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A major fire early on January 26 destroyed four houses at Nhi Thien Duong Market in Binh Dong Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, but caused no casualties, local authorities said.

A delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has attended the 2nd Global Buddhist Summit, which opened in New Delhi, India, on the morning of January 24.

HCM City's police said they have dismantled a criminal ring involved in the illegal possession and organisation of drug use, arresting a group that includes eight South Korean nationals.

HCM City will allow the installation of electric motorbike battery-swapping facilities on sidewalks starting this month, according to the city’s Department of Construction.

Vietnam’s shift to a digital single-window system marks a break from manual processes, unfolding under stricter compliance rules and clearer penalties.

A carpenter from Bac Ninh Province has become a social media sensation thanks to his spectacular fleet of wooden supercars modeled after luxury brands such as Lamborghini, Mercedes, and Bugatti.

Growers in Binh Loi, Ho Chi Minh City’s largest apricot blossom village, are hiring extra workers to strip leaves as they race to prepare trees for the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival.

A cluster bomb left over from the war was discovered near a primary school in Hue City, prompting authorities to secure and safely remove the ordnance on January 23.

The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam has adopted a resolution setting out the country’s strategic vision for national development over the coming decades.

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse will pay a state visit to Vietnam from January 26 to 27.

Hanoi’s temperature fell to as low as 9 degrees Celsius as a fresh cold front swept across the city, with workers lighting small fires on pavements to keep warm through the bitter night.

The newly elected 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has unanimously elected To Lam to continue serving as General Secretary for the new term.

Peach blossoms in Hanoi’s Nhat Tan Village have bloomed nearly a month early, raising fears of heavy losses as unusually warm weather disrupts the peak Tet flower season.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport is expected to record its busiest days during the 2026 Lunar New Year or Tet holiday on February 13-14 and February 21-22.

The 14th Party Central Committee convened its first meeting at the Party Central Committee's headquarters in Hanoi on the morning of January 23.

Vietnam’s newly elected Party Central Committee is set to vote on the country’s top party leadership positions later today (January 23), as part of the 14th National Party Congress.

The 14th National Congress has received warm sentiments and strong encouragement from political parties, partners, overseas Vietnamese communities, and international friends.

Vietnamese border guards in Quang Ngai Province have arrested a Lao national for transporting more than 12,000 pills suspected to be synthetic drugs.

A man in the central province of Nghe An has turned renting peach trees during the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival into a lucrative business, earning about VND 500 million (about USD 19,000) a year.