VIETNAM TODAY

HCM City has handled more than 33,000 cases of illegal pavement occupation since launching an urban order crackdown nearly four months ago, while also introducing measures to support street vendors.

A passenger coach carrying seven people overturned on To Na Pass in Gia Lai Province on May 8, leaving one person dead and two others seriously injured.

Vietnam plans to soon assign economic growth targets to local authorities and state,owned enterprises as part of efforts to accelerate national development goals.

Tree-lined streets across HCM City are providing relief from soaring temperatures as prolonged heatwaves grip Vietnam’s largest city.

Hanoi is accelerating construction of four new Red River bridges worth about VND 55 trillion (approximately USD 2.15 billion), aiming to improve connectivity and ease congestion by 2027.

HCM City has recorded four rabies deaths since the start of the year, authorities said, warning that some residents still rely on unsafe home remedies, instead of seeking prompt medical care.

Rare wild animals including macaques, pangolins and turtles have been rescued or voluntarily handed over by residents across several Vietnamese provinces in recent weeks.

Hanoi authorities and the agriculture ministry have agreed to gradually relocate and reorganise all residential areas outside the Red River dyke system under a sweeping urban redevelopment plan.

A resident in Lam Dong Province handed over a rare pangolin to authorities after discovering the animal inside his home.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province are investigating the felling of 248 three-needle pine trees in a forest area where iron stakes were found apparently marking land plots.

Vietnam had more than 652,000 multi-level marketing participants by the end of April, while industry revenue in 2025 fell 6 per cent year-on-year to approximately USD 581 million.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has ordered urgent measures to support durian exports amid disruptions caused by testing bottlenecks and stricter import-market requirements.

Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong increased his fortune by nearly USD 10 billion in a month, strengthening his position as Southeast Asia’s richest person.

Authorities in the central city of Danang plan to inspect 34 hydropower projects, most of them located in the former Quang Nam Province, as part of a review of dam safety and regulatory compliance.

Hanoi has proposed building parking facilities at gateways bordering the city’s planned Low Emission Zone (LEZ) to encourage commuters to switch from private vehicles to public transport.

Diesel prices were cut by nearly VND 700 per litre on Thursday, while petrol prices were little changed under the latest retail fuel price adjustment.