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HCM City, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh will jointly develop Ring Road 4, a 207-km expressway set to become the largest transport corridor in Southeast Vietnam.

Farmers in Dran, a major vegetable-growing area in Lam Dong Province, have lost their entire crop after severe flooding swept through more than a week ago.

Northern Vietnam will be hit by a widespread cold spell from December 3, with temperatures in some high-mountain areas expected to drop below 10 degrees Celsius.

South Korea’s naval training ship ROKS Hansando arrived at Tien Sa Port in Danang on December 2 for a four day goodwill visit.

HCM City will need around 17,730 staff to operate its metro network by 2045 as it works to master rail technology and reduce reliance on foreign experts.

Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, along with a senior Vietnamese delegation, joined the 50th National Day celebration at ThatLuang Square in Vientiane on December 2.

PM Pham Minh Chinh departed for Laos on December 2 to co-chair the 48th session of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee at the invitation of his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone.

Authorities in Trieu Co Commune, the central province of Quang Tri, on December 1 safely removed and destroyed two unexploded artillery shells left from the war.

State President Luong Cuong held talks in Hanoi on December 1 with Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, who is on a three-day state visit to Vietnam through December 2.

Mimosa Pass reopened to traffic at 6 pm on November 30, ten days after a major landslide severed the Dalat-HCM City route during historic flooding.

State President Luong Cuong hosted an official welcome ceremony in Hanoi on December 1 for Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, who is on a three-day state visit to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam, accompanied by his spouse and a high-ranking delegation, arrived at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane on December 1, beginning a State visit to Laos.

Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, together with a high-level delegation of Vietnam, departed Hanoi on December 1 for a state visit to Laos.

Typhoon Koto is weakening and drifting slowly over the central East Sea, and is expected to downgrade into a low-pressure area off Gia Lai and Khanh Hoa by December 3.

Authorities in Phu Quoc are working to resolve a major outage after the 110 kV undersea cable supplying electricity to the island was damaged, cutting power to large parts of the island.

Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet confirmed that they have completed software updates for their Airbus A320 and A321 fleets.

Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah arrived in Hanoi on November 30, beginning a state visit to Vietnam from November 30 to December 2, at the invitation of President Luong Cuong.

Industrial park infrastructure is considered critical for attracting high-quality foreign investment, building supply chains and enhancing long-term competitiveness.

Hanoi is considering expanding restrictions on vehicles with more than 16 seats in central areas to ease congestion in Hoan Kiem and Cua Nam wards.