WHO chief calls for rational Omicron measures

WHO chief calls for rational Omicron measures

(VOVWORLD) - The head of the UN health agency has criticized “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the past few days to stop the spread of the Omicron variant
WHO meets on new highly-mutated COVID-19 variant

WHO meets on new highly-mutated COVID-19 variant

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the potentially rapidly spreading coronavirus strain (called B.1.1.529) found in South Africa and...
Lodestar for Vietnam’s oil and gas sector

Lodestar for Vietnam’s oil and gas sector

(VOVWORLD) - The lodestar throughout the development of Vietnam’s oil and gas sector and the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) in particular is the prompt orientations, directions, and decisions of the Party...
COVID-19's orphans - pandemic's hidden toll

COVID-19's orphans - pandemic's hidden toll

(VOVWORLD) - In Ho Chi Minh City alone, more than 1,500 students attending local schools have lost their parents in the past few months. The figure is undoubtedly much higher if you include...
Colombia's most-wanted drug lord caught

Colombia's most-wanted drug lord caught

(VOVWORLD) - The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker was captured during an operation on weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly...
IMF cuts its global growth forecast for 2021

IMF cuts its global growth forecast for 2021

(VOVWORLD) - The International Monetary Fund said it expects global gross domestic product to grow by 5.9% this year, 0.1 percentage point lower than its July estimate. For next year...
Northern Vietnam cope with storm and flood

Northern Vietnam cope with storm and flood

(VOVWORLD) - Localities from the central coastal province of Ha Tinh province northward have to prepare scenarios to protect people’s safety against Lionrock storm and COVID-19, said a senior...
Vietnam strives to master vaccine production technology

Vietnam strives to master vaccine production technology

(VOVWORLD) - Over the past 20 years, Vietnam has been researching and developing vaccines against dangerous diseases and has achieved positive results. Vaccines against Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, and Japanese Encephalitis...