(VOVWORLD) - The chief of the US's National Guard Bureau, General Daniel Hokanson, says 15,000 National Guard troops have been authorized to safeguard the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20.

(VOVWORLD) - The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy said on Sunday that Iran is in full control of the Persian Gulf region and monitors all movements by extra-regional forces present in its waters.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to minimize the number of flights carrying Vietnamese citizens back home from now until the lunar New Year holiday (Tet), which falls in mid-February, as more contagious variants of coronavirus have been detected in many countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) will soon arrive in China for a long-anticipated investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Wakamono, a Ho Chi Minh City-based company that specialises in producing nano biotech materials, has invented a medical mask that is capable of killing more than 99 percent of both gram-negative and -positive bacteria, and enveloped and non-enveloped virus.

(VOVWORLD) - The most advanced kindergarten in the Mekong Delta opened in Can Tho city on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The UK government said on Sunday that it has mobilized 1 billion USD to help "vulnerable countries" access the COVID-19 vaccine by connecting donors to countries in need.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesian authorities have located 2 black boxes of a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea two days ago with 62 people on board minutes after take off from Jakarta’s main airport.

(VOVWORLD) - Preparations for the coming Lunar New Year are under way nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 6.4 million USD was raised at the 14th "Spring for Children" program held by the National Fund for Vietnamese Children in Hanoi on Sunday.