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Vietnam’s National Action Centre for Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Treatment and the US Defence Threat Reduction Agency signed an administrative agreement in Hanoi on June 3.

South Korea's centre-left Lee Jae-myung was declared president Wednesday after winning a snap election.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly passed the revised Ordinance on Population on June 3, abolishing the regulation that limited each couple to having only one or two children.

The number of children admitted with hand, foot and mouth disease at HCM City Children's Hospital 2 has doubled in recent weeks compared to the period before April 30.

Philippine medical authorities on Tuesday warned of a looming "public health emergency" as HIV infections have soared this year, with young males especially hard-hit.

Tropical depressions and storms are expected to strike the East Sea this June, with activity forecast at levels typical of previous years.

A concrete wall belonging to a company in Long An Province collapsed during a heavy downpour on Monday afternoon, crushing a nearby house and killing a grandmother and her one-year-old grandson.

PM Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-level delegation will attend the third UN Ocean Conference in France and pay official visits to Estonia and Sweden from June 5 to 14.

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission and the Vietnam Banks Association have signed a MoU to strengthen cooperation in financial technology and digital innovation between the two nations.

Vietnam recorded 7,853 traffic accidents nationwide from December 15 - May 14, resulting in 4,328 deaths and 5,307 injuries, a major decline from the previous year.

Vietnam’s Minister of National Defence, General Phan Van Giang, held a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth on Saturday on the sidelines of the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has approved the pilot operation of electric bus route 43, connecting Kim Ma Station in the city centre to Dong Anh Town in the outlying Dong Anh District.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line in Hanoi was temporarily suspended on the afternoon of May 30 after a technical alert at Cat Linh Station, according to Hanoi Metro.

A falling flame tree brought down a power line and electrocuted two young men in Tra Vinh Province.

A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence led by Minister Phan Van Giang is attending the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore from May 30 to June 1.

Police in Ha Tinh Province have seized a truck transporting 180 pigs infected with African swine fever, with no quarantine papers or proof of origin.

Two female employees at Phu Quoc International Airport in Kien Giang Province have been disciplined following a physical altercation.

Motorbike riders are once again travelling against the flow of traffic across Hanoi, despite earlier improvements following a recent government decree that applied harsher penalties.

HCM City is witnessing a sharp rise in infectious diseases, including hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), dengue fever, and Covid-19.