VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised its economic growth forecast for Vietnam this year to 7.5%, despite regional and global gloom, the bank said in a regular supplement to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 released on December 14.

Soaring travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, has prompted local airlines to increase the number of seats between January 6 and February 5 next year.

Politburo member and Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 13 for new Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Sandeep Arya.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security of the Republic of Korea (RoK) (MOPAS) said it will coordinate with the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs to organise a forum on public administration on December 14.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, during his talks in Brussels with his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo on December 13, suggested Belgium soon ratify the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) to facilitate investment cooperation between Vietnam and the EU as well as Belgium.

An exhibition entitled “Vietnam-Italy Space Technology and Application. Looking Beyond” is underway in Hanoi, featuring 23 high-definition images of the Earth taken by Italian satellite system COSMO-SkyMed and processed by Telespazio/e-GEOS.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent approximately US$468 million importing 22,736 completely built unit (CBU) cars in November, an increase of 58.8% in volume and 46.7% in value over the previous month, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - An exhibition opening with the theme of “Vietnam-Italy Space Technology and Applications. Looking Beyond” launched on December 12 in Hanoi, with the event featuring images of the earth as seen from the sky.

VOV.VN - Local model Hoang Viet An has been named as the Vietnamese representative to compete at Mister Friendship 2022, with the male beauty pageant underway in Khon Kaen, Thailand.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City's import and export turnover by the end of November reached US$101.6 billion, thereby becoming the first locality in the country to pass the US$100 billion mark.