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Floodwaters triggered by prolonged heavy rain halted traffic and left two people stranded in Lai Chau Province on Friday morning, authorities said.

A sleeper coach carrying 32 people veered off the Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway and plunged onto a service road below.

The last critically injured survivor of the fatal Phu Quoc tourist boat capsize has regained consciousness and is showing signs of recovery, doctors said.

The Vietnamese government has proposed investing nearly USD 11.1 billion in a 349km expressway linking Hanoi with six neighbouring provinces and cities.

Northern Vietnam faces an increased risk of flash floods and landslides as heavy rain continues across several mountainous provinces.

Hanoi has approved 147 social housing and housing projects for the armed forces, including 121 social housing projects, 23 for the police and three for the military.

The 260-km Pleiku-Buon Ma Thuot-Gia Nghia Expressway, estimated to cost more than VND 70 trillion (USD 2.67 billion), is planned for investment before 2030 under Vietnam's national expressway network.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested a repeat offender accused of snatching a South Korean tourist's bag, recovering the stolen property within three hours.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain has destroyed part of National Highway 12 in Lai Chau Province, disrupting a key road link with neighbouring Dien Bien Province.

Khanh Hoa Province is stepping up measures to reduce vehicle fires on expressways after six incidents in the first half of 2026 caused nearly VND 2 billion (USD 76,000) in damage.

Police in Phu Tho Province have seized more than 4.6 tonnes of counterfeit turmeric powder and thousands of kilogrammes of raw materials from a facility accused of producing fake food products.

A 200-metre crack has appeared on a mountain in Ha Tinh Province, raising landslide concerns along a road linking National Highway 1A with the North-South Expressway.

More than one million people, including over 256,000 international visitors, paid their respects at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi during the first half of 2026, the mausoleum's management said.

Rain and thunderstorms are expected to become more frequent in Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam from this weekend as the southwest monsoon strengthens.

Hanoi is expected to experience temperatures of 35-37 degrees Celsius through July 17, with forecasters warning of increased risks of heatstroke, fires and power-related incidents.

HCM City's bus network recorded its highest daily ridership since free fares were introduced on July 1, with passenger numbers rising 68 per cent from a year earlier.

Vientamese health authorities inspected 118,009 food businesses in the first six months of 2026 and found 5,695 violations, accounting for 4.83 per cent of those checked.

Hanoi is rolling out more than 20,000 AI-powered cameras across nearly 1,000 inner-city streets to improve public security and traffic management.

New branches of Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc University Hospital in Ninh Binh Province have quickly reached full capacity, treating thousands of patients.