(VOVWORLD) -The new US special representative for North Korea, Sung Kim, arrived in Seoul on Saturday for talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, as they seek a coordinated strategy to resume nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed 130 more COVID-19 community transmissions Sunday noon, raising the ongoing coronavirus wave's tally in the country to 9,850.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 206 COVID-19 cases from 6pm Friday until 12 noon Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday began its largest vaccination campaign ever to contain the coronavirus which is ravaging the city. 836,000 vaccine doses allocated by the Government for Ho Chi Minh city will be administered in a week at 1,000 vaccination stations.

(VOVWORLD) - Israeli police on Friday arrested 16 Palestinians during clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, with nine people injured as protesters hurled rocks and officers fired rubber bullets.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member organisation.

(VOVWORLD) - The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that the country will officially withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies on Dec. 18 this year.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 178.6 million COVID-19 cases were reported wordwide as of 1:30 am of June 19 (UTC) with about 3.87 million deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly’s Permanent Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man has praised the important role played by media agencies, including the Voice of Vietnam, in fostering social economic development in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision to grant certificates of merit to 3 agencies and 7 individuals of the Ministry of Health for their excellency in Covid-19 prevention and control.