(VOVWORLD) - Safe business activities, additional social welfare benefits, and more support measures for businesses will be implemented in Ho Chi Minh City starting September 15, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai during a Q&A session on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Strengthening medical staffs at the grassroots level and speeding up medicine delivery to COVID-19 patients being treated at home are important parts of Ho Chi Minh City’s strategy to reduce critical patients and deaths, said Vice Director of the municipal Health Department Nguyen Van Vinh Chau at a Monday press conference.

(VOVWORLD) - The Taliban on Monday declared that the war is over in Afghanistan.

(VOVWORLD) - Officials of Australia and Vietnam are working hard to finalize the Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy, which aims to beef up bilateral economic ties, by late this month, according to Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is ready to serve as a bridge linking Austria with the 650 million people ASEAN market and the 800 million people CPTPP market, Vietnam’s top legislator told the Vietnam-Austria Business Forum in Vienna, Austria, on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Indian Government to open its market for Vietnamese goods, particularly farm produce like longan, rambutan and durian. Mr. Phuc was speaking at a reception in Hanoi on Monday for Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma, which focused on promoting bilateral cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - The agro-forestry-fisheries sector earned more than 32 billion USD from export in the past eight months, resulting in a trade surplus of about 3.3 billion USD, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(VOVWORLD) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior ministers will head to the United States on official visits in coming weeks, the Telegraph reported on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said "some technical things are left" for government formation and they will be resolved soon.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 12,481 new infections of COVID-19 on Monday including 7,122 cases in HCM city.