(VOVWORLD) - The World Bank has cut its 2019 global growth forecast, citing a slowdown in trade growth to the weakest since the financial crisis a decade ago and a drop in global investment.

(VOVWORLD) -Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The answered more than 50 questions from National Assembly deputies during the Wednesday afternoon session.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’s booming tourism has attracted a record high number of Thai visitors this year, boosting higher frequency of flights, according to the Bangkok Post.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte in Hanoi on Wednesday, following the welcome ceremony. Mr. Conte is on a two-day visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s national football team coach Park Hang-seo and captain Que Ngoc Hai held a press conference on Tuesday, a day before the 2019 King's Cup kicks off in Thailand.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly continued its Q&A session on Wednesday with Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha, and other officials about property management and resolving problems in managing residential buildings, condotels, and officetels.

(VOVWORLD) - The “Let’s clean the sea” campaign 2019 will take place nationwide until August 31 to raise people’s awareness about the important role of the sea in their daily lives.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and photographer Nguyen Viet Hung, aka Lekima Hung, have co-organized a photo exhibition on plastic waste in Hanoi on Tuesday in response to World Environment Day (June 5) and World Oceans Day (June 8).

(VOVWORLD) - In a message on World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the link between worsening air pollution and climate change.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan and the US will boost cooperation in new areas, including outer space and cyberspace, Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Tuesday at a meeting with acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, adding that Japan wants to strengthen its alliance with the US.