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Dak Lak Province is stepping up patrols and warning measures after several monkeys attacked residents and tourists along a coastal road leading to the Bai Mon-Mui Dai Lanh tourist site.

Dozens of Vietnamese residents in Japan lined up along a quiet riverside in Sagamihara City to enjoy freshly made puffed rice snacks, reviving their childhood.

Eight fishermen from Thanh Hoa Province were rescued after their fishing boat struck submerged rocks in rough weather off Co To Island in the early hours of Thursday.

Hanoi authorities have proposed raising fines by up to twofold for dozens of administrative violations related to public order, traffic safety and pavement encroachment under the Capital Law.

A major rockslide at a quarry in Thanh Hoa Province killed one worker and left two others missing on May 20, prompting a large-scale rescue operation by local authorities.

The northern and central regions of Vietnam are expected to enter a widespread heatwave from May 22, with temperatures forecast to reach up to 39 degrees Celsius in some areas.

Police and rescue forces in Danang City on May 20 conducted an emergency rescue drill on Son Tra Peninsula simulating landslides and drowning incidents involving tourists.

Vietnam will include the HPV vaccine in its mandatory national immunisation programme for the first time from July 1 under new regulations issued by the Ministry of Health.

A construction worker was killed and two others injured after a concrete pump boom collapsed during repair work on a house in Gia Lai Province.

Authorities in Phu Quy Special Zone, Lam Dong Province, have completed a storm shelter and fishing port project that will allow fishing vessels to seek refuge during the 2026 storm season.

Vietnam has recorded 30 rabies-related deaths across 17 provinces and cities since the start of the year, despite the disease being entirely preventable.

Lam Dong Province will suspend traffic on part of National Highway 28 through Gia Bac Pass from May 20 to allow emergency landslide repairs.

Heavy rain is expected to peak across northern Vietnam on May 20-21, raising risks of flash floods, landslides and urban flooding in several provinces.

Authorities in Ha Tinh Province safely removed and destroyed a live bomb more than one metre long discovered in a resident’s garden during construction work.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province will temporarily restrict traffic through Bao Loc Pass to allow repair work at landslide sites along National Highway 20.

HCM City authorities have tightened health surveillance at airports and border checkpoints amid concerns over the risk of Ebola entering Vietnam following recent outbreaks in Africa.