(VOVWORLD) - A 58-year-old British man, who toured the ancient town of Hoi An after sharing a London-Hanoi flight with Hanoi’s first Covid-19 patient, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised his army’s “perfect combat readiness” after overseeing a long-range artillery drill, state-run media said Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi called on Iran on Monday to cooperate immediately and fully with the IAEA and provide prompt access to locations which it has refused to let the Agency’s inspectors visit.

(VOVWORLD) - UN economists have warned that the rapid escalation of the coronavirus outbreak could cost the global economy from 1 to 2 trillion USD this year.

(VOVWORLD) - All 27 EU member countries have reported cases of Covid-19 as Cyprus detected its first infection on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - All residents of Ha Long City in Quang Ninh province need to fill out health declaration forms starting Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Facebook has announced they are temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit public concerns about the new coronavirus.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has sufficient capability, resources and experience to control the COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed at a meeting on Monday in response to the developments of the disease in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -A "bomb-making factory" in Hong Kong that held 2.6 tons of chemicals was raided by police on Sunday and 17 people were arrested for plotting to force the city to close its border with mainland China. Three half-completed bombs, each containing 1.5kg of explosives, were found.

(VOVWORLD) -North Korea fired three short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Monday for the second time in a week in what was believed to be part of a joint strike exercise, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.