(VOVWORLD) - The third round of the Innovation Partnership Grants under the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Aus4Innovation Programme has opened, targeting initiatives under priority targets of the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology to promote post-COVID-19 recovery.

(VOVWORLD) - A total 20,695 medical and other frontline workers nationwide got the COVID-19 shots as of March 16, according to the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang city expects to become a big socio-economic centre of Vietnam and Southeast Asia in general, and a centre of startups, innovations, creations, tourism, trade, finance, logistics, high-tech industries, IT and support industries.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China on Tuesday against using “coercion and aggression” during his first trip abroad.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is one of the most promising Asian markets in a long time thanks to its success in COVID-19 control, according to a recent article posted on the UK’s MoneyWeek website.

(VOVWORLD) - The football federations of Argentina and Vietnam cooperate in training players and referees, and bringing Argentine footballers to play in Vietnam, said President of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) Claudio Tapia.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently held an online seminar to improve the capacity of the police forces.

(VOVWORLD) - The NA Standing Committee, at its closing session on Tuesday, discussed preparations for the final meeting of the current legislature slated for later this month.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed that there is no link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clotting in patients.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia gave Vietnam 1,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V as a gift, according to an announcement from the Health Ministry.