(VOVWORLD) -Boeing, the US’s leading aircraft manufacturer, said Thursday that airlines in Southeast Asia would need 4,400 new aircraft worth 700 billion USD to meet the increasing needs of air travel in the next 20 years.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang says that, as a responsible member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Vietnam supports an open, transparent and rules-based multilateral system and appreciates the WTO’s central role.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported one more case of COVID-19 but was free from new local infections on Friday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - 35 volunteers joined phase 2 of the Nano Covax vaccine trials in Hanoi on Thursday. Developed by Nanogen Biotechnology Joint Stock Company, this vaccine is the first in Vietnam to undergo human clinical trials.

(VOVWORLD) - Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s largest online travel startup, plans to launch financial services in Thailand and Vietnam as it eyes a US listing through a blank-cheque company, its president Caesar Indra said.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese and Indian small and medium sized enterprises see promising cooperation opportunities in trade and investment, according to an online conference on Thursday called “Boosting trade-investment cooperation opportunities between Vietnamese and Indian SMEs.”

(VOVWORLD) - The Advisory Council for the Registration and Circulation of Drugs and Medicinal Ingredients recommends that the Health Ministry approve for use in Vietnam the COVID-19 vaccines by the Moderna Company in the US and Russia’s JSC Generium Company.

(VOVWORLD) -A third coronavirus vaccine could soon be available in the United States, a one-shot regimen made by pharmaceutical giant Johnson &Johnson that proved safe and effective in a clinical trial and completely protective against hospitalizations and deaths, according to a recent Food and Drug Administration review.

(VOVWORLD) -Digital vaccination certificates enabling people to travel in Europe despite the coronavirus pandemic will probably be available before the summer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after a virtual EU summit.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam reported one more case of COVID-19 but was free from local infections on Friday morning.