(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam on Friday evening reported 3,409 more cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of cases per day to 7,307, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The Government was soon aware of the importance of domestic vaccine production and has worked to speed up the process in a timely, safe, and effective manner, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien and his Canadian counterpart Jody Thomas co-chaired the first Vietnam – Canada online dialogue on defence policy on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU on Thursday said 200 million Europeans had been fully vaccinated, more than half of the adult population but still short of a 70 percent target it had set for the summer.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City’s High Command will disinfect the entire city in the next seven days as a way to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus virus.

(VOVWORLD) - The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has asked for more medical staff to support its COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

(VOVWORLD) - On the occasion of the 74th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day, on Friday, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented gifts to wounded soldiers at the Center for Severely Injured Soldiers and People with Meritorious Services in Ha Nam province. He also visited and gave gifts to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and war invalids.

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN member countries are preparing for ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021, which is slated for August 8-10, as part of series of activities to mark the bloc’s 54th founding anniversary.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman held talks in Seoul on Friday over stalled nuclear diplomacy with North Korea and other global issues.

(VOVWORLD) - Son Tung, who wrote the novel Green Lotus about President Ho Chi Minh, passed away at 11 pm on Thursday at the age of 93, a member of his family said.