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Heavy rain and strong winds uprooted a 20-metre pine tree in Dalat, damaging a fence, a house roof and utility lines. No injuries were reported.

A large landslide has buried sections of a road serving four villages in Nghe An Province, disrupting travel and complicating repair work.

Storm Saudel is forecast to change direction several times and slow over the East Sea before weakening into a tropical depression on September 5.

Thousands of people gathered at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on the morning of September 2 for a flag-raising ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of National Day.

Authorities in Hung Yen have fined and ordered the deportation of two Chinese citizens who entered Vietnam illegally and stayed without valid travel documents.

Can Tho has launched an international bidding process to select investors for two new urban developments with a combined investment value exceeding VND 16.4 trillion (USD 627 million).

Traffic police nationwide detected nearly 2,500 drink-driving offences and more than 3,400 speeding violations during the fourth day of Vietnam's National Day holiday.

More than 15,000 engineers and workers remained on duty during Vietnam's National Day holiday as construction accelerates on key infrastructure projects for APEC 2027 in Phu Quoc.

Vietnam's Health Ministry has instructed hospitals to mobilise all available resources to treat victims of a bus crash in Gia Lai that left four people dead and 20 injured.

Authorities have recovered 553 sets of soldiers' remains from Le Thi Rieng Park after finding 15 additional sets during the latest phase of excavation.

Tropical Storm Saudel has regained strength over the East Sea, becoming the fifth storm of the year, but is unlikely to make landfall in Vietnam.

Northern Vietnam, including Hanoi, is set to experience hot to very hot weather in the coming days, while heavy rain in central regions is expected to ease before temperatures rise again.

A drone was detected flying at an altitude of 92 metres in a restricted zone about 4.5 km from Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport.

Traffic police cleared the way for a pregnant woman to travel more than 300 kilometres from Lam Dong Province to a hospital in HCM City after she developed serious complications.

Coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to An Giang have been told to step up preparations for a tropical depression that could strengthen into a storm over the East Sea.

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Mang But Commune in central Quang Ngai Province early on August 31, posing no disaster risk, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre.