VIETNAM TODAY

A tornado accompanying heavy rain tore through Bao Loc in Lam Dong Province, ripping roofs off homes, toppling trees and disrupting traffic.

Vietnam has issued a new national strategy to promote innovation driven entrepreneurship, aiming to position start-ups as a key engine of long term economic growth.

Vietnam has inaugurated a trade promotion office in Haikou, Hainan province, in a move to deepen economic and trade ties with China.

HCM City will invest VND 45 billion (approximately USD 1.8 million) to install more than 3,100 LED lamps across 532 alleys, aiming to cut energy use and ease pressure on the power grid.

Vietnam’s retail fuel prices fell in the latest adjustment from 3.30 pm on April 8, with diesel dropping by nearly VND 2,000 (USD 7.6 US cents) per litre.

A growing number of people bitten by rats have sought rabies vaccinations in HCM City, which has recorded hundreds of such cases in the first three months of the year.

A Hanoi hospital has held an appreciation ceremony for the family of a British teenager whose donated organs saved five patients, marking a rare cross border act of medical generosity.

More than 120 representatives from 52 leading US corporations will visit Vietnam from April 14 to 16, signalling strong momentum in bilateral trade and long term investment ties.

Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man will attend the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-152) in Istanbul, Türkiye, and pay an official visit to Italy from April 11–17.

Hanoi has ordered stricter enforcement of environmental and safety standards at construction sites, including suspending projects that generate excessive dust or pose safety risks.

Around 60 tonnes of farmed cobia have died in recent days off Ly Son Special Zone, Quang Ngai Province, causing losses of tens of billions of VND.

Three people died after a truck lost control and rolled down a mountainside in Lam Dong Province on April 8, crashing into a workers’ facility below.

A 50-kg crocodile was discovered in an irrigation canal in a residential area in Quang Ninh Province, prompting a swift response from local authorities.

Authorities in Quang Tri Province held a ceremony on April 7 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a 2001 helicopter crash that killed 16 Vietnamese and American personnel.

Vietnam’s stock market will be upgraded from frontier to secondary emerging status from September 21, FTSE Russell confirmed, marking a milestone after reforms to improve foreign investor access.

Vietnam's stock market is poised to enter a new development cycle, underpinned by structural reforms, market infrastructure upgrades and prospective foreign capital flows, insiders said.