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The Philippines has suspended government work and shut schools, and its central bank halted foreign currency trading due to Tropical Storm Trami, which was barreling in towards the east coast of the country's main island of Luzon.

The national carrier will operate seven flights per week between the two Southeast Asian countries, four on the HCM City-Manila route and the remainder on the Hà Nội-Manila one.

President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. visited the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, a world cultural heritage site in Hanoi, on Tuesday as part of the latter's state visit to Vietnam.

The famous noodles dish pho has been franchised for the first time in the Philippines along with milk tea and spa services by three Vietnam’s companies.

Coach Philippe Troussier and his players are currently taking part in an intensive training camp in preparation for the November 16 match of Group F at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.

Vietnam entered the semifinals of AFF U23 Championship after beating Philippines 1-0 in the second match of group C on Tuesday night.

Despite losing 1-2 to the Philippines in the last match of Group A on May 9, the Vietnamese women's football team achieved the goal of not losing by a margin of more than two goals to keep their top position of the group and thus advancing to the semi-finals of the 32nd SEA Games.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ said that he hoped businesses of both countries to exchange and share their interest in the investment and business environment in Việt Nam.

The trips will be made at the invitation of President of the Cambodian National Assembly and AIPA-43 Chair Samdech Heng Samrin, and President of the Senate of the Philippines Juan Miguel Zubiri, according to the NA’s Committee of External Relations.

The Philippines would reopen its doors to vaccinated foreign tourists from 157 countries and territories, including Vietnam, from Thursday with mandatory quarantine exemption.