(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday requested stronger determination from ministries, sectors and localities to achieve the growth target of 6.5% this year as he addressed a Government online meeting with 63 localities to evaluate the socio-economic performance in March and the first quarter as well as set out tasks for April and the second quarter.

(VOVWORLD) - The new Palestinian government headed by Mohammad Mustafa held its first cabinet meeting on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's office in the West Bank.

(VOVWORLD) - 16,000 people were rescued and evacuated on Tuesday after massive floods hit 12 regions of Kazakhstan.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday chaired the Government’s regular meeting and a teleconference between the Government and Vietnam’s 63 localities to discuss the socio-economic situation in the first quarter and set tasks for the second quarter.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Hungary, which is Vietnam’s first and only comprehensive partner in Central Eastern Europe.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the first conversation between the leaders since their historic in-person summit last November and the latest in their ongoing efforts to defuse tensions between the two superpowers.

(VOVWORLD) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has proposed a 100 billion euro (107 billion USD) five-year package of military aid to Ukraine in the next five years that would give NATO a more direct role in providing support to Kyiv.

(VOVWORLD) -North Korea says it successfully test-fired a new solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile loaded with a warhead that can glide at hypersonic speed.

(VOVWORLD) -At least 7 people were killed and more than 700 were injured after a powerful earthquake hit the waters off Hualien County in China’s northeastern Taiwan on Wednesday morning, according to data released by Taiwanese (China) authorities.

(VOVWORLD) - The newly-formed Palestinian government, headed by Mohammad Mustafa, held its first cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office here in the central West Bank.