VIETNAM TODAY

Thai law enforcement officers have seized 11.75 kg of rhino horn from the luggage of a Vietnamese national at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

A 250-kilogramme bomb left over from the war was destroyed safely in the central province of Nghe An on Wednesday.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have dismantled an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring, seizing more than 2.2kg of ketamine and thousands of ecstasy tablets.

Hanoi traffic police deployed plain-clothes officers on Wednesday to curb coaches and limousines stopping illegally to pick up or drop off passengers ahead of Tet.

Residents in HCM City have reported cracked walls, subsiding floors and even tilting in homes located just metres from two apartment projects, raising concerns about safety.

Weather across Vietnam is expected to be generally favourable for the Lunar New Year or Tet travel and outdoor activities.

Vietnam has officially launched the Vietnam International Financial Centre, marking the start of operations for a project described as a strategic step in the country’s global financial integration.

Tan Son Nhat Airport has been overwhelmed by a surge in travellers as the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday approaches, with some passengers reporting waits of more than an hour just to check in.

More than 900 poultry have been culled in Ha Tinh Province after a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreak, as authorities stepped up measures to prevent possible human transmission.

Traffic leaving Ho Chi Minh City for central and northern provinces has caused heavy congestion on two major expressways through Dong Nai Province as Tet travel gets under way.

Hanoi’s streets are becoming a daily ordeal in the run-up to Tet, with motorists reporting that a journey of just a few kilometres can take up to an hour as congestion spreads across the capital.

Supermarkets across Ho Chi Minh City have been packed as residents rushed to buy food and gifts for Tet, leaving long queues at checkouts and crowded aisles.

Vietnam’s self-drive car rental market is showing signs of cooling ahead of Lunar New Year or Tet holiday, with many rental firms seeking customers and electric vehicles emerging as a growing draw.

Ho Chi Minh City will step up border surveillance, introduce remote temperature screening for all arrivals and prepare hospital resources to prevent the spread of the Nipah virus.

Singapore's Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said it is closely monitoring a reported case of Nipah virus infection in Naogaon district of Rajshahi division in northwestern Bangladesh.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have warned that air pollution is likely to worsen in the days leading up to Tet, despite generally favourable weather across southern Vietnam.

Orchid shops in Nghe An Province are seeing a surge in Tet demand, with skilled arrangers saying they are fully booked and earning millions of dong a day.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam has recovered more than VND 5.1 trillion in receivables as domestic airlines rebound from Covid 19, though debts owed by Bamboo Airways continued to rise.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced a new circular that introduces amendments to regulations concerning information disclosure, trading securities and the operations of securities companies.