(VOVWORLD) - The World Bank (WB) has predicted Vietnam’s GDP growth at 5.3% this year, down from the previous forecast of 6.5% issued last October.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Tuesday morning the world had recorded more than 492 million COVID-19 cases, and more than 6.1 million deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia maintained gas flows through key pipeline routes into Europe on Monday, despite uncertainty over payment terms and as the EU called for more sanctions against Moscow amid the armed conflict in Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Planning and Investment says public investment implementation has been in line with the government resolutions on socio-economic recovery and development and speeding up public investment disbursement by functional agencies.

(VOVWORLD) - 300 Vietnamese citizens evacuated to the Czech Republic and neighboring countries to avoid the current armed conflict in Ukraine have received needed support from a committee established by Vietnam’s Embassy and the Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health has proposed buying 21.9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for children aged 5-11 and the first batch of Moderna vaccine will be received as early as May 10, said Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen at the Government’s regular press meeting Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Miss Peace Vietnam 2022’s preliminary round is underway in all the three regions of Vietnam until the end of July.

(VOVWORLD) - A Foreign Ministry spokesperson for Iran said Monday that Iran will only return to Vienna in order to finalize an agreement to revive its landmark 2015 nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam shared its experience and achievements clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war with the international community at a symposium themed “Safe ground, safe steps, safe home”.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam and the UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday for cooperation in vocational education. The signatories were Vietnamese Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung, and British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward.