International organisations have maintained their robust growth forecasts for Vietnam this year as the economy has bounced back strongly despite external uncertainties and extensive damage caused by Typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is scheduled to host the first UN Tourism Conference on Tourism for Rural Development, with the event scheduled to run from December 9 to December 11 in the central province of Quang Nam.

An economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has emphasised the need to strengthen the resilience of the Vietnamese economy against natural disasters given the devastating consequences of Typhoon Yagi, the strongest to hit Vietnam in decades, and its aftermath.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam on September 26 morning (local time) visited the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), the first free trade and export processing zone of Cuba, as part of his ongoing state visit to the Caribbean country.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam met with Karan Bhatia, Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on September 25 (local time).

Vietnam has been making serious efforts to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid its current socio-economic situation, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long told the first meeting of the National Council for Sustainable Development in Hanoi on September 25.

The Ministry of Construction always encourages and supports US companies to collaborate and invest in construction projects with Vietnamese enterprises to enhance the quality of human resources and real estate products, Minister Nguyen Thanh Nghi has said.

VOV.VN - The development of science-technology and innovation is an inevitable trend, an objective requirement, and a top strategic priority for the world today, and Vietnam has no choice but to transform itself to keep pace with this trend, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a policy dialogue on September 25 as part of the ongoing fifth Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 25 attended the opening of the fifth Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum themed “Industrial Transformation: New Driving Force for Sustainable Development of Ho Chi Minh City.”

VOV.VN - A senior Vietnamese leader expressed Vietnam’s desire to receive additional support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to realize its centenary development goal in the coming years during a meeting in New York on September 24 with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.