(VOVWORLD) - The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that unprecedented public spending to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily by the US, will push global growth to 6% this year, a rate unseen since the 1970s.

(VOVWORLD) - The Lao news agency KPL ran an article Tuesday highlighting the election of Vietnam’s new State President, Prime Minister, and National Assembly Chairman. The article said all the new leaders left their mark on their previous positions through hard work, innovation, and a string sense of responsibility.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, there have been more than 133 million COVID-19 infections and 2.9 million deaths worldwide. The US remains the world’s pandemic center with more than 31 million cases and 570,000 deaths, followed by Brazil and India.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam had no new COVID-19 cases to report on Wednesday, keeping the tally at 2,648, the Ministry of Health said. So far, 2,422 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 35 have died.

(VOVWORLD) - The US said Tuesday that initial negotiations in Vienna on Iran's nuclear program were positive, adding that President Joe Biden wants to bring the US back into the 2015 nuclear deal.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly deputies on Wednesday elected the chairpersons of several National Assembly committees, the National Assembly Secretary General, and the State Auditor General.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and India held their second online maritime security dialogue on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam, as President of the UN Security Council for April, chaired a regular meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday to listen to and discuss the report of the UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu on chemical weapons in Syria.

(VOVWORLD) - Leaders of Cambodia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Russia, Algeria, Kuwait, and the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday extended congratulations to the new State and Government leaders of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health has requested the Department of Health of 63 provinces and cities to urgently make a list of 10 priority groups to receive free COVID-19 vaccine.