Urgent action is required to assist and protect some 400 Vietnamese migrant workers who were allegedly trafficked to Serbia, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday.
Eight companies, including Vietnamese labor recruitment (...)
Addressing the virtual World Economic Forum, on Monday, the United Nations' Secretary-General, António Guterres, told world and business leaders that "global solidarity is missing in action".
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, for the second year in (...)
Charles McGee, a highly decorated American pilot who battled racism and segregation in the military, has died aged 102.
He passed away in his sleep on Sunday morning, his family said. "He had his right hand over his heart and was smiling serenely," (...)
Despite travel bans and other COVID-19 restrictions, the small team at Vietnam's wildlife forensic lab has been bolstering police efforts to crack down on illegal trafficking, with support from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The limited (...)
Last week, a law graduate in India applied for a job as a driver.
Jitendra Maurya was one of more than 10,000 jobless young people who turned up for interviews for 15 low-skilled government jobs in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
Many of them (...)
The UN Security Council got five new members Tuesday, as Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates formally took up the posts they won in an election in June.
Ambassadors made brief remarks, installed their countries' flags (...)
This year saw another steady stream of UN-backed reports reinforcing a stark message: man-made climate change is an urgent and even existential threat to life on Earth. Will the international community's efforts to tackle the crisis, as seen at the (...)
The defense ministers of Japan and China on Monday agreed to set up a joint communication hotline by the end of 2022, a news release from Japan's Defense Ministry said, amid tensions between the East Asian neighbors.
CNN said China's Defense (...)
Authorities in Vietnam must immediately release four activists jailed this week for spreading anti-State propaganda, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Over a three-day period, prominent human rights defenders Trinh Ba Phoung, Nguyen (...)
Lego has announced plans to build a new manufacturing operation in Vietnam to keep up with growing demand for its products in Asia, BBC reported.
The toymaking giant said it will invest more than $1bn (£760m) in the project, which will be near the (...)
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) confirmed that starting from one o'clock in the morning of today, Wednesday, 01/12/2021, the suspension of direct entry to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will begin to be lifted from 6 countries from which (...)
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has confirmed that starting from Wednesday morning, Saudi Arabia has lifted the suspension of direct flights from six countries. The ban was imposed in March 2020 to contain the spread of (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) announced on Monday that expatriates from 17 countries can benefit from the recent government decision to extend the validity of residency permit (iqama), exit and reentry visas and (...)
The Council of Ministers virtual meeting, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, prime minister, considered the start of commercial development work for Jafurah unconventional gas field in the Eastern Province, an essential (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister, chaired the Cabinet's virtual session today.
At the outset of the session, the Cabinet reviewed the content of the recent meetings that took place between the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will allow direct entry from all countries for all people who received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine from within the Kingdom, starting from 1:00 am on Saturday, Dec. 4.
The travelers have required to spend three days in (...)
RIYADH — The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has issued on Thursday instructions to all air carriers operating in Saudi airports with regard to complying with coronavirus protocols following the lifting of the suspension of direct entry (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has announced on Thursday that it will allow direct entry from six countries including Indonesia, Pakistan, India and Egypt without spending 14-day quarantine in a third country.
The new directive will come into force from 1:00 (...)
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued its instructions to all air carriers operating in the Kingdom's airports, regarding the lifting of the suspension of direct entry to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from some banned countries.
The (...)
An official source in the Ministry of Interior announced allowing direct entry to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the following countries: the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Socialist (...)
HANOI – Saudi Arabia continued its victorious march to Qatar World Cup 2022, with sealing its fifth win in six matches by beating Vietnam 1-0 in the Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on Tuesday.
Also (...)
After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according to the UN Secretary-General, "reflects the interests, the contradictions, and the (...)
The Saudi National Team arrived today in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, in preparation to face Vietnam next Tuesday at My Dinh Stadium.
This match comes within the sixth round of the final Asian qualifiers for the World Cup 2022.
Upon arrival at Noi (...)
SYDNEY – The Green Falcons dampened the Socceroos' much-anticipated homecoming Thursday with a scoreless draw in a World Cup qualifying clash in Sydney.
Saudi Arabia continues to remain the topper in Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier with (...)
South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched a new bilateral defense ministerial dialogue on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said, as Seoul pushes to cement ties with the regional bloc under its signature New Southern (...)
