(VOVWORLD) -More than 207.5 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded worldwide, including nearly 4.37 million deaths according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) -North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the friendly ties of their countries and vowed further bilateral cooperation as they exchanged messages to mark the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's colonial rule.

(VOVWORLD) -Taliban forces have captured Mazar-i-Sharif, a large city in northern Afghanistan in a major setback for the government.

(VOVWORLD) -At least 304 people died and hundreds were injured after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday launched a special emulation movement "The whole country unites to prevent, control and defeat the COVID-19 pandemic."

(VOVWORLD) - A total of 200 modern ventilators donated by Germany arrived in HCM City on Friday. These ventilators will be distributed to major hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and southern provinces of Kien Giang and Dong Nai.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi’s Medical University will begin human clinical trials of the ARCT-154 vaccine, the third home-made vaccine against COVID-19, on Sunday (August 15).

(VOVWORLD) - A rehearsal of the opening ceremony for the 2021 Army Games in Vietnam was held Friday at the National Military Training Center No.4 on the outskirts of Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The Le Monde newspaper of France has recently posted an article of the Collectif Vietnam-Dioxine association, calling on French politicians and the international community to support victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in Vietnam and designate a day in commemoration of the victims.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Saturday, the world recorded nearly 207 million COVID-19 infections and more than 4.35 million deaths.