(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health has planned to vaccinate people with a COVID-19 booster jab, starting later this year, said Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

(VOVWORLD) - The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's biggest trade pact of 10 ASEAN countries and 5 partner countries, will officially take effect on January 1, 2022, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(VOVWORLD) - 7,954 new domestic cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Vietnam on Monday, up 323 cases from the previous day.

(VOVWORLD) - Microsatellite NanoDragon, a product of the Vietnam National Space Center, is slated to be sent into orbit from Japan on Tuesday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - Local director Huynh Tuan Anh has been given the “Best Director of the Year” award at the ongoing Asian World Film Festival (AWFF).

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Sunday that he has identified the perpetrators of the failed assassination attempt at his residence in the capital of Baghdad.

(VOVWORLD) - Lawmakers on Monday met in person in Hanoi to discuss implementation of socio-economic development plan and state budget for this year and next year and COVID-19 prevention and control.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam had administered 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by Tuesday morning, according the COVID-19 vaccination portal.

(VOVWORLD) - Six new airports will be built in the next 10 years, raising the total number of airports in Vietnam to 28, according to a master plan submitted to the Government by the Ministry of Transport.

(VOVWORLD) -UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned “in the strongest terms” the assassination attempt on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, via a drone attack on his house in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone Sunday night.