(VOVWORLD) -US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could not reach an agreement on Monday to raise the US debt ceiling and prevent a default.

(VOVWORLD) -The growing ethnicization of the conflict threatens to expand and prolong it, with implications for the region if the warring parties don’t respect a ceasefire, UN special envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes told the UN Security Council on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -On Monday WHO members approved a 6.83 billion USD budget for 2024-25, which includes a 20% increase in mandatory fees.

(VOVWORLD) -The reality TV show Top Chef Vietnam 2023 was officially launched on Monday in Ho Chi Minh City aiming to introduce Vietnamese cuisine to a global audience.

(VOVWORLD) - Remittances to Ho Chi Minh city are expected to reach 7 billion USD in 2023, an annual increase of about 6-7%.

(VOVWORLD) -Thailand has welcomed 9.47 million foreign tourists, including 84,220 Vietnamese visitors, so far this year, earning about 390 billion baht, equivalent to over 11.3 billion USD, in revenue.

(VOVWORLD) -VinaCapital, Vietnam’s most diversified asset manager, and A.P. Moller Capital, a global fund manager focused on high growth markets, on Monday set up a joint platform to grow and scale investments in transportation and logistics infrastructure in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s seaport throughput nearly doubled from 2015 to 2022, averaging 8.4%, said the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA).

(VOVWORLD) - Economical and efficient use of electricity is considered one of the important and urgent solutions, contributing to ensuring sufficient electricity for economic development and social life.

(VOVWORLD) - President Vo Van Thuong on Monday held a reception for Chairman of the United Russia Party (URP) and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in Hanoi, who said that Russia attaches importance to the comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam.