VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s self-drive car rental market is showing signs of cooling ahead of Lunar New Year or Tet holiday, with many rental firms seeking customers and electric vehicles emerging as a growing draw.

Ho Chi Minh City will step up border surveillance, introduce remote temperature screening for all arrivals and prepare hospital resources to prevent the spread of the Nipah virus.

Singapore's Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said it is closely monitoring a reported case of Nipah virus infection in Naogaon district of Rajshahi division in northwestern Bangladesh.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have warned that air pollution is likely to worsen in the days leading up to Tet, despite generally favourable weather across southern Vietnam.

Orchid shops in Nghe An Province are seeing a surge in Tet demand, with skilled arrangers saying they are fully booked and earning millions of dong a day.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam has recovered more than VND 5.1 trillion in receivables as domestic airlines rebound from Covid 19, though debts owed by Bamboo Airways continued to rise.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced a new circular that introduces amendments to regulations concerning information disclosure, trading securities and the operations of securities companies.

Authorities in Quang Tri Province are working on a plan to deal with a large whale carcass that has washed ashore and is already decomposing, local officials said on February 9.

Northern Vietnam is gradually warming, with widespread severe cold conditions easing and temperatures in the delta and midlands rising to 17-20 degrees Celsius.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and his wife, Le Thi Bich Tran, hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in Hanoi on February 9 to mark the Lunar New Year 2026.

Vietnam’s Con Dao has been ranked among the world’s best honeymoon destinations for 2026, according to a list released recently by Vogue.

Nearly 24,200 new businesses were established nationwide in January, surging 40.9 per cent from December and 126.8 per cent year on year.

Authorities in Danang have destroyed 6,500 packs of smuggled cigarettes deemed unfit for circulation, the city’s civil enforcement agency said.

A Japanese tourist was safely evacuated and rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Quang Ninh Province.

A 27kg olive ridley sea turtle was rescued by a fisherman after becoming entangled in a fishing net off Cu Lao Cham, before being tagged and released back into the sea.

Vietnamese supermarkets are ramping up discounts and in-store promotions in the final days before the Lunar New Year, as consumer spending remains more subdued than in previous Tet seasons.