Vietnamese consumers spent VND143.9 trillion (US$5.7 billion) buying 1.53 million items on five e-commerce platforms in the first half of this year, representing a rise of 54.91% and 65.55% over the same period last year, respectively, according market analysis firm Metric.

Up to 1.2 tonnes of thanh nhãn (bright yellow-fleshed longan) grown in Can Tho City's Co Do District, have been exported to the United States.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party and State leaders paid their respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at a State funeral taking place in Hanoi on July 25.

VOV.VN - ASEAN Foreign Ministers and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim-hourn, while attending a meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on July 24 observed a minute of silence in commemoration of Vietnamese Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong who passed away on July 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese authorities are holding the State funeral of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral House in Hanoi where his body is lying in state.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 24 received President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines during her visit to Vietnam to attend the national funeral for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 24 received a high-ranking delegation of the Cuban Party and State led by President of the National Assembly of People's Power Esteban Lazo Hernandez who is in Vietnam to offer condolences and attend the national funeral for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man on July 24 received President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez and President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines, who are in Vietnam to attend the funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

A regional exchange workshop to promote collaboration among member organisations of the Mekong Extension Learning Alliance (MELA) is taking place in the northern province of Quang Ninh from July 24 – 27.

The People’s Committee of Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 24 held a working session with Fujitsu Limited of Japan on a project on providing technical support for the locality, aiming to build a smart city model through digital transformation in land management.