(VOVWORLD) - President Joe Biden's administration has proposed the first in-person "Quad" meeting with leaders of India, Japan and Australia in late September, Kyodo News Agency said Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Afghan government and the Taliban will continue to negotiate until they reach an agreement, according to a joint statement reported by Al Jazeera TV on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+, reached a deal on Sunday to slightly increase oil production, beginning next month.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese team arrived in Japan on Monday ready to participate in the Olympics Games 2020.

(VOVWORLD) - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked domestic airlines to suspend, beginning Monday, flights to and from airports in several southern localities that are under social distancing restrictions.

(VOVWORLD) - 19 southern provinces and cities have been enforcing social distancing since Sunday under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16.

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has requested 7 ministers to establish special working groups to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 7.30pm on Sunday to 6am on Monday, Vietnam confirmed 2,015 COVID-19 cases, of which Ho Chi Minh City had the highest number of cases: 1,535.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 2,828 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - All non-essential services in Hanoi will be halted from Monday as the capital city takes more stringent social distancing measures to curb a spike in community cases.