Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Business

-- Phan Dinh Tue, a board member at Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways, on Friday denied claims that the carrier faces bankruptcy, while confirming that the carrier has endured hardships and strived to restructure.

-- Vietnam exported 276,000 metric tons of cashew nuts worth US$1.61 billion in the first half of 2023, rising 10.5 percent and 7.7 percent year on year, respectively, allowing the nut to join the billion-dollar export club along with three other Vietnamese export staples, including rice, coffee, and vegetables and fruits.

-- The transport authority in southern Binh Phuoc Province on Friday passed a plan offering toll fee reductions at four build-operate-transfer toll stations in the province, with effect from July 1 to December 31 this year.

Society

-- Data from the Ministry of Information and Communications revealed that each Vietnamese spends 64 hours per month on average using Vietnamese mobile apps in the first half of 2023, mostly for making online payments and using entertainment services.

-- A tropical depression active in the East Vietnam Sea is expected to mainly move west-northwest at 5-10 kilometers per hour and strengthen into a storm on Saturday, according to the national weather center.

-- Police have pressed charges against a former official in northern Phu Tho Province and his accomplices for allegedly converting 13,000 square meters of production forest land to seven residential land lots for his niece, without conducting an auction.

World News

-- North Korea's firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile this week violates multiple U.N. resolutions and threatens peace and stability in the region, the United States, South Korea, and Japan said on Friday in a joint statement condemning the launch, Reuters reported.

-- Greece closed the ancient Acropolis during the hottest part of the day on Friday to protect tourists as southern Europe suffered in a fierce heatwave, while more than 100 million Americans also faced a prolonged spell of sweltering weather, according to Reuters.​

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