VOV.VN - Vietnamese athletes departed for India on July 26 as they head to compete in the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2023 which will be held from July 28 to August 5.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on July 24 appointed Shantanu Chakraborty as its new Country Director for Vietnam, succeeding Andrew Jeffries who ended his term as Country Director on April 27.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese fighters achieved major success at the Asian Karate Federation (AKF) Senior Championships as the kumite female team won in their category after overpowering Iran in the final held on July 23 in Malaysia.

Not only buying copyrights, and translating many famous foreign works to serve the diverse demand of domestic readers, recently, a number of publishers in Ho Chi Minh City have sought to bring Vietnamese books to the world.

VOV.VN - The world’s football governing body FIFA announced the latest world rankings on July 20, with Vietnam ranked among the world’s top 100 sides and in Asia’s top 20, cruising to the second qualifying round of the Asian region for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Vietnam made an impression at the World Jujitsu Championship, securing one silver and two bronze medals in an intensely competitive event held in Mongolia.

VOV.VN - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has highlighted several Asian stars who could emerge as heroes for their countries at the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, including striker and captain Huynh Nhu of Vietnam.

Shopaholics make up 15% of the Southeast Asian e-shopper population, and account for 45% of e-commerce purchases, a study has found.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has moved to revise its growth forecast for Vietnam, reducing the rate from 6.5% to 5.8% for this year, and from 6.8% to 6.2% ahead in 2024, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) July 2023 released on July 19.

India is seen as a potential market for Vietnam’s tourism, and the country will strengthen promotion activities to lure more holiday-makers from the South Asian market, according to Director of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Trung Khanh.