(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has kept the COVID-19 pandemic basically under control as traces of new cases have been detected, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said at a government meeting on COVID-19 prevention in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Localities nationwide are preparing emergency COVID-19 response scenarios.

(VOVWORLD) - Negotiations in Vienna to revive the Iran nuclear deal are progressing, the EU’s top diplomat said Monday, expressing cautious optimism that an agreement will be reached.

(VOVWORLD) - Seven COVID-19 patients linked to the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ cluster are infected with the variant of coronavirus first reported in India.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed 30 new infections of COVID-19 including 3 imported cases on Tuesday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden said on Monday that so far there is no evidence that Russia was involved in the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam assured that there is no need to impose large-scale social distancing measures in Vietnam at this stage.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly will focus on improving deputies’ performances to make the top legislative body more effective, said NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

(VOVWORLD) - Hospitals and universities must implement strict distancing measures, review treatment methods, and classify patients, according to an emergency telegram from the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - The Australian defense ministry said its war ships have conducted several transits this year of the South China Sea, called the East Sea in Vietnam, according to an article in the Australian Financial Review.