(VOVWORLD) - Monkeypox can spread before symptoms appear, UK researchers said this week, providing the first evidence indicating the virus can be transmitted this way.

(VOVWORLD) - The Group of Seven rich nations and Australia have agreed to set a fixed price when they finalize a price cap on Russian oil later this month, rather than adopting a floating rate, sources said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The largest pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond ever put up for auction could sell for up to 35 million USD at a Christie's sale of rare jewels next Tuesday, the auctioneer said.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets after detecting about 180 North Korean warplanes flying north of the military border over four hours on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - A declassified version of the latest US defense-intelligence report on UFOs - rebranded in official government parlance as "unidentified aerial phenomena" - is expected to be made public in the coming days.

(VOVWORLD) -The COVID-19 prevention and control bulletin of the Ministry of Health said that Vietnam on Friday recorded 339 new COVID-19 cases, a decrease of nearly 500 cases compared to the previous day. There were no deaths during the day.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam welcomed more than 1.87 million international arrivals and 86.8 million domestic tourists, earning a total revenue of 16.5 billion USD since fully opening up to international tourism on March 15th this year.

(VOVWORLD) - Europe can make it through this winter by filling 95% capacity of its strategic gas storage sites, but will likely run out of gas next winter if it completely loses the supply from Russia, and China’s demand on gas increases again, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

(VOVWORLD) - President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump held their last campaigns in many battleground states on Thursday, several days before the US midterm elections.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi municipal People’s Committee has adopted a plan on monkeypox prevention and control with 4 scenarios.