(VOVWORLD) - The first 2 tons of Vietnamese fresh lychee shipped to Japan last weekend sold out in a day, according to Vietnam’s Plant Protection Department.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea's surprise demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office last week is not in breach of the military tension reduction agreement between the two Koreas, Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Delegates from the United States and Russia are meeting in Vienna Monday and Tuesday to discuss their nuclear arsenals after more than a year’s pause.

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN will stick to its agenda despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung said at Monday’s online meeting of senior officials for the 36th ASEAN Summit this Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering running for a new term if voters approve a constitutional change that would allow him to do so. Putin made the statement during a recent TV interview, but added that he has not made a definite decision.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hue Festival 2020 will open at the end of August, showcasing art performances and folk activities.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on Vietnamese journalists to continue upholding Vietnam’s revolutionary spirit and consolidating people’s trust in the Party and the State.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam had recorded 349 COVID-19 cases as of Monday morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, and had gone 67 straight day with no new community transmission of COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - The 10th meeting on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), scheduled for Tuesday in Hanoi, is expected to change regional and global trade.

(VOVWORLD) - China on Sunday halted poultry imports from a Tyson Foods poultry plant in Arkansas and closed a PepsiCo chips branch in Beijing because of Covid-19.