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Trucks are being used to assist residents in a flood-hit urban area in Hanoi.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam has arrived at Pyongyang Airport, beginning a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam left Hanoi for Pyongyang on October 9 for a three-day state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Hanoi has started construction of the Thuong Cat Bridge, a key infrastructure project that will link both banks of the Red River and ease urban congestion.

The General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army has ordered the deployment of personnel and flycams to survey vulnerable areas, promptly detecting cracks and zones at risk of landslides.

Many Hanoi residents, fearing a return of torrential rains and severe flooding, have purchased inflatable boats in case roads once again turn into rivers and homes become isolated islands.

Dengue fever cases are rising in many localities, prompting the Ministry of Health to warn of serious complications if patients are complacent, particularly during the rainy season.

Nobel Laureate in Physics Professor Serge Haroche is among dozens of scientists attending the conference “100 Years of Quantum Physics,” which opened on October 7 in the central province of Gia Lai.

Vietnamese customs officers have seized nearly 5,000 smuggled mobile phones and over 2,500 pairs of fake branded children’s shoes brought into the country through several border gates.

Danang City's Son Tra Ward Border Guard Post has fined several boat owners for running illegal sea tours, particularly unlicensed night squid-catching services.

A collapsed rear wall at Van Ho General Hospital in the northern province of Son La let floodwaters rush into the facility, forcing medical staff to carry patients to safety.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam will pay a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and attend the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

A 33-year-old man in Dong Nai confessed to killing three family members, claiming he was completing a mission from an online game, although evidence suggested a robbery motive.

Storm Matmo has weakened into a tropical depression and is forecast to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to northern mountainous and midland areas through October 7.

Vietnamese authorities have detained two Lao nationals after discovering 500 kilograms of narcotics illegally transported from Laos to Vietnam.

A fishing boat from the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai province sank after being hit by a foreign oil tanker, leaving the captain missing. Ten other crew members were rescued.

Typhoon Matmo made landfall in the Fangcheng area of China’s Guangxi Province, near the Vietnam-China border on October 6.

Hundreds of homes in Hanoi’s Xuan Phuong Ward remain chest-deep underwater, with residents enduring life without electricity and clean water after torrential rains caused by Typhoon Bualoi.

The office is designed to be both a service hub and a spiritual support system, linking social organisations and philanthropists with disadvantaged children.