(VOVWORLD) - The world is “at war” with COVID-19, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. He called for the application of wartime logic to the inequitable access to weapons needed to fight the pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on a 4-day visit to the Middle East following a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that went into effect last week.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) agreed on Tuesday to extend their mornitoring deal one month, after the original three-month deal expired on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi has shut down all food and beverage establishments as well as hair salons and beauty parlors to contain the spread of COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Binh Duong province has been given more than 150,000 USD in cash and kind from Singapore-funded Procter & Gamble Ltd. to fight COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, condemned deliberate attacks targeting UN peacekeepers during a UN Security Council (UNSC) open debate via video teleconference on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The White House and the Kremlin are working to arrange a summit next month between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland, according to officials.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Ambassador to India, Nepal, and Bhutan Pham Sanh Chau presented 30,000 USD on Monday from the Vietnamese government to Nepal’s Ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhayay to help Nepal fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) -Two digital transformation solutions of Vietnam have won prizes of the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for “Innovation in B2B Products & Services”.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 3,600 tons of fresh lychees from Hai Duong, Bac Giang and Vinh Phuc province were exported to China via Lao Cai province’s Kim Thanh II international border gate during the past two weeks.