Dong Thap Province is reinforcing vulnerable areas and improving drainage as heavy rain, high tides and upstream flooding raise the risk of inundation and landslides in the final months of the year.
The HCM City-Long Thanh Expressway expansion is under pressure from a shortage of asphalt, with contractors facing limited supplies for remaining paving work.
Police in HCM City have arrested 12 people accused of stealing and trafficking about 2,700 cats in an organised operation spanning several areas of the city.
A resident in Khanh Hoa Province has voluntarily handed over a rare black marsh turtle to local authorities after finding it while working on farmland.
Heavy rain and flooding in Lam Dong Province have inundated more than 300 hectares of crops and forced dozens of residents and tourists to evacuate, with no casualties reported.
Health authorities in Gia Lai are monitoring people who shared exposure risks with a 47-year-old man diagnosed with Whitmore disease in Chu A Thai Commune.
Hanoi topped Vietnam's 2026 Local Innovation Index with 63.80 points, leading in 18 of 52 component indicators, particularly research, development and intellectual property.
HCM City is forecast to see moderate to heavy rain for several more days as multiple weather systems affect the region and an intertropical convergence zone is expected to strengthen.
HCM City has recorded more than 35,700 dengue cases so far this year, with health experts warning that infants, the elderly and pregnant women face higher risks of severe illness.