VIETNAM TODAY

Police in Yen Dinh Commune, Thanh Hoa Province, received the monkey on Monday after it was found in the garden of a local resident's home.

Rain and thunderstorms are expected to become more frequent in Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam from this weekend as the southwest monsoon strengthens.

Dong Nai City and HCM City plan to build eight new bridges to improve regional transport links as authorities seek to ease congestion and strengthen connectivity between the neighbouring cities.

Hanoi is expected to experience temperatures of 35-37 degrees Celsius through July 17, with forecasters warning of increased risks of heatstroke, fires and power-related incidents.

Vietnam's Ministry of Construction has dropped a proposal to introduce fixed-term ownership of apartment units from a draft revision to the Housing Law, following public debate over the measure.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has ordered provinces to activate emergency plans for dams and reservoirs amid warnings of extreme rainfall despite El Niño.

HCM City's bus network recorded its highest daily ridership since free fares were introduced on July 1, with passenger numbers rising 68 per cent from a year earlier.

Vientamese health authorities inspected 118,009 food businesses in the first six months of 2026 and found 5,695 violations, accounting for 4.83 per cent of those checked.

Vietnam has revised its national road network plan, expanding the expressway system to 46 routes with a total length of about 10,105 km by 2050, the Ministry of Construction said.

Hanoi is rolling out more than 20,000 AI-powered cameras across nearly 1,000 inner-city streets to improve public security and traffic management.

Danang City has begun construction of a 684-unit social housing project as the central city steps up efforts to meet a government target of delivering nearly 29,000 affordable homes by 2030.

Hanoi will expand capacity at its public upper secondary schools to meet growing student demand under a new education restructuring plan.

New branches of Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc University Hospital in Ninh Binh Province have quickly reached full capacity, treating thousands of patients.

Hanoi has dismantled 216 of 231 informal street markets and unlicensed trading areas under a citywide campaign to improve urban order and traffic safety, according to the municipal People's Committee.

Long Thanh International Airport is set to begin commercial operations on December 1, initially serving selected domestic and international air routes.

Hanoi recorded Vietnam's highest average monthly per capita income in 2025, at VND 8.374 million (USD 320), according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Authorities in the central province of Gia Lai have urged residents not to hunt or trap a large flock of Asian openbills that has recently returned to local rice fields.

A total of 255 hazardous unofficial railway crossings were removed in the first half of 2026, bringing the total eliminated over the past six years to 1,840.

A Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) mine clearance team uncovered 18 unexploded wartime munitions buried beneath a forest in Hue City during a clearance operation.