Society

Nearly 95 per cent of extended structures attached to apartments in HCM City have been dismantled to ensure safety.

Dong Nai police reunited an 18-year-old university student from Ho Chi Minh City with his family on September 19 after he was tricked into an online kidnapping.

Authorities in Hanoi have successfully disposed of two wartime bombs, each weighing nearly 1.4 tonnes with intact fuzes, located more than 300 metres from Long Bien Bridge.

Many newly planted trees along major roads and key projects in Hue City, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, have shown signs of withering, peeling bark, and stunted growth.

A luxury apartment owner in Ho Chi Minh City has shocked social media users after sharing photos of his 50-square-metre flat filled with rubbish, just six months after renting it out to a student.

Vietnam and Malaysia target to raise two-way trade to USD 18 billion during the 2025-2030 period.

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Thanh Man attended the opening of the 46th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter‑Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-46) in Kuala Lumpur on September 18.

Vietnam Airlines flight VN30, en route from Frankfurt to HCM City, was diverted to Istanbul International Airport to address a medical emergency involving a passenger with severe health issues.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak plans to carry out two road projects totalling VND 41 trillion (approximately USD 1.64 billion) over the 2026-2030 period.

A tropical depression in the East Sea is forecast to strengthen into a storm today, September 18, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

French national Arthur Chareire has been reunited with his biological mother in Vietnam after 31 years.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man welcomed the support of member parliaments for draft resolutions initiated by Vietnam and submitted for adoption at AIPA-46.

Two Lao nationals and a Vietnamese man were killed when a truck rammed into a roadside banana market in Quang Tri Province on the morning of September 17, local police confirmed.

Four crew members of a sunken fishing boat were rescued on September 17 after drifting for three hours clinging to a styrofoam box in the waters off An Giang Province.

A pilot service to carry around 300 staff and employees on daily commutes from the western to the eastern part of Haiphong City has begun.

Police in HCM City have busted a prostitution den operating out of a restaurant in Tan Hung Ward.

Authorities in Nghe An Province have successfully destroyed a 226-kilo bomb with its detonator still intact, discovered at a construction site in the area.

A truck ploughed into a crowded banana market in Lao Bao Commune, Quang Tri Province on September 17, leaving at least three people dead and seven others injured.

The Dong Nai Construction Investment Project Management Board proposed a VND 4.3 trillion (approximately USD 172 million) project to dredge and renovate the Buong River, aiming to mitigate flooding.