(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam recorded 46 new COVID-19 infections, including 40 domestically-transmitted cases and six imported cases, in the past 12 hours to 6pm on Friday, the Ministry of Health said.

(VOVWORLD) - The Japanese government on Friday decided to extend the state of emergency in Tokyo and 3 western prefectures to May 31. Restrictions on dining establishments and other businesses that had been slated to end Tuesday will remain in place and come into effect in Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures from Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - All 3 facilities of Vietnam's National Cancer Hospital, also known as K Hospital, in Hanoi has been put under lockdown from Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union is willing to discuss a proposal to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported one new community infection of COVID-19 on Friday morning after recording 56 such cases Thursday night.

(VOVWORLD) - Lao media has given wide coverage to the Vietnamese government’s support for Laos in the fight against COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam-Laos and Vietnam-India Friendship Associations on Thursday sent dispatches to their chapters in provincial and municipal levels on raising money to support pandemic-affected people in the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam hasn’t banned foreign experts from entering Vietnam for work but will only approve those with skills that serve Vietnam’s development, said Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan at a Government press conference on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long received his first dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine alongside three deputy ministers on Thursday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Health to coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to consider appropriate anti-pandemic measures when applying vaccine passports, said Deputy Minister Tran Van Thuan.