(VOVWORLD) -The OECD’s first Economic Survey of Vietnam projects robust GDP growth of 6.5% in 2023 and 6.6% in 2024. Vietnam is one of the few countries in Southeast Asia to have avoided a COVID-19 recession, thanks to its capable management of the crisis and sound economic policies, according to the Survey jointly produced by OECD and the Asian Development Bank.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) channeled into Vietnam has neared 8.9 billion USD so far this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

(VOVWORLD) - 3 foreign investors have pledged to invest in and expand investment in Vietnam this year with a total investment capital of 3.7 billion USD. The pledge was made at a meeting between the Prime Minister and FDI businesses on Saturday,

(VOVWORLD) - The 2023 Hung King Festival opened in Phu Tho province on Friday with a spectacular art show featuring the performances of 12 localities having UNESCO recognized heritages.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2023 was launched on Friday at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, introducing and promoting publications of scientific and practical values.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam marked its Brand Day today, April 20. For 15 years, Vietnam Brand Day has been improving public awareness of national brands and promoting recognized products domestically and internationally.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnam Red Cross Society said on Wednesday it strives to mobilize resources of 400 billion VND (more than 17 million USD) to help 100,000 groups and individuals in all parts of the country during the Humanitarian Month of May.

(VOVWORLD) -As Ho Chi Minh City is the economic locomotive, the cultural and social center of the southern region and the whole country, the Government has regular meetings with the city to work out solutions to fast and sustainable development, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

(VOVWORLD) -The exhibition "Vietnamese Buddhist architecture - unity in diversity" is displaying 300 documents and images at the National Museum of History, 25 Tong Dan, Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) -US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a visit to Vietnam on Friday at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son.