(VOVWORLD) - The World Bank on Tuesday trimmed its global growth forecast for 2023 from 3% to 1.7%. The decrease is due to monetary policy tightening to tame elevated inflation, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by the conflict in Ukraine, the bank said in a report.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia will continue developing its nuclear triad of ballistic missiles, submarines and strategic bombers because such weapons are the main guarantee of its sovereignty, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The upcoming Lao visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is of special significance to the Laos-Vietnam partnership, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumsay Kommasith told Vietnam News Agency

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Finance Ministry will continue to create favorable conditions for foreign direct investment (FDI) companies to operate effectively and sustainably in the country, Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc said on Tuesday when meeting Samsung Electronics President and Chief Financial Officer Park Hark-kyu.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is one of the best performing economies in Asia-Pacific that will continue maintaining growth momentum with proper fiscal, monetary and public investment policies, said Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in charge of the Asia-Pacific Antoinette Sayeh.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 50 hectares of land in A Luoi district in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been cleared from war-left unexploded ordnance (UXO), giving more farming land for local residents.

(VOVWORLD) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent greetings to Vietnamese people living in Canada and around the world, on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese.

(VOVWORLD) - The chief of the United Nations Development (UNDP) in Vietnam reiterated that the agency is ready to help Vietnam build and implement a plan to mobilize resources from the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked Thai Nguyen province to clearly identify its potential and advantages to set out specific and appropriate goals, and choose key tasks to create stronger changes in socio-economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - The focus of the diplomatic sector is to serve sustainable and self-reliant national development and to guarantee national interests at the highest possible level, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told the sector’s teleconference on Tuesday.