VIETNAM TODAY

Authorities in Gia Lai Province are investigating an accident involving an electric tourist shuttle that struck a group of pedestrians, leaving one person dead and three others injured.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has called for stricter measures to limit and prevent bird strikes that threaten flight safety.

The EU–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has produced strong results just five years after coming into force, driving bilateral trade to nearly USD 300 billion.

In addition to the removal of restrictions on real estate investment, this law also allows SOEs to purchase securities in accordance with securities law.

The US Government has lowered reciprocal tariffs on Vietnamese imports to 20 per cent from 46 per cent, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reported on August 1.

Gia Lai Province’s Department of Industry and Trade has announced that it would soon begin reviewing licence applications for wind power projects located in the region.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province have planted more than 5,000 trees along a border route with Cambodia, aiming to transform the area into a floral corridor and boost eco-tourism in the region.

Floods left at least three people dead and nine missing in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

Torrential rain has inundated many streets in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, forcing residents to travel by boat.

Authorities in Danang confirmed on Friday that the bodies of two university students had been found after they went missing while wading through a stream in the Vung Bot area of Hai Van Ward.

A New Zealand couple are still searching for a diamond ring lost in a park in Hue City.

HCM City Urban Railway Company 1 (HURC1) will launch a pilot programme allowing passengers to bring folding bicycles on board metro trains.

The information-technology, pharmaceutical, banking, and high-tech sectors will remain the main engines of office demand in HCM City, experts said.

A popular venue on Bui Vien Walking Street in Ho Chi Minh City has been caught selling nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, while disguising it on receipts as cocktails.

Large parts of central Ho Chi Minh City were left without power on the evening of July 31, marking the second major blackout in under two days, disrupting daily life and business operations.

Three teenage girls have died after slipping into deep water while swimming in a reservoir in the central province of Nghe An on the afternoon of July 31.

Experts from the PeaceTrees Vietnam Project has safely disposed a wartime bomb at the construction site of the Terminal 2 of Dong Hoi Airport in Quang Tri Province.

A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by President Luong Cuong and his spouse will pay State visits to Egypt and Angola from August 3 to 9, 2025, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Torrential rains on July 31 triggered landslides across multiple roads in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, posing serious traffic hazards.