VIETNAM TODAY

PM Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch ordering ministries, agencies and localities to step up measures to promote rice production and export while ensuring domestic market stability.

Apartment rental prices in Hanoi have surged, leaving many tenants struggling to cope with rising living costs.

Vietnam’s real estate sector is increasingly attracting foreign investors through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with cooperative and “friendly” deals emerging as the prevailing trend.

Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will increase the monitoring of lithium power banks on all its flights.

Several areas in northern Lao Cai Province were submerged while neighbouring Tuyen Quang suffered a flash flood after torrential rain on the morning of September 9.

Continuous riverbank erosion along the Thao River in the northern province of Phu Tho has severely affected residents in Tam Nong Commune.

Vingroup has filed civil lawsuits, reported to authorities, and sent notices to embassies regarding 68 organisations and individuals accused of spreading false information about the group online.

Mud has once again resurfaced near the underground construction site of Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line, marking the second such spill in the area.

A court in Quang Ngai Province has sentenced three Chinese nationals to prison for murdering a Vietnamese taxi driver.

Vietnamese firm AVAC JSC shipped on Monday evening its second batch of AVAC ASF LIVE vaccine to the Philippines, comprising 340,000 doses.

The government has requested inspections on the compliance with policies and laws by credit institutions and enterprises in gold trading activities.

Vietnam’s economy expanded by 7.5 per cent in the first half of 2025, reflecting strong momentum despite continued global uncertainties, according to the World Bank.

Vietnamese police have arrested Huang Shaoning, a 54-year-old man from Guangxi, China, who illegally entered the country and carried out multiple burglaries.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province have temporarily suspended permits for passenger and tourist boats to depart local ports as Typhoon Tapah is bringing strong winds and rough seas.

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved skeleton of a prehistoric man dating back roughly 13,000 years in Ninh Binh Province.

Typhoon Tapah is sweeping across the northwestern East Sea, unleashing heavy rains over the northern midland and mountainous areas.

Police in Thanh Hoa ​Province have ​b​usted three large-scale interprovincial and cross-border drug trafficking ​r​ings within just 20 days.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast on September 6 officially launched sales of its premium electric SUVs - the VF 6 and VF 7 - in India.

Singapore has begun implementing a facial recognition feature for users through its national digital identification app, Singpass.