(VOVWORLD) - President Donald Trump's July Fourth celebration featured an extensive U.S. military air show over Washington, D.C., while four other cities got mini-versions of the air power display on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Close to 2,000 runners from across Vietnam took part in the 61st Tien Phong Newspaper Marathon, the country’s oldest annual marathon, around Ly Son island in the south-central province of Quang Ngai on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Professor Vladimir Kolotov from the Saint Petersburg State University has said Vietnam, in its capacity as ASEAN Chair, plays an active role in seeking solutions to basic issues faced by the region at the 36th ASEAN Summit.

(VOVWORLD) - A flower and lantern floating festival was held on Thach Han River in Quang Tri province on Saturday to mark the 73rd anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

(VOVWORLD) - The KCNA, North Korea’s state media, on Saturday quoted First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui as saying that the US is mistaken if it thinks things like negotiations would still work on DPRK, adding that the North has already established a "detailed strategic timetable" for managing what she described as US threats.

(VOVWORLD) - People need to stay alert and well aware of the danger as well as the actual development of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Executive Director of the health emergency services program at the World Health Organization (WHO).

(VOVWORLD) - 216 countries and territories across the world had reported 11.3 million COVID-19 infections and 533,000 deaths by 4PM on Sunday, according to statistic website worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, India’s Special Representative, will meet his Chinese counterpart to discuss boundary issues between the two countries in the coming days.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City and 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta set up a tourism linkage council at a conference on Saturday reviewing their cooperation on tourism development in the first six months of this year.

(VOVWORLD) - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Tran Thanh Man on Saturday extended greetings on the occasion of the 81st founding anniversary of Hoa Hao Buddhism.