VIETNAM TODAY

Ho Chi Minh City police have received 47 more Vietnamese deported by the US, the highest number returned so far this year.

Manufacturing, electronics, engineering and information technology are among the sectors with the strongest hiring demand in Ho Chi Minh City, according to local authorities.

Lam Dong Province has asked the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to fund the construction of a new passenger terminal and a cargo terminal at Lien Khuong International Airport in 2027.

Vietnam's ethanol producers are urging stronger policy support, warning that imported ethanol and unstable demand could undermine supplies for the planned expansion of E10 biofuel.

Quang Ninh Province has proposed adding a 55-km expressway linking the Haiphong-Halong Expressway with Hanoi's Ring Road 5 to Vietnam's national road network plan.

Several support facilities at Long Thanh International Airport are unlikely to be completed by the end of 2026, raising concerns over the project's operational readiness.

A rare encounter in Pu Mat National Park saw a red-faced macaque calmly approach forest rangers during an eight-day patrol in central Vietnam.

HCM City attracted more than USD 9.8 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first seven months of 2026, up 44.5 per cent on-year and putting it close to its USD 11 billion full-year target.

The Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Public Security have unveiled a joint school safety plan with closer oversight of student-run social media groups.

Older people, disabled people, children and war veterans will receive public transport cards for free bus and metro travel in Ho Chi Minh City.

A fire tore through the motorbike parking area of a shop on Nguyen Tri Phuong Street, Di An Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, destroying dozens of vehicles.

Hanoi plans to replace a five-storey apartment block near the Old Quarter with a 21-storey residential tower as part of a wider programme to redevelop ageing housing.

Police in Hanoi have seized suspected counterfeit Louis Vuitton and Gucci products and uncovered a workshop allegedly producing fake luxury goods.

HCM City has ordered agencies to speed up construction of 23 municipal solid waste transfer stations, with eight due to break ground this year and another five to seven in the first quarter of 2027.

Authorities have recovered 14 more sets of war remains at a park in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing the total discovered at the site to 182.

Police in Haiphong have dismantled a major cross-border gambling and money laundering network, arrested 28 suspects and frozen more than VND 3 trillion (approximately USD 115 million) in assets.

A coach driver and the vehicle's owner have been fined a combined VND 33 million (USD 1,255) after a 29-seat passenger coach was found carrying 51 people.

Vietnam recorded more than USD 38 billion in registered foreign direct investment in the first seven months of 2026, up 58 per cent from a year earlier.

Danang City has approved financial assistance and temporary accommodation for residents relocating from three unsafe state-owned apartment blocks ahead of their demolition.