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Party General Secretary To Lam to pay state visit to DPRK

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.

Dong Nai triple murder suspect claims video games influenced him

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 weakens with heavy rains in many areas

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.

Half tonne of drugs hidden in fish feed bags smuggled from Laos

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

Captain missing after Gia Lai fishing boat sinks following collision

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 makes landfall, heavy rain forecast for Northern Vietnam

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

Hanoi area still severely flooded after Typhoon Bualoi

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.

HCM City launches child counseling and services office

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

Over 200 evacuated from Tuyen Quang school devastated by floods

More than 200 students from Ly Tu Trong Secondary School in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang have been evacuated after severe flooding caused by Typhoon Bualoi submerged the campus.

Cuba seeks further Vietnamese investment to push economic recovery

Cuba has called on Vietnamese businesses to expand investment in areas where Vietnam boasts strengths and the Caribbean country has demand.

Algerians detained for circulating fake US bank notes in Phu Quoc

Police in An Giang Province on October 3 announced that they have issued arrest warrants and prosecuted two Algerian nationals for circulating counterfeit US dollars in Phu Quoc Special Zone.

Couple and grandson found dead in suspected robbery in Dong Nai

Police in Dong Nai Province are investigating the killing of three family members in Dak Nhau Commune on October 3, in what is suspected to be a robbery-homicide.

Phu Quoc to build new reservoir

The Duong Dong 2 Freshwater Reservoir is among Phu Quoc Special Zone’s key projects to serve APEC 2027.

Two bodies recovered from buried car in Lao Cai landslide

Rescue workers in Lao Cai Province on October 3 found the bodies of two men missing in a landslide in Minh Luong Commune, with a third victim still unaccounted for.

Over 220kg war bomb found and safely detonated in Danang

Residents in Tra Tan Commune, Danang City, have discovered a bomb weighing more than 220kg while planting trees and immediately alerted authorities, who later destroyed it safely.

Vietnam prosecutes five members of terrorist organisation

Five members of the “Provisional National Government of Vietnam”, an outlawed organisation based in the US, have been prosecuted on the charge of "terrorism against the people's government".

Storm Matmo forecast to enter East Sea

A tropical depression over the eastern waters of the Philippines has strengthened into Storm Matmo, which is forecast to enter the East Sea in the evening of October 3.

Landslide devastates Khau Pha Pass road

A landslide triggered by Typhoon Bualoi swept a 30-metre section of the Khau Pha Pass road in the northern province of Lao Cai into a ravine, leaving traffic paralysed.