VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Netherlands will work harder to develop their comprehensive partnership in a deeper and more effective manner commensurate with the two countries’ potential.

Hanoi’s efforts to promote tourism activities over the past months have paid off, with the total revenue of the sector surging 74.3% year-on-year to reach VND44.8 trillion (US$1.9 billion) in the first half of this year.

A series of events were held in the French city of Saint Herblain over the weekend, aiming to promote the Vietnamese culture to the French.

The historical meaning of the victory in countering the US’s naval blockade using torpedoes, mines and magnetic bombs in the north 50 years ago (June 27, 1973-2023) and lessons from the victory were spotlighted at a conference held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on June 26.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Book of Records has recognised a mural painting located in Ninh Hai district in the southern central coastal province of Ninh Thuan as the longest in the country with the theme of environmental protection.

The Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA) will host the 2023 Asia-Pacific Regional Annual Meeting of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and the mid-year meeting of the ASEAN Freight Forwarders Association (AFFA) in the central city of Da Nang from July 13 to 15.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national men’s football team are expected to play friendlies against Palestine and Australia on FIFA Days this September and October, according to details given by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Central Military Commission, held a meeting on June 26 with Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has cut regulatory interest rates for four consecutive times since the beginning of this year, in the context that world interest rates continue to rise and stay at a high level.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision approving a 2023 to 2025 national action programme on the settlement of consequences of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) left by previous wars.