The Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) and the Chinese Embassy on July 17 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new semi-boarding kitchen at Kim Dong primary school in the northern border province of Lang Son’s Trang Dinh district, aiming to provide better care and meals for its students.

Vietnamese athletes promised to give their best Olympic performance in Paris while speaking at the send-off ceremony held on July 17 in Hanoi.

Vietnam presented to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) its Submission on the Limits of the Extended Continental Shelf in respect of the Central Area of the East Sea (South China Sea) (VNM-C) at the UN headquarters in New York on July 17 morning (local time).

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegation officially presented the Submission of Vietnam’s extended continental shelf in respect of Central Area of the East Sea (South China Sea) on July 17 to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS).

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank has maintained its growth forecast for Vietnam at 6.0% in 2024 and 6.2% in 2025 on the back of its sound economic performance in the first half of the year.

The UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will give new motives for trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and the UK, President To Lam told Ambassador Iain Frew at their meting in Hanoi on July 17

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 17 received Professor Thomas Vallely, chairman of the Fulbright University Vietnam Board of Trustees and University experts.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has dispatched 35 working groups to 35 cities and provinces across the country where the African swine fever (ASF) disease is breaking out to inspect disease prevention and control.

VOV.VN - Developing relations with China has always been a consistent policy, strategic choice, and top priority in Vietnam’s foreign policy, President To Lam told outgoing Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo at a reception in Hanoi on July 17.

VOV.VN - More than 300 leading domestic and international firms are joining the 17th International Exhibition and Electrical Technology and Equipment (Vietnam ETE 2024) and the International Exhibition of Energy Saving and Green Power Products and Technologies (Enertec Expo 2024) which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 17.