VIETNAM TODAY

A resident in Ha Tinh Province has voluntarily handed over a rare lizard listed in Vietnam's Red Data Book after discovering it.

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake shook Cao Bang Province on August 3, marking the third tremor to hit the northern Province within five days.

Phu Quoc has unveiled design for its first light rail transit (LRT) line, an 18-km route linking Phu Quoc International Airport with the APEC Convention and Exhibition Centre ahead of the 2027 summit.

Home Affairs Minister Nguyen Tien Hai won parliamentary approval with overwhelming backing after years in local leadership roles.

Heavy rain triggered landslides and flooding that disrupted traffic in Tuyen Quang Province, prompting authorities to close damaged roads, issue safety warnings and step up disaster response efforts.

Phu Quoc, which will host APEC 2027, has launched a community foreign language programme through 2030 to improve residents' language skills and support the island's development.

Many farming families in villages across Daklak Province have transformed their lives and achieved greater prosperity thanks to durian cultivation.

Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.12 per cent in July compared with the previous month, although it remained 4.45 per cent higher than a year earlier.

Torrential rain triggered widespread flooding in Lao Cai on August 3, leaving several roads submerged by more than one metre of water.

Tropical depression, east of the Philippines, is likely to strengthen into Storm Kujira within the next 12 hours.

Five rare black marsh turtles were voluntarily handed over to authorities in Daklak Province after a local resident found the animals wandering.

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security has begun construction of a social housing project with more than 1,400 homes for police personnel in Hung Yen Province.

A woman in Quang Ngai Province has been charged after allegedly mixing industrial alcohol with tap water to produce counterfeit liquor for sale.

Heavy rain is forecast to continue across northern Vietnam and the provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An this week, intensifying from August 4 to 7.

Rescuers in Danang City found and safely evacuated a young hiker who became stranded overnight after slipping and losing his way in a forest near Suoi Da Hang.

The target is outlined in the city's 2026-2030 Smart City Development Plan, with a vision to 2045, recently approved by the municipal People's Committee.

Authorities in Son La Province have issued an urgent warning after a wild elephant broke through a wall and entered a boarding school campus during the night.

Danang City has approved a VND 580 billion (USD 22.1 million) support package to encourage investment in social housing projects as the city seeks to ease housing shortages.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have dismantled a drug ring accused of smuggling narcotics from Cambodia to manufacture Etomidate-filled vape pods for distribution across southern Vietnam.