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Hanoi authorities have directed wards and communes to designate local headquarters and public spaces as temporary parking sites to accommodate the upcoming National Day, September 2, celebrations.

A Russian military contingent arrived in Hanoi today, August 20, to prepare for the parade and march to mark the 80th anniversary of National Day on September 2.

Authorities in Dak Lak Province recovered three M72 anti-tank weapons after a resident found them while digging the foundations of his house.

SpaceX has finalised the locations of its first two Starlink ground stations in Vietnam, according to a senior executive of FPT, the telecom corporation partnering with the Starlink project.

The Criminal Police Department of Danang City Police announced on August 19 the arrest of two Chinese nationals currently under investigation for property theft in the city.

Authorities in Hanoi transported military equipment to the city centre on the night of August 19 in preparation for celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the National Day on September 2.

The body of Nguyen Quoc Manh was found after six days missing in Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province.

State President Luong Cuong held talks with visiting Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Hanoi on August 19.

A Hyundai Santafe driver was fined VND 23 million (approximately USD 940) and had his car seized for replacing his licence plate with a Happy Wedding sign.

As many as 250 works and projects worth nearly VND 1.28 quadrillion (USD 48.73 billion) are being simultaneously kicked off and inaugurated across Vietnam this morning, August 19.

State President Luong Cuong hosted a red-carpet welcome ceremony in Hanoi on August 19 for King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck of Bhutan.

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck of Bhutan arrived in Hanoi on August 18, beginning their five-day state visit to Vietnam.

Police in Lam Dong Province have returned a lost phone to two Russian tourists after tracing it through GPS and locating it with a local resident.

A tropical depression has entered the Gulf of Tonkin, bringing heavy rain to the northeast and Thanh Hoa Province from August 18 to 20.

A sudden storm with heavy rain lasting about 30 minutes capsized a raft carrying 17 people in Quang Ninh’s Dam Ha Commune on Sunday evening, leaving two dead.

Two cousins, aged 19 and 14, drowned after their inflatable paddle board capsized in rough waves off Hon Tre Beach on Hai Tac Island in An Giang on August 16.