(VOVWORLD) -Britain will challenge fellow G7 countries to help speed up the development of future vaccines to 100-days today when Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts a virtual meeting of leaders including US President Joe Biden.

(VOVWORLD) -No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Vietnam on Friday morning, leaving the national tally at 2,347.

(VOVWORLD) -Former Politburo member and former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong passed away at his home at 3:25am on Friday in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre due to old age and serious illness.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to extend a humanitarian pause for COVID-19 vaccination.

(VOVWORLD) - On Thursday, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries agreed to spend 10.5 million USD to purchase COVID-19 vaccines via the ASEAN response fund.

(VOVWORLD) - NATO Defence Ministers began their 2 day virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss the NATO 2030 initiative, which aims at making the transatlantic Alliance fit for the future. Member states reviewed progress towards fairer burden-sharing, while strengthening defence and deterrence.

(VOVWORLD) - During the last 12 hours, Vietnam has reported 18 new COVID-19 cases in Hai Duong province, all are in quarantine areas.

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has urged state management to foster innovation in the private sector to fuel national economic growth.

(VOVWORLD) - Female Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan has won two prizes, including a gold, at the 2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).

(VOVWORLD) - The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health has approved the import of the first 200,400 doses of the British AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.