(VOVWORLD) - More than 5,300 flights are scheduled to operate during the peak travel period from August 31 to September 5, providing more than 1 million seats to meet passengers' demand during the National Day (September 2) holiday.

(VOVWORLD) - Sweden’s government is considering changing the Public Order Act to make it possible for police to deny permission for acts such as burning the Koran but only if they threaten national security, it said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesia's high-speed rail service, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, is set to begin commercial operations as early as October following repeated delays.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party, State, and Government will always accompany and join hands with the education sector to deal with difficulties and challenges it faces, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a conference hosted by the Ministry of Education and Training on Friday to review the sector's performance in the 2022-2023 academic year and prepare for the 2023-2024 school year.

(VOVWORLD) - Maj. Gen. Pham Truong Son, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), hosted a reception in Hanoi on Friday for Lieut. Gen. Neum Balen, head of the Operations Department under the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces High Command.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreigners who plan to enter Vietnam to travel, conduct market surveys, or seek investment opportunities, among others, can apply for e-visas by themselves without the need for invitations or guarantees from Vietnamese agencies, organisations, or individuals, said the Vietnam Immigration Department of the Ministry of Public Security.

(VOVWORLD) - Moderna said on Thursday an initial study data showed its updated COVID-19 vaccine to be effective against the "Eris" and "Fornax" subvariants in humans.

(VOVWORLD) - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it was tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) on Thursday put into operation a serum bank that aims to provide a toolkit to assess the burden of infectious disease in the community and guide medical decisions in public healthcare centres.

(VOVWORLD) - New York City has banned TikTok on government-owned devices, citing security concerns, joining a number of US cities and states that have put such restrictions on the short video sharing app.