(VOVWORLD) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said on Sunday he supports COVID-19 vaccine mandates for children attending schools as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to fuel a surge in cases in the nation.

(VOVWORLD) - Two “zero dong” mini marts have opened in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan and Hoai Duc districts to help pandemic-hit people surmount difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his US counterpart Antony Blinken in a phone call on Sunday that the international community should engage with Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers and "positively guide" them, China's foreign ministry said.

(VOVWORLD) - US anti-missile defences intercepted as many as five rockets that were fired at Kabul's airport early on Monday morning, a US official said, as the United States rushed to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end its longest war.

(VOVWORLD) - A US drone strike killed a suicide car bomber who Pentagon officials said was preparing to strike Kabul airport on Sunday, as American forces worked to complete a withdrawal that will end two decades of military involvement in Afghanistan.

(VOVWORLD) - The southern province of Binh Duong has decided to extend social distancing measures under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16 in “red zones” for 15 more days while "freezing" 15 wards in Thuan An and Di An cities and Tan Uyen township as COVID-19 infections continue surging.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi authorities have required departments, sectors and localities across the city to intensify testing and tracing to filter COVID-19 patients out of the community, while preparing quarantine and treatment facilities to be ready for any circumstances.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City has allowed shippers to resume operations in eight COVID-19 “red zones” under certain conditions from Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Taliban have assured about 100 countries that all foreign nationals and any Afghan citizen with travel authorization from foreign countries will be allowed to proceed in a safe and orderly manner to points of departure and travel outside the country, even after the deadline for the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan on August 31, according to the Joint Statement on Afghanistan Evacuation Travel Assurances on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - A certificate of circulation for the NanoCovax vaccine, Vietnam’s first homegrown vaccine, has not yet been approved by the Advisory Council.