VOV.VN - Vietnamese budget carrier VietJet Air on July 1 launched a new direct route connecting Hanoi (Vietnam) with Chengdu (China), aiming to boost summer travel demand and expand its growing network in the Chinese market.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Dien Bien Provincial Police and Lao authorities have successfully dismantled several large cross-border drug trafficking networks, seizing nearly 2.5 tonnes of narcotics, 13 firearms, over 1,500 rounds of ammunition, and more than 10 tonnes of industrial explosives.

VOV.VN - Urbanization has often led to the loss of natural biodiversity. Even well-intentioned efforts to “green” open land can damage native ecosystems when done improperly. The long-term effort by Vietnamese Canadian scientist Dr. Dang Trung Phuoc to restore a natural sand dune in central Ottawa offers a compelling counterexample.

VOV.VN - AI Hay, a Vietnamese-developed platform that combines generative AI and social networking, announced the successful completion of its US$10 million Series A funding round on July 2.

Vietnam has attached much importance to its Strategic Partnership with Italy and wants to deepen the bilateral relations in a substantive and effective manner across all areas, including cooperation between its localities and Lombardy region, State Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has said.

VOV.VN - Venezuelan media on July 1 ran prominent coverage of Vietnam’s major shift in institutional reform, following the official launch of the two-tier local government model and the administrative boundary restructuring aimed at streamlining, improving effectiveness, and enhancing efficiency.

VOV.VN - A large team of 143 Vietnamese chess players are currently vying for the championship titles at the 23rd ASEAN+ Age-Group Championships taking place in Penang, Malaysia, from July 1 - 10.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc has called for accelerating reforms of global financial governance institutions, sharing scientific and technological achievements, and mobilizing resources to support emerging drivers of growth.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised that the initiative to share the holy relics of the Buddha with Vietnam has sparked a profound cultural and spiritual phenomenon, drawing more than 15 million pilgrims to nine different sites across the Southeast Asian nation.

Vietnam is taking on growing role in regional logistics, experts agreed at the tlacSEA Connect Vietnam held in HCM City on July 1.