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State President Luong Cuong held talks with visiting Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Hanoi on August 19.

A Hyundai Santafe driver was fined VND 23 million (approximately USD 940) and had his car seized for replacing his licence plate with a Happy Wedding sign.

As many as 250 works and projects worth nearly VND 1.28 quadrillion (USD 48.73 billion) are being simultaneously kicked off and inaugurated across Vietnam this morning, August 19.

State President Luong Cuong hosted a red-carpet welcome ceremony in Hanoi on August 19 for King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck of Bhutan.

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck of Bhutan arrived in Hanoi on August 18, beginning their five-day state visit to Vietnam.

Police in Lam Dong Province have returned a lost phone to two Russian tourists after tracing it through GPS and locating it with a local resident.

A tropical depression has entered the Gulf of Tonkin, bringing heavy rain to the northeast and Thanh Hoa Province from August 18 to 20.

A sudden storm with heavy rain lasting about 30 minutes capsized a raft carrying 17 people in Quang Ninh’s Dam Ha Commune on Sunday evening, leaving two dead.

Two cousins, aged 19 and 14, drowned after their inflatable paddle board capsized in rough waves off Hon Tre Beach on Hai Tac Island in An Giang on August 16.

His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Her Majesty the Queen of Bhutan will make a state visit to Vietnam from August 18 to 22 at the invitation of President Luong Cuong and his spouse.

Cold spells are forecast to come earlier than the long-term average, starting from October and strengthening in November, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Vietnam’s aviation sector logged 1,097 flight cancellations in the first seven months of 2025, equal to 0.7 per cent of total flights, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

Heavy rain is set to persist across northern, central and southern Vietnam in the coming days, with some areas forecast to receive over 300mm of rainfall until August 19.

A man in Bac Ninh Province used VND 60 million (USD 2,360) in small banknotes saved over six years to place a deposit on a car.

A delegation of the Cambodian Royal Army arrived in Vietnam on August 15 to take part in the military parade marking Vietnam’s National Day on September 2.

Agencies, organisations, and hundreds of households across Hanoi are joining forces with the city to provide around 1,012 free toilets for the upcoming National Day (September 2) celebrations.

Communes and wards in Hanoi are collecting data on petrol-powered and electric cars and motorbikes to serve the city’s transition to electric vehicles.

Cambodian authorities on August 15 handed over 353 citizens, identified by Cambodia as illegal residents, to the Border Guard Station at Xa Mat International Border Gate in Tay Ninh Province.

HCM City’s Department of Construction is drafting new regulations on bus operations to allow dedicated lanes and expand the number of routes in the 2025-2030 period.