(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Tuesday passed a Government proposal to use 12 trillion VND (500 million USD) from the savings of the central budget to buy COVID-19 vaccines.

(VOVWORLD) - Vital medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, while a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC), chaired by Vietnam in April, held a teleconference on Monday to discuss the situation in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, and activities of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

(VOVWORLD) - The Japanese government, in an annual report released Tuesday, expressed strong security concerns over China's increased maritime activities in the East China Sea and the South China Sea (known as the East Sea in Vietnam).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is closely watching the COVID-19 situation in India and is ready to help the Indian government and people get through this hard time, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - India set a new global record for one-day rise in coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day, with more than 319,000 new cases. Deaths from COVID-19 also set an all-time high over the last 24 hours.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia expelled an Italian diplomat on Monday and called in Italy's ambassador to its foreign ministry over what it said was a groundless move by Rome to expel two Russian diplomats last month.

(VOVWORLD) -A performance will be organized at the French consul general’s residence in downtown Ho Chi Minh City this weekend to honor street arts in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Planning-Architecture and Singapore’s Centre for Livable Cities (CLC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in developing sustainable urban planning in the city on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -The play "Be a King" will hit stages in Hanoi as from Tuesday, telling a historical epic from the time of King Dinh Tien Hoang (924-979), who reigned Dai Co Viet (the former name of Vietnam) between 968 and 979.