VOV.VN - Vietnamese payment platform Payoo has revealed statistics indicating that foreign tourists typically spend 40% of their budget on food and drink when visiting the nation.

VOV.VN - Foreign businesses injected nearly US$15.19 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Vietnamese economy in the first six months of 2024, representing a year-on-year rise of 13.1%, according to the General Statistics Office.

VOV.VN - The south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa received nearly 5.2 million visitors during the first six months of the year, earning more than VND26 trillion, up over 88% year on year, according to the provincial Tourism Department.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on June 26 to discuss measures to increase bilateral cooperation.

Vietnam’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2024 and June are likely to reach 6.2% and 6% respectively as set by the Government, said Nguyen Duc Tam, Director of the Department for National Economic Issues under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

VOV.VN - Vietnam always welcomes, encourages and creates conditions for foreign businesses to invest in all fields of agriculture, industry and services towards a green, clean and sustainable direction, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said during an exchange with startup and innovation businesses of the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, on June 25.

Vietnam did not manipulate the rate of exchange between the Vietnamese dong and the US dollar for purposes of preventing effective balance of payment adjustments, or gaining unfair competitive advantage in international trade in the four quarters to December 2023, according to a recent report of the US Department of the Treasury (USDT).

High-quality tours that connect Vietnam and Thailand should be further developed to bring fascinating experience to both domestic and foreign visitors, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always considers the United States a strategically important partner and is ready to work with the US to promote the effective, stable and substantive development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations.

Through a joint statement issued, 11 cooperation agreements signed as well as high-level meetings held during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Vietnam from June 19-20, the two countries have agreed on major orientations to further deepen bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership in five key aspects, stated Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.