VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong made many overseas trips during his tenure, helping to strengthen relationships with partners and to further elevate the nation’s international profile.

VOV.VN - HSBC had raised its forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth for this year to 6.5% and maintained its growth projection for next year at 6.5%, according to its latest report “Vietnam at a glance: Bring it all back”.

The Catholic community in Vietnam is always put at the centre of the Vietnam-Vatican relationship, heard a workshop held in Hanoi on July 23 on Pope Francis’s letter to the community on the occasion of the adoption of the Agreement on the Status of the Resident Papal Representative and the Office of the Resident Papal Representative of the Holy See in Vietnam.

Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi held talks with Cuban Minister of Construction Rene Mesa Villafana in Hanoi on July 23, aiming to review the implementation of agreements on cooperation in construction in line with the minutes of the 41st meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Intergovernmental Committee signed in Cuba on April 15.

VOV.VN - Though there are three days left till the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Vietnam has yet to secure the broadcasting rights to the world’s biggest sporting event.

VOV.VN - Lychee, one of Vietnam’s major export fruits, is selling well at Costco stores in Western Australia and South Australia, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoIT) has been assigned by the Government to examine the possibility of building a national petroleum trading floor, a move that experts and businesses believe will help to promote market transparency and harmonise the interests of businesses, as well as consumers.

VOV.VN - Durian emerged as Vietnam’s top fruit export with turnover reaching over US$1.3 billion in the first half of the year, representing a year-on-year rise of nearly 45%, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Laos and Cambodia have praised Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s outstanding contributions to cultivating the close relations between Vietnam and their countries, as well as between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Laos People’s Revolutionary Party and the Cambodian People’s Party.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son received Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Takebe Tsutomu in Hanoi on July 22, highlighting the countries' growing locality-to-locality cooperation and people-to-people exchanges.