The first direct flight linking Hanoi to the Philippines’ capital Manila will take off on March 31, aiming to promote tourist exchange between the two countries, Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced at a meeting with media in Hanoi on January 31.
Five workers were killed and 55 others injured in a four-storey bunkhouse collapse which occurred at dawn on March 6 in the central Philippine city of Cebu.
A national of the Republic of Korea (RoK) was found shot to death in the Philippines’ resort province of Cebu, the RoK foreign ministry said on May 21.
Two Chinese diplomats were killed in a gun attack at a local restaurant in the central Philippine city of Cebu on October 21 while the Chinese Consul General in Cebu was wounded.