(VOVWORLD) - As of Sunday, there have been more than 221 million COVID-19 infections and nearly 4.6 million deaths in the world, according to worldometer.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The closing ceremony for the International Army Games 2021 took place on Saturday at the outskirt of Moscow, Russia.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is piloting electronic records of traceability for fishing at sea in Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, and Phu Yen provinces.

(VOVWORLD) - President Joe Biden will travel to New Jersey and New York on Tuesday to survey widespread storm damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida which made landfall in 4 northeastern states last week, claiming the lives of at least 47 people.

(VOVWORLD) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and leaders of other international organisations and foreign countries have sent congratulations to Vietnamese leaders on Vietnam's National Day (September 2).

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA left Hanoi on Sunday morning for the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (WCSP5) in Austria.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday held a reception for Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Vietnam Christopher Klein and representatives from US firms and investors that are running global supply chains in Vietnam. The meeting was also held online connecting to sites in Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces in the southern region, and the US.

(VOVWORLD) - Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will lead the new government in Afghanistan, sources within the movement have said, as the Islamist militant group works to finalize its leadership team after sweeping to victory in a 20-year war.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden has ordered the Justice Department and other agencies to begin a six-month process of declassifying documents related to the FBI’s investigations into the September 11, 2001 attacks.

(VOVWORLD) - The world had recorded 220.6 million COVID-19 infections and 4.5 million deaths as of 3PM on Saturday, according to worldometers.info.