IMF:  Global growth to bottom out this year

IMF: Global growth to bottom out this year

(VOVWORLD) -Speaking at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva confirmed an IMF forecast for global growth to decelerate to 2.7% this year...
Public Sector Innovation Index (PII) framework piloted

Public Sector Innovation Index (PII) framework piloted

(VOVWORLD) - The National Innovation Center (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the UNDP co-organized a conference today on innovation in the public sector and introduced the Public Sector Innovation...
33 hostage takers killed at Pakistan police station

33 hostage takers killed at Pakistan police station

(VOVWORLD) - Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif announced Tuesday that Pakistani special forces successfully rescued all the hostages and killed all 33 hostage-takers at a police station near...
Daily COVID-19 cases drop sharply on Friday

Daily COVID-19 cases drop sharply on Friday

(VOVWORLD) -The COVID-19 prevention and control bulletin of the Ministry of Health said that Vietnam on Friday recorded 339 new COVID-19 cases, a decrease of nearly 500 cases compared...
World more cautious of global recession

World more cautious of global recession

(VOVWORLD) - With the looming risk of a global economic recession, financial institutions and economists are warning governments to be very cautious with actions intended to curb the current record-high...
WTO lowers 2023 global trade growth forecast

WTO lowers 2023 global trade growth forecast

(VOVWORLD) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday dramatically lowered its 2023 global trade growth forecast, as the conflict in Ukraine and other factors slow the world economy