VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has moved to revise its growth forecast for Vietnam, reducing the rate from 6.5% to 5.8% for this year, and from 6.8% to 6.2% ahead in 2024, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) July 2023 released on July 19.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, met with Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) of Tanzania Mussa Azzan Zungu on July 18 on the sidelines of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

VOV.VN - All 34 Vietnamese students have won one diamond, six gold, nine silver, 12 bronze, and seven consolation prizes at the World Mathematics Invitational (WMI) 2023 competition in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on July 18 between a delegation of the Military Youth Board of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and a delegation of the Lao People’s Army who are taking part in a training course on youth affairs in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Phi Long, secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, affirmed his province’s readiness in order to welcome and support Thai investors for common development on July 17 at the Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Conference.

VOV.VN - The comprehensive co-operative ties between Vietnam and Laos have been continuously consolidated and developed across the board following the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation on July 18, 1977.

Friendship Night, an exchange between students from the US, Vietnam and Laos was held on My Khe beach, the central province of Quang Ngai on July 17.

VOV.VN - Hanoi - the Vietnamese capital - has jumped from 54th to 27th position in the rankings of the best cities on earth during the 2019 - 2023 period, as compiled by UK newspaper The Telegraph.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Students Association in the Republic of Korea (VSAK) held its ninth annual conference of Vietnamese Young Scientists (ACVYS) 2023 on July 16 at the Sejong University in Seoul.

VOV.VN - Traveller of The Sydney Morning Herald recently released a list of the best winter holiday escapes, with Ho Chi Minh City and a river cruise across Vietnam included.