(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a dialogue with farmers nationwide on Sunday to discuss ways to develop a modern agriculture and civilized rural areas. At the meeting, farmers, cooperatives, businesses, and scientists, showed, with their 1,600 questions and proposals to the Prime Minister, their desire to make Vietnamese agriculture a world leader.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Fruit and OCOP (One Commune One Product) Festival 2022 will begin on Saturday in Son La city. Local businesses, cooperatives, and farmers have worked closely to make the event a success.

(VOVWORLD) -S&P Global Ratings on Thursday upgraded Vietnam's long-term sovereign credit rating to BB+ with a 'Stable' outlook on the back of strong economic recovery. It forecast that over the next one or two years, Vietnam’s economy will continue to recover from the pandemic, which will support its external position and contain the fiscal deficit. This projection is consistent with the National Assembly’s assessment of Vietnam’s socio-economic performance in the first months of 2022.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam places the people at the center of all activities, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at the 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand. Centering on the people in national economic development is a primary principle of the guidelines of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the current period.

(VOVWORLD) - The aviation industry plays a special role in socio-economic development as well as in national security, defense, and sovereignty. Aviation activities were severely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Experts have proposed mechanisms and policies to restore and develop Vietnam's aviation industry in the coming time.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has attended the 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok. The Deputy PM’s participation at the session delivered an important message from the Vietnamese Government that it highly values its effective cooperation with the UN in general and ESCAP in particular over the past 45 years, while demonstrating Vietnam’s strong commitment to promoting its partnership with the UN and ESCAP in the coming time.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai is attending the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This is one of Vietnam's key multilateral foreign affairs activities in 2022, demonstrating its desire to promote cooperation with the WEF and its commitment to work with the international community to solve global problems.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam, the host country of the 31st Southeast Asian Games, has received the appreciation of international friends. Foreign media praised Vietnam’s thorough preparation and organization even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues around the globe.

(VOVWORLD) - A number of European countries have recorded an unusual outbreak of monkeypox, a rare viral infection. Switzerland and Austria are the latest countries to have confirmed their first cases of monkeypox, bringing the total nations to 15. In recent weeks, infections have been reported in the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, the US, and Canada.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh delivered a report at the opening of the mid-year National Assembly session on Monday, highlighting significant progress recorded in the first months of this year. These achievements have consolidated people's confidence in the Party’s leadership and the State’s management, and prepared Vietnam to fullfill its growth target for this year and build a self-reliant economy.