VIETNAM TODAY

A tropical depression in the eastern part of the Paracel Islands has strengthened into a storm, and the storm named Wutip is currently moving along the central coast of Vietnam.

The State Bank of Vietnam has been asked to prioritise lending for commercial housing projects with reasonable prices and to research credit packages for young people looking to buy homes.

A tropical depression that formed in the East Sea on June 10 has changed its direction and is likely to gain its strength into a tropical storm on June 11.

A Delacour’s langur family has flourished from just three individuals to eight in the core zone of Trang An World Heritage site in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Vietnam recorded nearly 111,800 newly established and reactivated enterprises in the first five months of 2025, marking an 11.3 per cent year-on-year increase.

A company director in Ho Chi Minh City has admitted to organising the illegal dumping of thousands of counterfeit dietary supplements across multiple city locations.

Several international institutions have revised down Vietnam’s economic growth forecast for 2025, lowering it from around 7 per cent to between 6 and 6.2 per cent.

Cao Bang police have arrested three Chinese nationals for allegedly smuggling military-grade guns and suspected drugs across the Vietnam border.

A tropical depression is forecast to intensify into a storm by the afternoon of June 11, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

A video of a humanoid robot with the name VinMotion on its chest has gone viral, offering a first glimpse of Vietnam’s ambitions in advanced robotics.

Chipmaker Qualcomm of the United States inaugurated its new Artificial Intelligence Research & Development (AI R&D) Centre in Vietnam, at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 10.

Implementing low-emission zones is now an urgent task for Hanoi and can no longer be delayed, according to Nguyen Sy Thanh, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee.

The Immigration Management Department under the Ninh Thuan Provincial Police has deported 15 Chinese citizens, including two minors under the age of 16, for entering Vietnam illegally.

PM Pham Minh Chinh called on the international community to act faster, more strongly, and more decisively in preserving and sustainably using the blue ocean.

A street in Hanoi’s Long Bien District has fallen into disrepair just a year after opening.

On a small farm in India's Maharashtra state, Mirabai Khindkar said the only thing her land grew was debt, after crops failed in drought and her husband killed himself.

Vietnam’s garment and textile exports exceeded USD 17.58 billion in the first five months of 2025, up 9 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Authorities in the southern central province of Phu Yen have caught a seafood business injecting agar jelly into dead lobsters to make them appear fresh.

Authorities of the central city of Danang have fined a local resort VND 224.5 million (USD 8,600) for its wastewater discharge and food safety violations.