VIETNAM TODAY

Apartment prices in Hanoi have tripled over the past decade, pushing home ownership further out of reach for many residents.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak plans to carry out two road projects totalling VND 41 trillion (approximately USD 1.64 billion) over the 2026-2030 period.

A tropical depression in the East Sea is forecast to strengthen into a storm today, September 18, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Environment has proposed a project to install boundary markers for the corridors of rivers, streams, canals, and public lakes.

Police in the northern province of Ninh Binh have decided to prosecute a woman for trading a rare and endangered otter.

Conservationists are gathering in Dong Nai for the 12th meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Asian Elephant Specialist Group.

French national Arthur Chareire has been reunited with his biological mother in Vietnam after 31 years.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man welcomed the support of member parliaments for draft resolutions initiated by Vietnam and submitted for adoption at AIPA-46.

Two Lao nationals and a Vietnamese man were killed when a truck rammed into a roadside banana market in Quang Tri Province on the morning of September 17, local police confirmed.

Four crew members of a sunken fishing boat were rescued on September 17 after drifting for three hours clinging to a styrofoam box in the waters off An Giang Province.

A pilot service to carry around 300 staff and employees on daily commutes from the western to the eastern part of Haiphong City has begun.

Police in HCM City have busted a prostitution den operating out of a restaurant in Tan Hung Ward.

Authorities in Nghe An Province have successfully destroyed a 226-kilo bomb with its detonator still intact, discovered at a construction site in the area.

A truck ploughed into a crowded banana market in Lao Bao Commune, Quang Tri Province on September 17, leaving at least three people dead and seven others injured.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed ministries to assess Vietnam’s tuna exports and take measures to ease obstacles.

The Dong Nai Construction Investment Project Management Board proposed a VND 4.3 trillion (approximately USD 172 million) project to dredge and renovate the Buong River, aiming to mitigate flooding.

Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) has become the first bank in Vietnam to successfully issue USD 300 million in sustainable bonds on the international market.

Aside from the UNGA 80's general debate, the leader will also engage in bilateral activities in the US during the trip from September 21 to 24.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has arrived in Malaysia to attend the 46th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-46) and to pay an official visit to Malaysia.