(VOVWORLD) - The Afghan government will include women in the future, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreign Ministers from Japan, the US, Europe, and elsewhere agreed on Wednesday to work together to deal with the situation in Afghanistan as they seek to ensure the safe departure for those fleeing the Taliban-controlled country.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Medicines Agency released its regular vaccine safety updates on Wednesday, which added an extremely rare nerve-damaging disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), as a possible side-effect of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese authorities are working to soon implement a ‘vaccine passport’ programme and adjust entry and exit regulations to facilitate foreign entries into the country.

(VOVWORLD) - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, also head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, chaired a meeting in Hanoi on Thursday to discuss the building of a project on fine-tuning Vietnam's law-governed socialist State until 2030 with an orientation toward 2045.

(VOVWORLD) - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh will co-chair the 13th meeting of the Steering Committee for Vietnam-China bilateral ties during the Chinese official’s upcoming visit to Vietnam, said Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry Deputy spokesperson Doan Khac Viet.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is becoming a more important piece of the global supply chain, despite the problems facing the country at present, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam) Adam Sitkoff has told Bloomberg Television.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the strategic role of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in the international integration process and economic growth of Asia while addressing the 7th GMS Summit held online Thursday. PM Chinh's attendance was made at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Thursday, the world has recorded more than 223 million COVID-19 infections, and more than 4.6 million people have died.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said Wednesday that his country is "transparent" about its nuclear activities.