VOV.VN - The Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony on June 19 to recognise Bui Quang Minh, a famous businessman in the Vietnamese startup community, as Honorary Consul of Slovenia in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Despite a bright economic outlook for this year, Vietnamese GDP growth is unlikely to achieve the target of 6.5% set by the National Assembly (NA) due to internal and external impacts, said Nguyen Quoc Viet, deputy director of the Vietnam Institute for Economics and Policy Research (VEPR).

VOV.VN - A total of 13 Vietnamese enterprises joined 60 startup and innovation firms from Japan and the five ASEAN member states of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, and Thailand to attend the Japan-ASEAN Startup Business Matching Fair 2024 held on June 19 in Bangkok, Thailand.

VOV.VN - The Russian press has simultaneously reported on Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Vietnam over recent days.

VOV.VN - Russian President Vladimir Putin received warm welcome at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi upon his arrival on June 19 night, starting a state visit to Vietnam from June 19-20 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh gave a reception in Hanoi on June 19 to visiting Director General of Russia's Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation A.E.Likhachev, during which the former suggested Russia continue supporting Vietnam in training human resources in nuclear science.

VOV.VN - A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Minh Tam, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, attended the International Inter-Party Forum “BRICS and Partner-Countries” (BRICS+) 2024 hosted by the United Russia party in Vladivostok, Russia from June 16-19.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko have agreed that both nations need to carry out practical activities and projects to promote cultural values, education, people-to-people exchange, and locality-to-locality cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Traffic Police Department led a convoy of specialised cars and motorcycles on June 19 to rehearse in preparation for the visit to Vietnam of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

VOV.VN - The Indian Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City desires to set up additional programmes aimed at promoting tourist destinations in the Mekong Delta such as Can Tho city to the Indian people, said Madan Mohan Sethi, consul general of India in Ho Chi Minh City, on June 19.