Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien, a Vietnamese model, outclassed nearly 60 other contestants from around the globe and took home the title of Miss Grand International 2021 at the grand finale held in Thailand on Saturday evening. After the evening gown segment, Tien, 23, with measurements of 83-62-92 qualified for

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the suspension of flights, including repatriation flights, from 10 African countries to prevent the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 from entering Vietnam. According to CAAV Director Dinh Viet Thang, along with banning flights from the 10 countries – Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,

  The Prime Minister released a telegram on Saturday requesting ministries, agencies and localities to tighten COVID-19 prevention and control measures against the possible spread of the mutated variant Omicron in the country. According to the PM, the COVID-19 outbreak has basically been brought under control since the Government issued

-Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden will have a videoconference on Tuesday, RIA Novosti news agency reported Saturday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. According to Peskov, the presidents would discuss the Ukraine issue and several other issues. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday that the leaders

  At least 30 people were killed in central Mali on Friday after militants attacked a bus ferrying people to a local market. Unidentified armed men attacked a convoy belonging to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali on Friday, killing one civilian worker and wounding another, the mission said. The

  Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have concluded their first joint naval exercise, Indonesia’s navy said on Saturday. The three-day exercise off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island aimed at increasing interoperability between naval forces of ASEAN member states and Russia in the strategic maritime area. Singapore,