(VOVWORLD) -People entering Vietnam holding a “vaccine passport” must still undergo a two-week period of quarantine and test negative to COVID-19 twice, health experts said.

(VOVWORLD) -Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer credited with inventing the audio cassette tape, died last weekend, aged 94. Ottens was a talented and influential engineer at Philips, where he also helped develop consumer compact discs.

(VOVWORLD) - While inflation rose to an eight-year high last month, it should remain stable at 3 percent for full-year 2021, HSBC says in a note.

(VOVWORLD) -Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province have approved a night-time food street comprising mobile trucks along a beach in Nha Trang city, a top tourist attraction.

(VOVWORLD) -Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine was 96% effective in preventing cases caused by the original version of the coronavirus in a late-stage trial conducted in the United Kingdom, the company said on Thursday, moving it a step closer to regulatory approval.

(VOVWORLD) -President Joe Biden signed his 1.9 trillion USD stimulus bill into law on Thursday, commemorating the one-year anniversary of a US lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic with a measure designed to bring relief to Americans and boost the economy.

(VOVWORLD) -The United States will not offer Iran unilateral incentives to attend talks about both sides resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam added two new cases of COVID-19 Friday morning, bringing the national tally to 2,535.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is expected to become one of the world’s top shrimp producers thanks to its positive response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its modern shrimp farming methods, according to industry insiders.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has three representatives among 606 institutions listed in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings this year, having also done so in 2020.