(VOVWORLD) - The UK is ready to provide technical assistance to help increase the efficiency of the Vietnamese economy, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s GDP growth in the first half of this year was 6.76%, lower than in the same period last year but still higher than the first half of every year from 2011 to 2017. This is a strong showing given the slower growth in 70 percent of the economies around the world, including the most developed ones.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill to formalize its departure from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with the US, said an article published Wednesday on the Russian government’s official website.

(VOVWORLD) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached a number of agreements on defense cooperation during their meeting in Toronto, said the press service of the Ukrainian president on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday declined to condemn a recent airstrike in Libya because the US would not support the statement's text, according to multiple reports.

(VOVWORLD) - Parasite, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes last month, has set a record of a South Korean movie earning the highest revenue in the first week debut in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi welcomed nearly 14.4 million visitors in the first half of this year, including more than 3.3 million foreign tourists, paving the way for achieving the city’s target of 29 million tourists for the whole year.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s rate of inflation is forecast to range between 3.17% and 3.41% this year, coming in lower than last year, according to the Government’s Steering Committee on Price Management.

(VOVWORLD) - On the occasion of the 243rd Independence Day of the US, July 4, Party leader and President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday sent congratulatory messages to US President Donald Trump.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and the UK will continue trade relations after Brexit, including provisions of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).