(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc has proposed that Pfizer, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, cooperate with Vietnam in the production of COVID-19 treatment drugs and accelerate efforts to have an effective and safe vaccine for children.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam handed over 4 sets of remains of US servicemen missing in action during the Vietnam war at a ceremony at Da Nang airport on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) made its debut at a ceremony held at the Embassy of Vietnam in Germany and via videoconference on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - A get-together and exhibition on Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Vietnam has been held in Brussels, Belgium, by the Belgium - Vietnam Association (ABV).

(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic has been gradually put under control across Vietnam, especially in hotbeds such as Ho Chi Minh City and its neighboring provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An, according to Sunday’s online conference of the Steering Committees for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of 63 provinces and cities nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian gas consumption is running at a record high but Moscow is still ready to increase supplies to Europe should it receive such requests, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - 17 American missionaries and their family members, including children, were reportedly kidnapped by gang members on Saturday in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a source in Haiti's security forces said.

(VOVWORLD) - The Taliban on Saturday pledged to step up security at Shi'ite mosques after a suicide attack on the Fatima mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province claimed the lives of at least 60 people.

(VOVWORLD) - Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE on Friday asked US regulators to authorize their COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children aged 5-11.

(VOVWORLD) - 240.8 million COVID-19 infections were reported globally by Saturday noon, 4.9 million of them died, according to worldometers.info.