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Vietnam plans to restructure its overseas labour mobility markets, advancing to high-skill labour migration and expanding into advanced economies facing worker shortages.

Police in An Long Commune, the southern province of Dong Thap, have arrested a group of young men accused of stealing 24 dogs.

Large parts of Hoi An in Danang City have been submerged over recent days as severe flooding swept through the ancient town.

At least 14 people have died and eight remain missing after days of flooding across central Vietnam, according to a Ministry of Agriculture and Environment report updated at 7 am on October 30.

A 3-metre whale washed ashore on a Danang beach late on October 29 amid days of severe flooding across central Vietnam.

A new cold front reached northern Vietnam this morning, October 30, bringing rain and cooler temperatures of around 17 degrees Celsius.

Vietnamese and Cambodian police have arrested 59 Vietnamese nationals accused of running a large-scale online scam that defrauded more than 8,000 victims of over VND 300 billion (USD 11.4 million).

Water levels on the Thu Bon River in Danang City have risen above the historic flood peak of 1964, according to the Central Region Hydrometeorological Station.

Thanh Hoa authorities have proposed transferring nine tigers from a private farm in Xuan Tin to Hanoi Zoo for care.

Vietnam Railways dispatched two freight trains carrying more than 1,100 tonnes of rock to stabilise the Bach Ho and Da Vien railway bridges over the Huong River in Hue City as floodwaters surged.

UK PM Keir Starmer chaired an official welcome ceremony for and held talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam in London on October 29.

State President Luong Cuong met with US President Donald Trump and leaders from several APEC member economies on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

Severe flooding has disrupted the North-South railway through Hue and Quang Tri, forcing Vietnam Railways to cancel more services.

Days of heavy rain have triggered massive landslides along D’ran Pass, blocking traffic on one of the key routes connecting Dalat with Khanh Hoa Province.

Traffic chaos gripped Hanoi on October 29 after authorities closed the westbound lane of the historic Long Bien Bridge towards central Hanoi for routine maintenance.

President Luong Cuong arrived in the Republic of Korea on October 29 to attend the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Week.

Prolonged heavy rainfall and flooding in central Vietnam have claimed at least ten lives and left five people missing, officials reported on October 29.

Party General Secretary To Lam attended a seminar with leading strategists on AI and technology in the UK and the world, which was held in London on October 28.

Persistent heavy rain has triggered seven landslides along Gia Bac Pass on National Highway 28, disrupting traffic on one of the key routes connecting Dalat and HCM City.