Three foreign scientists were given 3 million USD by an international award founded in Vietnam to honor scientific achievements worldwide. Hungarian-American Professor Katalin Kariko, US Professor Drew Weissman, and Canadian Professor Pieter Rutter Cullis won the VinFuture Grand Prize for their contributions to the development of the mRNA vaccine technology.

The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus will impact US economic growth in the coming months, but may not stop the recovery of the world’s number one economy, according to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at a meeting with US mayors in Washington this week. Yellen said the coronavirus relief

  Ten countries have endorsed Vietnam’s vaccine passport, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said at a press briefing in Hanoi on Thursday. Vietnam’s vaccine passport has been recognized by Japan, the US, the UK, Australia, India, Belarus, Cambodia, the Philippines, Palestine, and Maldives. Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said Vietnam is

   Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Thursday held talks with his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sakhonn during which both sides said they are happy to see the growing ties between the two countries. The two FMs agreed to strengthen cooperation and actively enforce agreements reached by both countries’ leaders on land

Japan and the US on Friday agreed to issue a Joint Statement on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and make a joint effort to prevent proliferation and completely eliminate nuclear weapons. The two countries declared that they share a common understanding of the necessity of preventing nuclear war and creating

  The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) continued to confirm its role as a key media agency in 2021 despite severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung. Addressing VOV’s review meeting in Hanoi on Friday, Mr. Hung, who is also Deputy Head of