[VOVWORLD] - Nearly a month after a migrant crisis erupted in Ceuta, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday that he would convene the National Security Council to assess the situation in the enclave. Ceuta, a Spanish autonomous city on the North African coast bordering Morocco, saw a massive influx of migrants in late July, with around 72,000 people arriving from Morocco. Sánchez has already chaired two meetings on the crisis via videoconference this month.

[VOVWORLD] - The European Commission (EC) on Monday approved 6.1 billion euros (7.12 billion USD) in financial aid for Ukraine to procure new  air defense systems, missiles, ammunition, and radar systems.

[VOVWORLD] - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the Vietnam Leadership Program (VLP) 2026 at Columbia University in New York.

[VOVWORLD] - The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday reported more than 5,500 Ebola cases in the country, resulting in 2,600 deaths.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam always makes child protection and care a top priority, considering investment in children an investment in the future and a cornerstone for achieving sustainable development goals, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra.

[VOVWORLD] - The search for, recovery of, and identification of martyrs' remains constitute a special political task, General Nguyen Trong Nghia, Chief of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, said in an interview with VOV about the 500-day campaign to locate, recover, and identify martyrs' remains.

[VOVWORLD] - The Vietnamese Party and State consider science, technology, innovation and digital transformation key drivers of rapid, sustainable development, and value contributions from overseas Vietnamese experts and intellectuals, said Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam attaches importance to its traditional friendship and Comprehensive Partnership with Chile, said Prime Minister Le Minh Hung at a reception for Chilean Foreign Minister Francisco Pérez Mackenna in Hanoi on Monday.

[VOVWORLD] - As of mid-August, Sam Son coastal resort city welcomed nearly 8.7 million visitors and is aiming to transform itself from a summer holiday destination into an attractive year-round one.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam has been recognized as an eligible exporter of fresh durian to India under the fifth amendment to Plant Quarantine, which regulates import into India.