(VOVWORLD) - Britain will start to roll out Merck's molnupiravir COVID-19 antiviral pill through a drug trial later this month, Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser at the UK Health Security Agency said on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Nearly 96% of enterprises at 17 processing and industrial zones in Ho Chi Minh City have resumed operations after social distancing measures were lifted, according to the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi escaped unharmed in an assassination attempt by armed drone in Baghdad. Kadhimi appeared in a video footage published by his office on Sunday chairing a meeting with top security commanders to discuss the drone attack.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested intensified measures against COVID-19 as the number of new cases rises across the country.

(VOVWORLD) - An additional 7,646 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Vietnam on Sunday bringing the nationwide tally to 968,684.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraq’s military says Sunday that Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt after a drone laden with explosives targeted his residence in the capital, Baghdad.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son chaired a regular Government press briefing on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s strong commitments at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), held in Glasgow, Scotland (the UK), have been well received by the international community.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and his working visit to the UK, and official visit to France were of great success, said Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung.

(VOVWORLD) - The world had recorded 250.2 million COVID-19 infections as of 4PM on Sunday, including more than 5 million deaths, according to worldometers.com.