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Traffic police in Ho Chi Minh City handled more than 200,000 drink-driving cases in 2025, part of a broader crackdown that saw nearly one million traffic violations penalised.

The Ho Chi Minh City has kicked off a pilot programme using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for delivery services.

The HCM City Urban Railway Management Board has begun installing eight additional lifts at pedestrian bridges along Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro route (Metro Line 1).

Vietnam’s economy expanded 8.02 per cent in 2025, supported mainly by strong growth in services and industrial production, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance on January 5.

Petrol stations on Phu Quy Island have run out of fuel after supply ships from the mainland were unable to dock due to prolonged bad weather.

Hanoi’s Department of Home Affairs has released figures on 2026 New Year and Lunar New Year or Tet bonuses for employees, with the highest payout of VND 600 million (USD 22,814).

A family in Danang City is raising a female buffalo with an unusually shaped pair of horns that curve inward to form a near-perfect circle around its face, attracting widespread curiosity.

Heavy traffic congestion hit many streets across Hanoi on Monday morning, the first working day after the New Year holiday, making travel difficult for commuters.

Police in Nha Trang Ward said on January 5 they are investigating a video showing a group of men allegedly threatening foreign tourists at a local beachside park.

Vietnam recorded 196 traffic accidents nationwide during the four-day 2026 New Year holiday, killing 94 people and injuring 154 others.

Authorities are investigating a foreign vessel that drifted ashore in Van Tuong Commune, Quang Ngai Province, after border guards found the ship unmanned on January 4.

Vietnam has expressed deep concern over the current situation in Venezuela, according to spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang on January 3.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Vu Trung My confirmed on January 3 that as of now, all Vietnamese citizens in Venezuela are safe.

Early-blooming peach and plum blossoms have begun appearing across Hanoi, bringing splashes of colour to the capital weeks before the Lunar New Year, or Tet.

The northern region of Vietnam is witnessing a strong cold wave with temperatures dropping to as low as 4 degrees Celsius at Mau Son peak in Lang Son Province.

Four people were killed on Friday morning after a section of the Ba River embankment collapsed in Dak Lak Province.

A large unexploded bomb dating back to the American war was safely removed and destroyed in Ea Hiao Commune, Dak Lak Province, on January 2, 2026.

People using e cigarettes or heated tobacco products in Vietnam will face fines of VND 3-5 million and be required to destroy the products, under a new government decree.

A new tidal surge is forecast to hit Vietnam’s southeastern coast from the evening of January 1 to January 2, with peak levels of 3.95-4.05 metres at Vung Tau.