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Two wild elephants in Dak Lak Province have injured a captive elephant and damaged crops, prompting warnings for residents and tourism operators near forest areas.

Days of heavy rain have unleashed fresh landslides on key transport routes in Dalat, disrupting travel and forcing emergency clearing efforts.

Heavy upstream flows combined with prolonged rain have flooded residential areas and key roads in Lam Dong Province, leaving sections of National Road 1 paralysed.

Heavy rain on the evening of December 3 triggered multiple landslides along Gia Bac Pass on Highway 28, cutting the road and halting all traffic in both directions.

A large sinkhole opened on Nguyen Cong Tru Street in Danang on Wednesday afternoon, swallowing two cars and damaging another.

Vingroup has submitted a pre-feasibility study to build a 14.6 km sea-crossing road between Can Gio and Vung Tau, with an estimated cost of VND 104,410 billion (USD 4.0 billion).

Ho Chi Minh City is forecast to see its highest tidal peaks on December 5-6, raising the risk of flooding across low-lying areas.

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.