VIETNAM TODAY

Thunderstorms are expected to intensify across Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam from May 25, raising the risk of localised flooding, strong winds and lightning.

All eight Vietnamese students competing at the 2026 Asian Physics Olympiad won medals, including six silver and two bronze medals.

Severe thunderstorms and strong winds swept through Ca Mau Province on May 24, damaging dozens of homes and disrupting daily life in several local communities.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has ordered hospitals nationwide to strengthen Ebola prevention measures following recent outbreaks in Africa.

Authorities in Bac Ninh Province have discovered more than three tonnes of pig intestines and dried pig intestines showing signs of spoilage and lacking clear origin documents at a local facility.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24 broke ground on the Binh Hung Hoa Xanh Park project, a new public green space aimed at improving urban living conditions.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has ordered ministries and local authorities to speed up construction of 100 pilot boarding schools in border areas for completion by August 30.

Hanoi authorities have begun fencing off and rerouting traffic on several central streets to facilitate anti-flooding construction projects scheduled to run until June 15.

A mountainside in the core zone of the Trang An World Heritage Site in Ninh Binh Province continues to face landslide risks despite earlier stabilisation work costing billions of dong.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung attended a memorial and burial ceremony on May 23 for 28 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts whose remains were recently repatriated from Laos.

Authorities in Quang Tri Province have removed and destroyed a number of bird-trapping nets discovered in rice fields as illegal hunting of wild birds re-emerged in the area.

Vietnamese customs authorities have seized more than 18,000 products suspected of infringing intellectual property rights at two major border gates.

Hanoi health authorities have ordered tighter monitoring and disease prevention measures amid concerns over the ongoing Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa.

Authorities in Dong Nai City have raised investment for a drainage project linked to Long Thanh International Airport to nearly VND 1.8 trillion (USD 69 million).

Three children drowned in the Tra Khuc River in Quang Ngai Province after going swimming together, with rescue teams recovering the victims’ bodies on the morning of May 23.

Vietnamese companies are investing millions of USD in factories processing agricultural byproducts as the country seeks to reduce waste, tackle pollution and create higher value export products.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have raided a warehouse containing thousands of counterfeit shoes, sandals and socks bearing major international brands including Nike, Adidas and Converse.

Vietnam will provide state funded scholarships for students in 15 key science, engineering and technology disciplines at domestic universities from September, under a new government decree.

Police in Ninh Binh Province have uncovered more than 7,600 counterfeit shoes and sandals bearing famous international brands during inspections of two warehouses.