(VOVWORLD) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has handed his resignation to King Al-Sultan Abdullah but will stay on as interim premier, the Royal Palace said on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi began a 10-day visit to the Middle East on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Youth Initiative Program – InnoCity 2021 will be launched on Thursday and will continue both online and offline in Vietnam and Europe until October.

(VOVWORLD) - 90 CEOs of leading US companies have urged President Joe Biden to accelerate donation of vaccines to Vietnam as it battles its most serious COVID-19 outbreak yet, VnExpress reported.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi will provide enough medical oxygen for as many as 40,000 COVID-19 patients, according to a plan developed by municipal authorities.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam ranked third in instant noodles consumption after China and Indonesia, with more than 7 billion servings last year, according to the World Instant Noodles Association (WINA).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam earned 74,000 USD from tea exports to Australia in the first half of this year, up 85% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(VOVWORLD) - The 2021 Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival, the third of its kind, will be delayed until December due to COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

(VOVWORLD) - The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul, as US-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens. President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday, saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed.

(VOVWORLD) - There are currently no Vietnamese citizens remaining in Afghanistan, according to the Vietnamese Embassy for Pakistan and Afghanistan.