(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday morning, keeping the national count at 847, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - A State funeral for former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu will be held at the National Funeral House in Hanoi from 8 a.m. on Friday to 12 p.m. on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the locked-down city of Kaesong, fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the relief organization said on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has exported nearly 3.9 million tons of rice, earning 1.9 billion USD since the beginning of the year. Export volume fell but increased by around 11% in value over the same period last year.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 6 new coronavirus cases on Monday, according to the Health Ministry.

(VOVWORLD) - China has said it will sanction 11 Americans in retaliation for similar measures imposed by the US on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - An online photo display and conference took place on Sunday to mark the Day for Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims on August 10.

(VOVWORLD) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani agreed to release hundreds of Taliban prisoners after an Afghan grand assembly known as a Loya Jirga passed a resolution approving the move.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Sunday urged localities not to let the COVID-19 epidemic break out on a large scale.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 300 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from South Korea by a Vietnam Airlines flight that landed at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on Saturday.