A new 1.5-hectare temporary car park near Xuan Huong Lake in Dalat is set to open ahead of the September 2 National Day holiday, with capacity for up to 600 cars.
Vietnam’s aviation authorities and national carrier have held a drill at Noi Bai International Airport to test responses to unauthorised drones and potential disruptions.
HCM City is accelerating work on a VND 1 trillion (USD 38 million) pedestrian bridge across the Saigon River, with the project entering its final stages.
Search teams have recovered 494 sets of remains believed to belong to fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park in HCM City after discovering 13 additional sets on August 25.
Storm Narra weakened into a tropical depression over the southern Gulf of Tonkin on Tuesday afternoon, with maximum sustained winds of 50-61 kph as it continued moving east.
Floodwaters on several northern rivers remained at the highest warning level on Tuesday despite easing rain, while water levels in the upper reaches of rivers in Nghe An were forecast to rise further.
Two Russian nationals wanted by Interpol on fraud charges have been arrested in Vietnam and transferred to Russian authorities, police in Khanh Hoa said.
Search teams have uncovered 26 more sets of remains believed to belong to fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park, bringing the total number recovered from the site to 481.
Authorities in Tay Ninh have fined and deported 14 Bangladesh nationals who entered Vietnam as tourists but later worked illegally and overstayed their permitted period of residence.
Vietnam has recorded over 3,000 hand, foot and mouth disease cases weekly over the past month, mostly in the south, prompting stronger prevention ahead of the new school year.
Vietnam's National Assembly has approved a major expressway project worth more than USD 11 billion that will connect Hanoi with seven surrounding provinces and cities.
Dozens of residents in Thai Nguyen moved their cars onto a bridge overnight after rising floodwaters on the Cau River sparked fears of a repeat of last year's costly flooding.