(VOVWORLD) - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed eight people and hurt dozens, officials said Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Cambodian government on Sunday issued a decree on mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 among all government officials and armed forces, warning disciplinary action will be taken against those who avoid being vaccinated.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on Sunday, keeping the total number of infections in the country at 2,692, 1,570 of them are domestically transmitted, said the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Nine imported cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 12 hours to 6pm Saturday, said the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang city and Quang Nam province should be growth engine of the central region, said President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a working session with leaders the two localities in Da Nang on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Nearly a ton of medicinal Helicteres hirsuta Lour herbs developed by farmers in Cam Lo district in the central province of Quang Tri has been exported to the US, marking the first medicinal product of the province eligible for the US market.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam on Friday urged parties involved in Myanmar to refrain from acts of violence, conduct dialogue and reconciliation according to the will and aspirations of the people, for peace and stability in the region.

(VOVWORLD) - Experts on Saturday called for a review of materials industry-related policies and human resource development to meet the need of national industrialization and modernization by 2030 and vision to 2045.

(VOVWORLD) - Chinese vaccines Sinopharm and CoronaVac (Sinovac) are on the final stage of evaluation by the Emergency Use Listing of the World Health Organization and a final decision should be made between April 26 and May 3, a WHO official said in a press conference on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Hundreds of people on Friday gathered outside the Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle to pay tribute to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, who died the same day at the age of 99.