Society

Several former bustling markets, each worth billions of dong, have lain abandoned after years of inactivity, turning into scenes of neglect and decay in HCM City.

The water discharge of Dau Tieng Reservoir this year is forecasted to trigger flooding in low-lying areas of the southern province of Binh Duong, particularly if heavy rainfall occurs.

Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrived in Hanoi on May 15, beginning her two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The on-time performance (OTP) rate across the Vietnamese aviation sector in April 2025 reached 57.5 percent, the lowest since the beginning of the year.

A woman has had her handbag containing money forgotten on a train from HCM City to Danang returned.

Compared with previous routes, the new corridor saves each truck approximately one day in transport time and reduces costs up to 1,000 CNY (over 138 USD).

A male bus attendant in the central province of Quang Ngai has been fatally struck when trying to stop the runaway vehicle.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Vietnam has demanded close monitoring and the enhancement of the detection and treatment of COVID-19 cases locally as the disease remains complex around the world.

A team from Quang Tri Province's Military Command in charge of repatriating fallen soldiers has discovered the remains of 12 Vietnamese martyrs in Savannakhet province, Laos.

A woman was struck by a train while crossing the railway tracks during her morning exercise in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Forest protection units in Hue City, Thua Thien-Hue Province, have received several rare wild animals voluntarily handed over by residents.

A 200kg wartime bomb has been discovered buried underground as a resident was digging an irrigation trench in the southern province of Long An.

A troop of monkeys from Bai Tho Mountain in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province, has been invading residential areas in search of food, leaving local residents frustrated and concerned.

Three crew members on a fishing boat from Ben Tre Province have died of suspected gas suffocation off the coast of southern Vietnam.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam launched the 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) in Hanoi on May 12.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam on May 12 welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent proposal to resume direct peace talks with Ukraine.

Party General Secretary To Lam and President Alexander Lukashenko signed a joint statement on the establishment of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Belarus on May 12.

A man exposing himself in front of some women on a beach in Nha Trang City in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa was caught red-handed.

The ashes of four Vietnamese nationals who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in an apartment in Taiwan (China) had been repatriated to Vietnam.