(VOVWORLD) -The Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has just lowered its forecast for Vietnam's GDP growth to 6% from to previous 6.6%.

(VOVWORLD) -The first-ever hot-air balloon festival in Thang Binh beach, Quang Nam province began on Friday as part of the district’s "Coastal Cultural and Sports Festival 2023".

(VOVWORLD) - The Green Cat Ba Art Program took place in Cat Hai island district, Hai Phong city on Friday to open Cat Ba Tourism 2023.

(VOVWORLD) -The People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province have adopted a project to develop Hue into a capital city of Ao Dai (Vietnam’s long traditional dress).

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Friday received Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, who is on a visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism needs to be more deeply aware of how much culture means to national sustainable development, continue to strengthen communications, and fulfill tasks of developing Vietnamese culture and people, said National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam resolutely opposes and demands that Taiwan (China) cancel live-fire drills taking place in the waters around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) which belongs to Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly), said Pham Thu Hang, vice spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -The British Museum and Library on Thursday introduced documents on Vietnam’s culture and the two countries’ time-honored relations at a discovering-Vietnam event held at the D-Contemporary in central London.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday asked Vietnam Bank for Foreign Trade (Vietcombank) to maintain its position as the No. 1 bank in Vietnam and among the 100 largest banks in Asia.

(VOVWORLD) - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has discussed with Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc ways to advance the US-Vietnam relationship as the two countries mark the 10th anniversary of their Comprehensive Partnership this year.