(VOVWORLD) - Russia is considering transferring technology for the production of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam, President of the Russian Federal Council (upper house) Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko has said.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi on Tuesday during his attendance at the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chongqing, China.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese agencies and organizations are linking up to help farmers sell their products as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on production and business activities in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 55 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday evening including 53 domestic cases.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesia’s Foreign Minister has urged ASEAN and China to soon resume talks on a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) which can serve as a behavioral guide for countries in the sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Global law enforcement agencies hacked into an app used by criminals and read millions of encrypted messages, leading to hundreds of arrests of organized crime figures in 18 countries, officials said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A location for safe farm produce sales during the COVID-19 pandemic made its debut at a ceremony on Monday hosted by Hanoi’s Trade Promotion Center for Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(VOVWORLD) - The first batch of Hai Duong province’s Thanh Ha “thieu” lychees left Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi for the EU on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will visit Singapore on Thursday to discuss a regional response to the escalating strategic competition between the US and China.

(VOVWORLD) - East Asia Summit (EAS) members affirmed their commitment to cooperate, support and promote COVID-19 vaccination worldwide at the virtual EAS Ambassadors' Meeting in Jakarta on Monday.