(VOVWORLD) - The UK government has decided to donate 500,000 GBP (650,500 USD) for Vietnam to support flood-hit victims in the central region.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Tuesday, Vietnam had seen no new COVID-19 infections in the community for 62 consecutive days, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Austria’s top security official accused the Islamic State (ISIS) of opening fire at multiple locations in central Vienna late Monday that killed at least four people, including a police officer, and wounded several more.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese scientists will start human trials of a locally made COVID-19 vaccine in November.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has maintained macroeconomic stability since the beginning of the year despite COVID-19, according to lawmakers.

(VOVWORLD) - At least 22 people were killed and many more were wounded in an armed attack at Kabul University in Afghanistan on Monday, which was claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s digital transformation efforts have yielded the biggest improvement among Asia-Pacific economies, said Singapore’s daily Business Times in an article on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has not been able to open its doors to foreign visitors, but the tourism industry should prepare itself to welcome foreign visitors once the epidemic is over and the country reopens, said Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia’s Sputnik news agency ran an article reviewing keys to Vietnam’s success in containing COVID-19, praising the country’s political system’s effective operation.

(VOVWORLD) - 47.3 million people have been infected with the novel coronavirus, which has claimed 1.2 million lives worldwide, according to worldometers.info.