Society

Hanoi’s state-run bus operator carried more than 240 million passengers in 2025, a year-on-year rise of 2.5 per cent, as services expanded and electrification gathered pace.

Police in Can Tho have dismantled a large operation producing and trading counterfeit perfumes bearing well-known international brands, seizing thousands of fake products and production materials.

Vietnamese police have arrested a Chinese national subject to an international arrest warrant as he attempted to flee from Vietnam into Laos.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to temporarily use vacant plots in its central wards as temporary parks and flower gardens during the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

A new railway station has begun operations in the central city of Danang, adding capacity to the North-South railway route and supporting new passenger services.

Police in the southern province of Tay Ninh have dismantled a large dog-theft and trafficking ring, detaining nine suspects and seizing more than 1.5 tonnes of evidence.

Vietnam operated 275,246 flights in 2025, up 22,566 from 2024, but the on-time performance fell to 65.8 per cent, down 7.5 percentage points year on year.

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have dismantled five hand-shaped guard huts along Hai Tien Beach, citing severe storm damage.

Temperatures in high mountain areas of western Nghe An Province fell below zero early on January 9, dropping to minus 5 degrees Celcius and blanketing mountains and trees with thick frost.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City fined multiple bars and eateries for occupying pavements along Pham Van Dong Street during inspections on the evening of January 8.

Two people died after a major fire swept through a seven-storey house in Ha Dong Ward, Hanoi, on the morning of January 8.

A taxi driver in Hanoi turned in a backpack containing valuables and documents after discovering it had been left behind by a Chinese tourist.

Hanoi has been decorated with flags, flowers, billboards and banners across major streets and public spaces ahead of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

A primary school built on the site of Ho Chi Minh City’s former largest cemetery is nearing completion, reflecting efforts to redevelop burial land and expand education infrastructure.

The Military Command of the central province of Quang Ngai has recovered the remains of four fallen soldiers in Laos and Cambodia.

A Vietnam Airlines flight from Frankfurt to Hanoi diverted to Kolkata, India, to provide urgent medical assistance to a passenger who fell ill mid-flight.

Ho Chi Minh City has agreed in principle to build a sea-crossing road linking Can Gio and the former Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province under a public-private partnership, featuring a subsea tunnel.

Vietnamese nationals in Venezuela remain safe and calm after a US military operation overnight, with daily life in Caracas returning to normal within days, according to embassy officials.

Temperatures on Mount Fansipan dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius early on Wednesday, coating Vietnam’s highest peak in ice as a powerful cold spell tightened its grip on the north.