VIETNAM TODAY

Residents in Nghe An have voluntarily handed over a 200-kilogramme deer, three macaques and a turtle to Pu Mat National Park for care and release back into the wild.

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck of Bhutan arrived in Hanoi on August 18, beginning their five-day state visit to Vietnam.

Police in Lam Dong Province have returned a lost phone to two Russian tourists after tracing it through GPS and locating it with a local resident.

Despite global trade uncertainties, a large number of US companies have chosen Ho Chi Minh City as a sourcing destination at the Vietnam International Sourcing 2025 (VIS 2025).

Secondary and high school students in Ho Chi Minh City will begin classes later in the new academic year, starting at 7.30am and 1.30pm instead of 7am–7.15am and 1pm–1.15pm.

A tropical depression has entered the Gulf of Tonkin, bringing heavy rain to the northeast and Thanh Hoa Province from August 18 to 20.

A sudden storm with heavy rain lasting about 30 minutes capsized a raft carrying 17 people in Quang Ninh’s Dam Ha Commune on Sunday evening, leaving two dead.

Hanoi authorities are racing to revive the To Lich River within two weeks, in time for Vietnam’s National Day celebrations on September 2.

Leading Chinese fruit retailers and distributors will travel to Ho Chi Minh City in September to source Vietnamese farm produce, with durian a key focus.

Two cousins, aged 19 and 14, drowned after their inflatable paddle board capsized in rough waves off Hon Tre Beach on Hai Tac Island in An Giang on August 16.

Banks that undertake a mandatory transfer of weak banks will have their reserve requirement ratio reduced by 50 per cent from October 1 this year, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Vietnam’s cement industry is rebounding in 2025 after two years of oversupply, with output, sales and profits rising on stronger public investment and lower coal prices.

His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Her Majesty the Queen of Bhutan will make a state visit to Vietnam from August 18 to 22 at the invitation of President Luong Cuong and his spouse.

The cement industry is showing signs of recovery in 2025 after two years of oversupply and weak domestic demand.

Cold spells are forecast to come earlier than the long-term average, starting from October and strengthening in November, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Vietnam’s aviation sector logged 1,097 flight cancellations in the first seven months of 2025, equal to 0.7 per cent of total flights, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

Vietnam is set to welcome a substantial delegation of Chinese companies from across various regions at the 2025 Vietnam International Sourcing Expo (VIS 2025).

Authorities in Lam Dong have rescued a stump-tailed macaque and a pygmy slow loris, both endangered species, and released them back into the wild.

Heavy rain is set to persist across northern, central and southern Vietnam in the coming days, with some areas forecast to receive over 300mm of rainfall until August 19.