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Phu Tho Province has approved a VND 4.47 trillion (USD 171 million) project to build Hai Ba Trung Bridge across the Lo River and a connecting road to the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway.

A 64-year-old woman who developed high blood pressure, dizziness and nausea on a flight from Buon Ma Thuot to Ho Chi Minh City received timely medical assistance from a cardiologist on board.

The owner of Ba Duoc bakery in Quang Ngai Province has been fined nearly VND 86 million for food safety violations after 175 people suffered food poisoning linked to its products.

Dong Nai City will provide free bus tickets for 3,000 workers to return to their hometowns in central and northern Vietnam for the 2027 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Applications for unemployment benefits in HCM City fell 6.82 per cent in October from September as recruitment demand rose and workers increasingly sought job stability towards year-end.

Vietnam aims to complete all contracted rest stops along the eastern North-South Expressway by the end of 2026, with 18 of 21 facilities already providing essential services to motorists.

Hanoi police have charged 97 people and seized more than 39kg of drugs, a firearm and 10 bullets in a crackdown on a drug trafficking network operating from Cambodia to the capital.

A strong cold front is forecast to sweep across northern Vietnam around November 8-9, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures, with some mountainous areas potentially reaching 9 degrees Celsius.

Pineapple fields planted along a major road in Ninh Binh Province will be temporarily retained until harvest, but residents will be barred from tending them over traffic safety concerns.

Hue City has officially named its nearly 2.4-kilometre sea-crossing Cua Thuan Bridge, following a public consultation that drew more than 8,400 votes.

Vietnamese police have dismantled a transnational fraud ring in Thanh Hoa Province involving 113 foreign nationals, including 90 who have been charged and detained.

A search team from Vietnam's Gia Lai Province has recovered the remains of six soldiers in Cambodia over five days, following information provided by local residents in three provinces.

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi reopened to visitors on November 3 following a temporary closure for scheduled maintenance.

Residents working on farmland in Ayun Commune, Gia Lai Province, discovered a 105mm artillery shell and an M27 warhead buried underground.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction has proposed anti-drone systems at airports after incidents disrupted flights and raised aviation safety concerns.

HCM City police have received another 22 Vietnamese nationals deported from the United States for violating local laws and no longer meeting legal residency requirements.