VOV.VN - Vietnam will continue to produce its own coronavirus vaccines, facilitate clinical trials, and prepare vaccine production and funding plans providing the vaccines are effective.

The Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee held the fifth conference in the 11th tenure on April 13 to discuss a draft report on socio-economic and budget performance in the first quarter, and key tasks and goals for the second quarter.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam Delegation to the United Nations, chaired a UN Security Council (UNSC) briefing on UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

VOV.VN - The administration of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa is planning to hold 114 culture, sports, and tourism activities starting from mid-April as part of efforts to promote the locality as a safe tourist destination in the post COVID-19 period.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is running a high risk of enduring a future COVID-19 outbreak in the community due to the continued global spread of the virus, especially in neighbouring Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, according to Tran Dac Phu, senior advisor to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Demand for credit may increase sharply since the second quarter, especially in fields of industrial production, exports, trade and tourism, said a senior official of the central bank.

Lecturers in 10 Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam are invited to participate in an international online education forum to be hosted by Australia’s University of Tasmania in June and September this year.

The Malaysian news service site theinnews.com (INS) has published an article, titled “Vietnam’s economy to keep growing solidly with new leaders”, highlighting that despite COVID-19, Vietnam has emerged as a shining star in Asia.

VOV.VN - As many as 60,139 Vietnamese people have been given an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine shot since the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign was launched on March 8, according to the Ministry of Health on April 14.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held a phone talk with Brunei Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof on April 13, during which both agreed to regularly and effectively maintain the nations’ mechanism of joint committee on bilateral cooperation.