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Some northern localities have banned vessels from departing port due to Storm Talim which has been forecasted to become stronger.

Dozens of houses have been damaged and roads flooded by heavy rains and strong winds triggered by Storm Talim.

Many flights from and to some northern airports have been rescheduled due to Storm Talim, the first of its kind forecast to hit Vietnam this year.

Danang People’s Committee have proposed using VND673 billion (USD28.63 million) to upgrade 29/3 Park.

People pay more and more attention to summer holiday vacation and consider it an opportunity to tighten connectivity among family members, according to travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City.

All five Vietnamese students have brought home medals, including two golds, two silvers and one bronze medals, from the 53rd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2023 held in Japan from July 10-17.

Northern provinces of Vietnam have developed plans to evacuate approximately 30,000 ahead of the landfall of typhoon TALIM which is due on July 18.

Authorities in the northern province of Ha Giang have suspended swimming activities at Du Gia Waterfall in Yen Minh District after a tourist recently drowned in the area.

A Vietnam Airlines flight from the UK's Heathrow to HCM City had to make an emergency landing in Dubai to seek hospital treatment for a passenger.

A man in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan has been injured after being attacked by a rare white-cheeked langur at Kim Ky Nature Reserve.

Authorities in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang have temporarily halted ferry and boat services to Phu Quoc Island due to the effects of storm TALIM.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked relevant ministries, agencies and localities to take immediate measures to cope with powerful typhoon TALIM that is heading towards the northern coast.

Although Vietnamese rice has been exported to 150 countries and territories, markets for the product are mainly Asian countries and thus need to be diversified, according to experts.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son is scheduled to pay an official visit to Singapore from July 17 – 19 at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan.

Rescuers battled to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel Sunday in South Korea, where at least 33 people have died and 10 are missing after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides.

The central city of Danang attracted around 3.8 million tourists in the first six months of this year, triple the same period of last year.

Construction of three VND358 trillion (USD15.2 billion) projects in HCM City’s Can Gio District has been scheduled to start in 2025.

Talented Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh suffered elimination from the 2023 US Open Badminton Tournament after being defeated by a Thai rival in the quarterfinals held on July 15 in Iowa.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuan plans to grow 1,121ha of new forests to replace forest areas which are cut down in 2023-25.