(VOVWORLD) - The UN nuclear watchdog said on Sunday Iran had failed to fully honour the terms of a deal struck two weeks ago to allow the agency’s inspectors to service monitoring equipment in the country.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, a move that could deepen a rift with NATO ally Washington and trigger new US sanctions.

(VOVWORLD) - Germany's Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, projected results showed, and claimed a "clear mandate" to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of conservative-led rule under Angela Merkel.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh city is preparing a new directive, due to take effect from Friday, on COVID-19 policy adjustments to reopen the economy, said a spokesman for the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control at a press conference on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is considering mutual recognition of vaccine passports with a number of countries, the Government Office announced Sunday, calling the idea "necessary in the current context".

(VOVWORLD) - More than 5.7 million USD was raised at Sunday’s televised art program to support HCM city’s pandemic control efforts.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 10,011 new infections of COVID-19 in 35 provinces and cities on Sunday, with HCM city accounting for nearly half of the cases.

(VOVWORLD) - The top leaders of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos met in Hanoi on Sunday to boost cooperation across the board.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is taking final steps and scheduled to complete the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by November this year, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh.

(VOVWORLD) - The central province of Khanh Hoa has approved a plan to welcome back fully vaccinated foreign tourists under a trial vaccine passport program starting this November, VnExpress reported.