HANOI/WAM Vietnam plans to strengthen the existing Law on Advertising with a key focus on social media marketing, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported on Friday. The draft law proposing amendments and supplements to several provisions of the Law on Advertising will be up for discussion at the next session of the National Assembly. Proposals to tighten control, which have sparked …

TOKYO / WAM The Japanese government on Thursday upgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in 15 months, citing a modest rebound in private consumption, Kyodo News reported. In its monthly report for August, the Cabinet Office described the economy as “recovering at a moderate pace, although it appears to be pausing in part.” The government used …

SHARJAH/WAM H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, on Friday visited Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, one of the oldest libraries in the world, founded in 1609. His Highness was received, upon his arrival, by Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of Sharjah Book Authority; Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Emirates Airline’s Divisional …