(VOVWORLD) -European Union leaders failed to agree on a proposal by France and Germany to hold a summit soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Poland and Baltic countries said it would send the wrong message as East-West ties deteriorate.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry announced 112 new infections of COVID-19 Friday noon, raising the total count in the morning to 203.

(VOVWORLD) -The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against the Delta variant of COVID-19, a Pfizer official in Israel said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The national COVID-19 vaccine fund had received over 320 million USD as of Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Tran Anh Khoa, playing Rom in the movie of the same name, took home the Best Actor Award at the 18th Asian Film Festival taking place in Rome this week.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested accelerating the transfer of vaccine production technology and the development of home-grown COVID-19 vaccines so that Vietnam will be able to produce the vaccines no later than June next year.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnamese economy has fared better than most during the COVID-19 pandemic and is well placed to capture renewed FDI interest, according to an article posted on the UK website lexology.com.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed 91 more COVID-19 infections including 79 local transmissions Friday morning, raising the number of cases recorded in the ongoing wave to more than 11,000.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 285 COVID-19 infections on Thursday, 162 of which are in HCM City, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Thursday warned against a likely resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Dong Nai province, which has disrupted trade activities with Ho Chi Minh city and Binh Duong province where the coronavirus is raging.