(VOVWORLD) - Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has revised up Vietnam’s 2022 GDP growth forecast to 7% from 6.5%, assuming no further severe domestic disruptions from COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a move that could loosen the grip of Russia's blockade on Ukrainian ports.

(VOVWORLD) - A total 839 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours as of 4pm Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on Thursday received Kenneth Atkinson, Chairman of BritCham and representatives of a number of British corporations and investment funds doing business in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, on behalf of Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, attended the swear-in ceremony of Philippines President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. at the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasized on the government’s efforts to promote judicial and legal cooperation between Vietnam and Japan for deepening bilateral strategic partnership.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam considers education and training its top priority, said National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue at a meeting on Thursday with the Imperial College London’s Vice President, Professor Maggie Dallman.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has exported 100 tons of ST 25 rice to Japan as an expansion of rice export to another high-quality market.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons organized a ceremony in Da Nang on Thursday to hand over two sets of remains of American servicemen missing in action during the war in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - A morning newspaper in Hong Kong (China), ran an article assessing Vietnam's impressive economic growth in the second quarter of 2022.