(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono has said China must halt activities near the disputed East China Sea islands known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu Islands in China.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam National University-Hanoi and the ASEAN University Network on Tuesday launched a higher education comparative ranking system called “University Performance Metrics” (UPM).

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN, affirmed support for the three-point peace plan submitted by the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen at a video meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A national population archive center debuted Monday at a ceremony held by the Ministry of Public Security.

(VOVWORLD) - An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of whom were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups.

(VOVWORLD) - The spread of COVID-19 in the central region has been gradually contained but outbreaks in the north remain unpredictable, according to the Health Ministry at a meeting of the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Prime Minister has approved a National AIDS Strategy whose ultimate goal is to end the AIDS epidemic in the country by 2030.

(VOVWORLD) - It would be in Saudi Arabia's best interest to normalize ties with Israel as the United Arab Emirates has agreed to do, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and White House advisor Jared Kushner said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Trump administration announced Monday it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies, clamping down on the Chinese telecom giant’s access to commercially available chips.