VOV.VN - The World Bank has pledged US$350 million loans to help Vietnam develop one million ha of low-carbon, high quality rice associated with green growth in 12 Mekong Delta localities.

VOV.VN - HSBC had raised its forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth for this year to 6.5% and maintained its growth projection for next year at 6.5%, according to its latest report “Vietnam at a glance: Bring it all back”.

Cultural industries, still having much room to develop and contribute more to the national economy, are being considered an important resource to be maximised to boost the GDP growth.

VOV.VN - Digital transformation is an inevitable trend, a mandatory requirement, and an irreversible process in a rapidly changing world that should be hastened to support national growth drivers, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a Government meeting in Hanoi on July 19.

Ha Vu Son, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on July 18 received a delegation of the Korean Energy Agency (KEA) led by its President Lee Sang-hoon who came to seek investment opportunities in the city.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 18 chaired a meeting with heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad to discuss the promotion of economic diplomacy to boost the country's economic growth in the second half of 2024 and the following years.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank has maintained its growth forecast for Vietnam at 6.0% in 2024 and 6.2% in 2025 on the back of its sound economic performance in the first half of the year.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) revised Vietnam’s economic growth forecast upward to 6.3% for 2024 in its latest update released on July 16.

Projects carried out by investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the northern province of Bac Ninh are expected to create a highlight in the locality’s urban development in the coming years, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan said on July 16.

Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi held talks with Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Sanwoo in Hanoi on July 16, during which the two ministers inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two ministries in urban and social housing development.