Vanuatu national football team due in Honiara today
Vanuatu football team will arrive in Honiara today to take on the Solomon Islands national team in an international friendly match at Lawson Tama Stadium.The friendly match that will be played on...
View ArticleTsunami warning sirens to be tested in Port Vila
Tsunami warning sirens around the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila will be tested for the first time this week.The manager of the geo-hazard division in the department of Meteorology, Esline Bule told the...
View ArticlePacific Mini Games Mascot Nasi & Em Pawa star at Children’s Program and Wilco...
This year’s Children’s Day program was very special as communities, churches and schools around Port Vila and Efate sought to bring laughter and smiles to children’s faces.The appearance of the Pacific...
View ArticleVanuatu’s Joyce Napuat named ‘Inspiring Pacific Women’
An advocate on the Rights of People with Disabilities in Vanuatu, Joyce Napuat has been named in the Pacific Community’s (SPC) list of 70 Inspiring Pacific Women.The Pacific women are recognised for...
View ArticleVanuatu Students Association Fiji clarifies scholarships termination
The Vanuatu Student Association in Fiji (VSA) has clarified that only four students have returned to their country after their scholarship was terminated.There were reports that ten students from...
View ArticleRecruitment process for Van2017 Team Leaders under way
The Van2017 Volunteer program has started to recruit Team Leaders who will take charge of volunteers in an array of vital services during the Mini Games.The process began last week with handpicked...
View ArticleVanuatu Netball Bench officials undergo training for Pacific Mini Games
The Vanuatu Netball Federation has selected 16 bench officials who have undergone one week of training on how to carry out their duties during a game.A New Zealand Instructor for Netball Oceania,...
View ArticleVanuatu drone trial participants selected to assess vaccine delivery in...
Vanuatu Government with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced the selected participants who will take part in the first phase of the Vanuatu drone trial in August.The...
View ArticleEntertaining football expected in Vanuatu vs Solomon Islands international...
Vanuatu and Solomon Islands national football teams will both go onto the field at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara tomorrow (Friday) with high expectations of winning the game.It is anticipated that the...
View ArticleChina opens new embassy in Vanuatu
The new embassy is the symbol of strong diplomatic relations between China and Vanuatu says China’s Ambassador Liu Quan.Speaking at the opening of the building in Port Vila this week, Ambassador Liu...
View ArticleVanuatu and Solomon Islands friendly match ends in draw
\Melanesian rivals Solomon Islands and Vanuatu ended their friendly in a tough nil all draw at the Lawson Tama stadium in Honiara on Friday.Vanuatu started the match as the better side dominating the...
View ArticlePresident, VP and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince send congratulatory message to...
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to Pastor Tallis Obed Moses, President of Vanuatu, on the occasion of his country's Independence...
View ArticleVanuatu government welcomes Gender and Human Rights peer review
A three-member Forum team is in Vanuatu this week for the country’s first gender and human rights peer review. A statement said the Government of Vanuatu welcomes the review as it will strengthen...
View ArticleNew 5000 vatu note for Vanuatu
A new 5000 vatu note has been launched in Vanuatu.The Reserve Bank's governor, Simeon Arthy, says the new polymer notes are the first major change to Vanuatu's currency since the current paper vatu was...
View ArticleVanuatu airport upgrades on track
Vanuatu's government says plans to upgrade the country's main airports remain on track, with construction work expected to start by the end of August.The World Bank-funded upgrade was hurriedly...
View ArticleVanuatu president pushes ni-Vanuatu jobs
Vanuatu's President Tallis Obed Moses says newly set up foreign companies must employ ni-Vanuatu before hiring overseas workers.The president said expatriate professionals can only be hired for tasks...
View ArticleHandover of water system to Vanuatu’s Lamap community
About 1500 members of the community of Lamap on the south eastern tip of Malekula Island in Vanuatu now have a proper water supply system.The water supply system was handed over to the community by the...
View ArticlePacific Mini Games Mascot Nasi in special display for Vanuatu Independence day
The upcoming Pacific Mini Games sporting event was the highlight on the 30th of July 2017 official program of the national Independence Day, with the presence of the Games Mascot Nasi and children’s...
View ArticleVanuatu Council of Ministers extends term of Pam recovery committee
Vanuatu’s Council of Ministers has extended the term of the Programme Recovery Committee that is tasked to provide oversight and governance into recovery projects in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam.The...
View ArticleGender and human rights must be in Vanuatu govt planning - review
The head of the team reviewing gender and human rights in Vanuatu says the team is trying to normalise such ideas in government policy and planning.It was the first time Vanuatu was undergoing a...
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