Browsing Manila Bulletin by Place "Vietnam"

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    • 17 more complete aquaculture course 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 24, 1999, on page 34)
      Seventeen more Asians completed this month another training course on freshwater aquaculture conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) here. The four-week (Aug. ...

    • 18 PH seamen feared lost as ship sinks 

      Sabater-Namit, Madel (Manila Bulletin, January 4, 2015, on page 1-6)
      Eighteen Filipino seamen were feared dead when an ore carrier, the Bulk Jupiter, sank off the coast of Vietnam on Friday, January 2. The vessel left Kuantan, Malaysia en route to China and was reportedly loaded with 46,400 ...

    • 2 Vietnamese fishers killed, 5 nabbed for poaching off Bolinao 

      Inigo, Liezel Basa; Recuenco, Aaron; Mabasa, Roy C.; Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, September 26, 2017, on page 1-6)
      Two Vietnamese fishermen were killed while five others were arrested after a brief chase off the coast of Bolinao town Friday night for fishing in Philippine waters. The fatalities were identified as Le Van Liem and Le Van ...

    • 37 Asians complete aquaculture training 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2000, on page 25)
      A total of 37 Southeast Asians completed two separate training courses on aquaculture conducted recently by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) here. The first course was ...

    • Against the tide: an alternative narrative to the South China Sea dispute 

      Nada, Nana (Manila Bulletin, NaN, 2017, on page 2)
      In July 2016, the Hague based Permanent Court of Arbitration announced its verdict on the South China Sea dispute ruling in favor of the Philippines over China under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ...

    • Agriculture remains our greatest hope 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2015, on page 10)
      When the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) was set up in Los Baños, Laguna, in 1960, with the support of the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Philippine government, it proceeded to undertake ...

    • Alarm sounded anew on China's reclamation on disputed waters 

      Mabasa, Roy (Manila Bulletin, March 17, 2015, on page 2)
      China’s “unbridled reclamation activity” in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) worsens an already sensitive geopolitical situation and raises the specter of increasing militarization in the region. Foreign Affairs ...

    • Alliance with the US must be enforced to deter China's aggressive acts 

      Sta. Maria, Mel (Manila Bulletin, June 21, 2019, on page 8)
      From the Filipino fishermen’s account, the Chinese vessel’s act in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) sinking their boat -- almost killing them -- was deliberate, an aggressive act against the Philippines, endangering our ...

    • Another US sail-by, another China protest 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2019, on page 8)
      Two United States guided-missile destroyers – the USS Spruance and the USS Preble — sailed into the South China Sea last Monday, close to the Spratly island group near Palawan. The sail-bys were, as expected, immediately ...

    • Aquaculture lab at SEAFDEC seen paving way for GM products 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, August 25, 2002, on page B-2)
      An aquaculture technology laboratory being set up for South East Asia is paving the way toward the adoption of biotechnology for developing more productive, genetically modified fishery products in the Philippines. Dr. ...

    • Aquaculture technologists end course 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 31, 1999, on page 16)
      Eighteen Aquaculture technologists from seven Asian countries completed recently an Aquaculture training course conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center AquacultureDepartment (SEAFDEC AQD). The intensive ...

    • Aquino, Vietnam PM may tackle dispute with China 

      Ruiz, JC Bello (Manila Bulletin, May 18, 2014, on page 1-18)
      Territorial disputes with China may be on top of the agenda when President Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meet in Manila this week, Malacañang said yesterday. The meeting between the two leaders comes in the wake of the ...

    • Aquino: World should fear China’s actions in South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, April 15, 2015, on page 1-19)
      The contested claims have for decades made the sea one of Asia’s flashpoints, and tensions have risen in recent years as China has moved to assert its authority over the areas. Following a tense standoff between Chinese ...

    • ASEAN militaries commit to South China Sea peace 

      Wakefield, Francis T. (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2018, on page 6)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Rey Leonardo Guerrero confirmed over the weekend that he and nine other chiefs of Defense Forces of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reaffirmed ...

    • ASEAN ministers sign sustainable fisheries plan 

      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) (Manila Bulletin, February 28, 2002, on page B-10)
      Ministers of government agencies in Southeast Asia concerned with fisheries have signed a Resolution on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security for the ASEAN Region. The signing of the plan capped the "ASEAN-SEAFDEC ...

    • ASEAN nations approve responsible fisheries code 

      (Manila Bulletin, April 25, 2005, on page 9)
      Eleven ASEAN nations belonging to the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) have agreed to promote the implementation of the Code of Conduct for the Responsible Fisheries in fishing operations, aquaculture, ...

    • ASEAN, China set to build trust first, before drafting COC S. China Sea 

      Mabasa, Roy C.; Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B.; Wakefield, Francis T. (Manila Bulletin, November 17, 2017, on page 8)
      Expect no Code of Conduct (COC) in the immediate future as talks between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China shifts its focus on confidence-building and preventive measures to enhance trust among ...

    • Asia’s ocean pollution crisis 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, June 6, 2018, on page 2)
      A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands — grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped ...

    • Beijing pays a price for the assertiveness in South China Sea 

      Browne, Andrew (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 2014, on page 12)
      Faced with mounting Chinese assertiveness, nothing seems to illustrate the impotence of Southeast Asian nations more than their glacial progress toward a code of conduct with Beijing on the South China Sea. It's been a ...

    • Beijng developing satellites for watching South China Sea traffic 

      Bloomberg (Manila Bulletin, August 22, 2018, on page B-4)
      China is developing a satellite system that will allow it to closely watch the South China Sea, the China News Service reported, helping it to consolidate control over the disputed waters. The first of 10 satellites is ...