Former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh passed away after a period of illness at 8:57 pm on July 19 at Military Central Hospital 108 in Hanoi, according to the board in charge of health care for senior officials.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will step up its efforts when carrying out sustainable development goals (SDGs), Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang said at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on July 19.

The Hoa Phat Dung Quat steel company has announced the reception of its first tugboat, built by Damen Group from the Netherlands, to serve the firm’s port system.

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.