(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s community learning model, Compassion Books and House of Wisdom, has been named among the Successful Practices Honorees of the 2023 Literacy Awards held by the US Library of the Congress. An awards ceremony was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it will roll out broadcast channels, a feature for public distribution of messages from individuals, to Facebook and Messenger.

(VOVWORLD) - The Australian Department of Defence on Wednesday handed over the HumaLoop LAMP system, which uses the molecular biology technique to diagnoses malaria parasites, to the Department of Military Medicine.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants to allow humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip.

(VOVWORLD) - Pfizer on Wednesday said it will set the US price for its COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid at nearly 1,400 USD per five-day course when it moves to commercial sales after government stocks run out, more than double what the government currently pays for it.

(VOVWORLD) - Republican Congressman Jim Jordan failed for a second time to win enough support from his party to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always attaches importance to its relations with Laos, and considers its neighbour a priority in its foreign policy, said Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong during a meeting with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - We call on all parties concerned to immediately cease fire, stop the use of force, and respect international humanitarian law,” Hang said in a Foreign Ministry communique released on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts maintained their forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth of 4.7% this year, but expressed optimism about medium-term prospects, with GDP growth predicted to reach 5.8% next year and 6.9% in 2025.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday (local time) to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - Gulf Cooperation Council (ASEAN - GCC) Summit and pay a visit to Saudi Arabia from October 18-20 at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.