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Police in the central province of Ha Tinh are investigating a reported fatal dog attack involving a 75-year-old man, after footage of the incident circulated widely on social media.

A Hanoi resident has been fined VND 3 million (about USD 120) for burning waste under Thang Long Bridge, causing heavy smoke and environmental pollution.

A coastal villa complex in the central province of Ha Tinh remains largely abandoned and in disrepair six months after being hit by Typhoon Bualoi, with no comprehensive repairs carried out.

Northern Vietnam is forecast to see evening storms, heavy rain and possible hail through April 4, while heat persists across central and southern regions.

HCM City has recorded more than 9,100 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease this year, up 191.5 per cent year on year, alongside six meningococcal infections.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are moving ahead with plans to make bus travel free across the city, a policy that could lift passenger numbers by about 30 per cent.

All Vietnamese vessels operating in the Middle East remain safe despite disruptions to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Road construction and hot weather are the likely causes of the deaths of decades-old camphor trees along a central street in Dalat, authorities said.

Daklak authorities plan to spend VND 460 billion (USD 18.4 million) to build 295 flood-resilient community houses to protect residents in disaster-prone areas.

A Japanese maritime self-defence force destroyer, Asahi, arrived in Danang City on April 2 for a four-day goodwill visit with more than 220 crew members.

Ho Chi Minh City is weighing a plan to make bus travel free for all residents as part of efforts to ease congestion and reduce environmental pollution.

Vietnam will begin building a national crude oil reserve at Nghi Son while studying wider storage expansion, as the government moves to strengthen energy security.

Hail and thunderstorms swept across Hanoi and several northern provinces overnight from March 31 into April 1, marking a second wave of severe weather in recent days.

A 3.1-magnitude earthquake in China’s Guangxi region near the Vietnam border was lightly felt in Lang Son on the evening of March 31, with no damage reported.

A woman missing for more than 10 days in a remote forest in Gia Lai was rescued after authorities trekked for hours through difficult mountainous terrain on April 1.

Police in Khanh Hoa Province are investigating after a man sitting on railway tracks was struck and killed by a northbound train early on April 1.