Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Chau Hoang Phuc on June 20 grabbed a gold medal in boccia, a precision ball sport related to bowls and pétanque, at the ongoing Special Olympics World Games which is underway in Berlin, Germany.

The National Oil and Gas Group of India (ONGC) and Vietnamese firm Hai Duong Maritime Joint Stock Company (HADUCO) on June 20 signed a contract on oil and gas exploration and production in India.

“Once upon a bridge in Vietnam”, a documentary detailing the classical music genre in Vietnam, kick-started Festival of Music (La Fête de la Musique) 2023 in Forum des Images cinema in Paris, France, on June 19.

The Nhan Dan newspaper and the Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House on June 20 held a ceremony to launch a book about the people's trust and support for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The United States has moved to drop Vietnam from its the monitoring list for currency manipulation as the Southeast Asian nation exceeded the threshold for the criterion of surplus of trade in goods and services with the US.

Vietnamese, Lao localities enhance cooperation in forest, wildlife protection

The Forest Protection Department of Dong Phu District in Binh Phuoc Province has received a Burmese peacock-pheasant, which is classified as a critically endangered and rare species of wildlife in need of conservation.

A full stack programme of events has been launched in the Hội An Ancient Town to welcome the summer holidays.

Several exhibitions and contests are open to celebrate Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day, including a photo competition and a showcase of published photo works since the colonial period.

In the trend of digital transformation, many media agencies have leveraged new technological platforms, resulting in the continuous growth of several newspapers.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha will attend an international summit for a New Global Financing Pact to be held in Paris, France, on June 22-23.

Vietnam defeated Uzbekistan 3-0 on June 19 to top Group D of the 2023 Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup in Indonesia.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force's largest destroyer, Izumo, and accompanying destroyer JS Samidare docked at Cam Ranh International Port in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on June 20, starting their visit to Vietnam from June 20-23.

The state encourages all economic sectors in Vietnam and overseas to make investments in the power sector. However, the country is still suffering from electricity outages.

Citing three major stages of ICT industry development, deputy head of the ICT Authority Nguyen Thien Nghia said Vietnam is in the stage of doing assembly and outsourcing, and has begun shifting to making integrated products.

The six economies of ASEAN, including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam are predicted to grow by 4.2% this year, far exceeding the projected global GDP growth of 2.0%.

Skyscanner, a metasearch of online travel agencies and airlines around the globe, has listed the central city of Da Nang among the best places to visit in August.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) are actively implementing plans to trial video assistant referee (VAR) technology in several games during the end of the 2022 to 2023 season.

In 2022, Vietnam had 14,790,075 ha of forest area, of which 10,134,082 ha were natural forests and 4,655,933 ha were planted ones, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced in a decision on June 20.

Bánh tro (or bánh gio) is made of sticky rice and soacked in ash water (the ash comes from burning a number of leaves such as dried sesame or rice straw and is put in water).