(VOVWORLD) - The multinational pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca will give the EU an additional 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the 1st quarter, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen said Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday, detaining Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids.

(VOVWORLD) - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday visited the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China’s central region of Hubei, where the outbreak emerged in late 2019.

(VOVWORLD) - Many foreign media outlets reported Sunday on the election of Vietnam’s 13th Party Central Committee, Politburo, and Party Central Committee Secretariat.

(VOVWORLD) - Academics at Russia’s Far Eastern Federal University (DVFU) commented on Vietnam’s 13th National Party Congress which closed on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam closed on Monday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the government of leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids, Reuters reported.

(VOVWORLD) - A World Health Organization team has visited the seafood market linked to the earliest COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China, to investigate the origins of the pandemic, South China Morning Post reported Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Sunday evening inspected COVID-19 prevention and control measures in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh province, the two new pandemic epicenters of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The closing ceremony of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is underway on Monday morning after eight working days at the My Dinh National Convention Center in Hanoi.