(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh city is working on plans and procedures for people entering the city from Japan, South Korea, China, Chinese Taiwan, Laos, and Cambodia, said Director of the Municipal Department of Health at a Monday online meeting of the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - 16 winners of the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2020 were announced on Monday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union and 14 other countries issued a joint statement Monday calling for "a sufficient and equitable" worldwide distribution of coronavirus vaccines.

(VOVWORLD) - A ceremony celebrating the UN’s 75th founding anniversary opened the 75th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's Health Ministry on Monday issued a decision approving a COVID-19 testing plan in order to detect coronavirus cases for timely monitoring, quarantine, and treatment.

(VOVWORLD) - The Belarusian Defense Minister on Monday said that the country's armed forces stand ready to help Russia cope with any threat.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday authorizing new sanctions on Iranian officials and entities, and anyone who sells arms to them.

(VOVWORLD) - Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that is also home to one of the world’s oldest pyramids, the ministry of tourism and antiquities said.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s first theatrical work made up of circus and cai luong (reformed arts) –“The Magic Stick” – has recently been launched in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The HCM City People’s Committee has recently asked the Ministry of Defence to consider developing a profile for Cu Chi Tunnels and submit it to UNESCO for approval as a world heritage site.