(VOVWORLD) - A total of 1,478 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed on Sunday, raising the national caseload to 10,779,632, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will help build an additional 100 flood-resistant houses for poor people in Thanh Hoa, said UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Kanni Wignaraja during a recent working visit to the north-central coastal province. Thanh Hoa is one of the 28 coastal localities in Vietnam vulnerable to climate change impacts.

(VOVWORLD) - The first batches of fresh lychees from northern Hai Duong and Bac Giang provinces have been shipped by sea to be sold at Safeway and Albersons, two supermarket chains with the largest network on the West Coast of the US.

(VOVWORLD) - The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has provided soft loans worth about 179 million USD for 12 development projects and programs in Vietnam over the years, according to the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday inspected the second phase of the Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Plant extension project (TISCO 2) in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization’s European office warned Saturday that the number of monkeypox-related deaths can rise, following reports of the first fatalities outside Africa. But it stressed that severe complications are still rare.

(VOVWORLD) - Many EU member countries are expected to sign bilateral supply deals in case of a real crisis in the supply of Russian gas and an EU emergency.

(VOVWORLD) -The Thai government is inviting everyone to celebrate the auspicious occasion of Her Majesty the Queen Mother’s birthday on 12 August, with ceremonies and activities planned to honor Her Majesty.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam hopes 100% of new buses will use electricity or green energy from 2025 part of the transport sector’s action plan on green energy transition to reduce carbon and methane emissions.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam aims to become one of the top 10 agricultural processing centres in the world by 2030, according to strategy on promoting agricultural mechanisation and agro-forestry-fishery processing.