VIETNAM TODAY

Dak Lak authorities have found rare gaur and wild cattle populations in Ea So Nature Reserve.

Traffic police in Tuyen Quang Province have seized more than 400kg of food products without documents proving their origin during a roadside inspection on National Highway 2.

Tay Ninh Province will organise investment promotion conferences in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany as it seeks to attract high quality foreign investment and expand international partnerships.

Hanoi has approved a VND 30.151 trillion (approximately USD 1.16 billion) project to redevelop the West Lake area and upgrade its surrounding scenic transport network.

Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province are investigating a floating restaurant in Nha Trang after a tourist complained of being charged nearly VND 3 million (USD 110) per kilogramme for boxfish.

A tornado swept through Son Linh Commune in Quang Ngai Province, damaging 70 homes and toppling power poles and trees, local authorities said.

The Vietnamese government has approved a nearly 195-hectare expansion of the Saigon High-Tech Park to support advanced and strategic technologies.

Hanoi plans to test a low altitude transport corridor along the Red River and Avenue 1A as part of efforts to develop drone infrastructure and the emerging low altitude economy.

Heavy rain is forecast across northern Vietnam from June 16-18, with 100-200mm expected and over 300mm in places, raising flood and landslide risks.

Authorities in HCM City have launched a radar survey at Le Thi Rieng Park to search for suspected mass graves linked to the 1968 Tet Offensive.

Vietnam has cut or simplified more than 3,400 administrative procedures and business conditions in a drive to reduce red tape and expand decentralisation.

A 40-tonne boulder dislodged during an overnight storm crashed into a house in Cao Bang Province early on June 15, trapping two residents and causing significant damage, local authorities said.

Authorities in An Giang Province demolished nine illegal bungalows in Phu Quoc after nearly 1,900 square metres of coastal land and protected marine areas were illegally occupied.

One worker was killed and another injured after part of an antenna tower collapsed during dismantling work at a former district broadcasting station in Dong Thap Province.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province are reinforcing landslide-prone sections along key mountain passes to ensure traffic safety during the rainy season.

Nearly 100 people have been mobilised to search for a Russian tourist reported missing after an evening walk along a beach in Danang.

A 65-year-old man was found dead in a forested area of Lam Dong Province, where authorities discovered elephant footprints and droppings near the scene.

Hanoi will provide free bus travel for one year to passengers travelling from the Ring Road 1 area as the city begins implementing low emission zones.

Severe shortages of sand, stone and fill material are threatening progress on several major transport projects across Vietnam.