(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam achieved a GDP growth rate of 7.08% in the first half of this year, the highest since 2011.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s export turnover is likely to reach 114 billion USD in the first half of this year, an increase of 16%.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Commission (EC) said it will extend the yellow card warning on Vietnam’s seafood until next January and offered 39 recommendations to help Vietnam fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

(VOVWORLD) - Winners of the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2018 were honoured at a ceremony on Monday in Hanoi by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Vietnam Tourism Association.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted separate receptions on Monday for the outgoing Indian and Israeli military attachés in Hanoi and their successors.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 1,300 atheletes will compete at this year’s National Sport Festival for Athletes with Physical Disabilities, which opened Monday in Da Nang.

(VOVWORLD) - 4 more boys have been brought out of Tham Luang cave in Thailand's Chiang Rai province, bringing the total rescued to 8.

(VOVWORLD) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned on Tuesday to protest government plans to maintain a close trade partnership with the EU after Brexit.

(VOVWORLD) - Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in for another presidential term in Turkey, inaugurating a new political system that grants him greater power.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he is confident North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will honor an agreement they reached last month to pursue denuclearization.