(VOVWORLD) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is projecting 7.2% economic growth for developing Asia this year, compared to its 7.3% forecast in April, as renewed COVID-19 outbreaks slow the recovery in some economies in the region.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is in talks with the United States on domestic production of mRNA vaccines, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, as the country looks to boost supplies amid its worst coronavirus outbreak yet.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s health and science officials met on Thursday to mull the approval of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Nanocovax for emergency use.

(VOVWORLD) - China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a Chinese laboratory, a top health official said.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry announced 3,898 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday morning, bringing Vietnam’s total count of infections to more than 78,000.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly must continuously reform and perfect itself to improve its working quality, thus meeting requirements in the new period, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has said.

(VOVWORLD) - A total of 6,194 new COVID-19 infections, including 6,164 domestic and 30 imported cases, were detected on July 22, the largest ever number in a single day.

(VOVWORLD) - Three million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine supplied by the US via the COVAX Facility will arrive in Vietnam on July 25, unveiled Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang during the ministry’s regular press conference held virtually on Thursday .

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 22 sent a message of sympathy to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang over human and asset losses caused by flooding in Henan province.

(VOVWORLD) - Taliban insurgents control about half of Afghanistan's district centers, said General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.