(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City on Monday began the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination for medical workers and those who have contacts with people entering Vietnam via Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

(VOVWORLD) - “Portrait of Mademoiselle Phuong” by Mai Trung Thu has fetched the highest ever price for a Vietnamese painting with 3.1 million USD, VnExpress reported.

(VOVWORLD) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken has defended the US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, saying terrorism threats have moved elsewhere and that Washington needs to focus its “energy and resources” on other important issues.

(VOVWORLD) - Sli singing of the Nung ethnic minority in Xuan Duong commune in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage at a ceremony on Sunday to mark Vietnam Ethnic Group Cultural Day (April 19).

(VOVWORLD) - Israel and Greece have signed their biggest ever defense procurement deal, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Asian economy is projected to sustain recovery, with its annual growth rate expected to exceed 6.5 % this year, according to reports announced Sunday at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021.

(VOVWORLD) - Hundreds of passengers from Australia began arriving in New Zealand airports on Monday after authorities reopened borders, a pandemic milestone that allows quarantine-free travel between the countries for the first time in over a year.

(VOVWORLD) - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will chair on Monday a high-level open debate of the UN Security Council, marking the first time a high-ranking Vietnamese leader has presided over a Security Council meeting.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed 7 imported cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the national infection count to 2,791, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered an investigation into the derailment of four carriages of a train traveling from Cairo to Qalyubia, on Sunday.