IMF boss Christine Lagarde set for second term

IMF boss Christine Lagarde set for second term

(VOVworld)- The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has been nominated for a second five-year term at the helm. The former French finance minister was the only...
Revolution on climate change response

Revolution on climate change response

(VOVworld) – After 2 weeks of tense negotiations, a historic climate agreement was finally adopted on December 12 by 195 countries at COP21, the UN conference on climate change, in Paris....
Vietnam-Belgium relations grow strongly

Vietnam-Belgium relations grow strongly

(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel agreed to strengthen bilateral ties across politics, economics, culture, education-training, and science-technology during their talks in...
NA chairman receives Belgium’s Senate President

NA chairman receives Belgium’s Senate President

(VOVworld) – Belgium’s Senate President Christine Defraigne is on an official visit to Vietnam. During talks on Tuesday, National Assembly chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said he hoped the two countries would promote...
Greece submits request to IMF for new loan facility

Greece submits request to IMF for new loan facility

(VOVworld) - Greek finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos wrote in a letter to Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the IMF saying that Greece has formally submitted a request to the International Monetary Fund...
Efforts to resolve Greek crisis

Efforts to resolve Greek crisis

(VOVworld) – The result of Greece’s referendum has created a problem for EU leaders. They now have to find a way to prevent Greece’s leaving the eurozone and perhaps...
Greece on the verge of bankruptcy

Greece on the verge of bankruptcy

(VOVworld)- Greece’s central government has run out of money to pay debts now falling due. Meanwhile, negotiations for an aid package from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank...
World Economic Forum 2015: Several challenges

World Economic Forum 2015: Several challenges

(VOVworld) – The 45th World Economic Forum will take place in Davos, Switzerland, from January 21 to 24. Themed “New Global Context”, the forum will seek new approaches to ensure sustainable...
Ambitious target of G20 communiqué

Ambitious target of G20 communiqué

(VOVworld) – A communiqué released at the G20 Summit in Australia of the world's 20 advanced and emerging economies set an ambitious target to lift the G20's GDP by...