VIETNAM TODAY

Long Thanh International Airport is expected to handle up to 366 flights a week during its initial operating phase, mainly on domestic and short-haul international routes.

Health authorities in Gia Lai are monitoring people who shared exposure risks with a 47-year-old man diagnosed with Whitmore disease in Chu A Thai Commune.

The number of public educational institutions in Vietnam has fallen by more than half following a nationwide restructuring, while teaching sites remain open to ensure access to education.

Prolonged heavy rain sent water levels in streams in Lam Dong Province's Bao Lam 2 Commune sharply higher, flooding homes and forcing 40 households to evacuate.

Hanoi topped Vietnam's 2026 Local Innovation Index with 63.80 points, leading in 18 of 52 component indicators, particularly research, development and intellectual property.

Registered foreign direct investment in Vietnam reached USD 50.36 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up 76.4 per cent year on year, while disbursed FDI hit a five-year high.

A 12kg pig-tailed macaque and 11 other wild animals were handed over by Hiep Binh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, to forest rangers for care and release into the wild.

Two MK-82 bombs left over from the war, including one weighing about 227kg, have been safely detonated by authorities in Ha Tinh Province.

Vietnam recorded a USD 1.27 billion trade surplus in September after nine consecutive months of deficits, though the nine-month balance remained USD 19.42 billion in the red.

Authorities in Quang Tri Province have collected seawater samples for testing after dead fish washed ashore along a 1.5-kilometre stretch of coastline.

An Giang and Cambodia's Kandal Province have opened the Khanh Binh-Chrey Thom international land border gates, with trade through the crossing targeted at USD 1.2 billion by 2030.

HCM City is forecast to see moderate to heavy rain for several more days as multiple weather systems affect the region and an intertropical convergence zone is expected to strengthen.

HCM City has recorded more than 35,700 dengue cases so far this year, with health experts warning that infants, the elderly and pregnant women face higher risks of severe illness.

A man in Danang City has voluntarily handed over a rare 7kg Sunda pangolin to local authorities after finding it on a road.

Northern Vietnam is forecast to see moderate to heavy rain through the morning of October 5, with rainfall exceeding 80mm in some areas.

Border guards in HCM City have detained a vessel carrying about 50,000 litres of diesel without documents proving its legal origin.

Ho Chi Minh City's GRDP grew 9.86 per cent in the third quarter, the city's highest quarterly growth rate in a decade.

Vietnam's average consumer price index rose 4.52 per cent in the first nine months, driven partly by higher housing, transport, fuel and other essential costs.

HCM City has proposed covering tuition fees for students in fields facing labour shortages or considered important to its key and strategic industries.