning "Eyes of Pleiku", is considered a treasure given to the Gia Lai mountain city with its large lake area, fresh air and surrounding green pines. But only local people know that Bien Ho Lake is still divided into two parts, separated by a small suspension bridge, with one side called "Bien Ho Lake" (T’Nung Lake), the other side is tea fields located around a hundred-year-old road, called Bien Ho Tea. … [Read more...] about Walking on the most romantic road in Gia Lai