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A whale carcass weighing about 40 kg has been found washed ashore along the coast of Quang Tri Province.

Two women were killed in a suspected bomb explosion in Phu My Bac Commune, Gia Lai Province, while they were buying and sorting scrap metal, local authorities said.

Metro Line No 1 linking Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien logged nearly 19 million passenger trips in its first year, giving a major boost to public transport in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on January 10 staged a deployment ceremony and security drill in Hanoi to prepare for the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The Ministry of Public Security staged a rehearsal in Hanoi on January 10, deploying around 5,000 policemen to finalise security preparations for the forthcoming 14th National Party Congress.

More than 120 urologists gathered in HCM City on January 8-9 for an international advanced training workshop on minimally invasive endourology (MIS 2026).

Hanoi’s state-run bus operator carried more than 240 million passengers in 2025, a year-on-year rise of 2.5 per cent, as services expanded and electrification gathered pace.

Police in Can Tho have dismantled a large operation producing and trading counterfeit perfumes bearing well-known international brands, seizing thousands of fake products and production materials.

Vietnamese police have arrested a Chinese national subject to an international arrest warrant as he attempted to flee from Vietnam into Laos.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to temporarily use vacant plots in its central wards as temporary parks and flower gardens during the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

A new railway station has begun operations in the central city of Danang, adding capacity to the North-South railway route and supporting new passenger services.

Police in the southern province of Tay Ninh have dismantled a large dog-theft and trafficking ring, detaining nine suspects and seizing more than 1.5 tonnes of evidence.

Vietnam operated 275,246 flights in 2025, up 22,566 from 2024, but the on-time performance fell to 65.8 per cent, down 7.5 percentage points year on year.

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have dismantled five hand-shaped guard huts along Hai Tien Beach, citing severe storm damage.

Temperatures in high mountain areas of western Nghe An Province fell below zero early on January 9, dropping to minus 5 degrees Celcius and blanketing mountains and trees with thick frost.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City fined multiple bars and eateries for occupying pavements along Pham Van Dong Street during inspections on the evening of January 8.

Two people died after a major fire swept through a seven-storey house in Ha Dong Ward, Hanoi, on the morning of January 8.

A taxi driver in Hanoi turned in a backpack containing valuables and documents after discovering it had been left behind by a Chinese tourist.

Hanoi has been decorated with flags, flowers, billboards and banners across major streets and public spaces ahead of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.