VIETNAM TODAY

After the devastation of Typhoon No. 3, Ha Long Bay faces a severe environmental threat as massive quantities of debris from damaged aquaculture rafts accumulate in the water.

The Transport Department of the northern Phu Tho Province has just proposed a plan to rebuild the Phong Chau Bridge which recently collapsed during the Typhoon Yagi.

A young man in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has miraculously survived nine days after being swept away by floodwaters.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam had meetings with leaders of a number of international organisations in New York on September 24 (local time), as part of his US trip.

The Asian Development Bank projects a positive economic outlook for Vietnam, forecasting its gross domestic product growth at 6.0% in 2024 and 6.2% in 2025.

A crocodile farm in Thailand has culled 125 of the reptiles because of fears they could escape during ongoing floods and endanger human lives, the owner said Wednesday.

Vietnam is planning to build metro lines with a total length of 580 kilometres in the two largest cities of Hanoi and HCM City by 2035, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam met with President of the EC Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York.

Authorities in Hanoi have decided to cancel firework displays which were earlier scheduled to be held on October 10 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the capital's Liberation Day.

The Thai king has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette said Tuesday, making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise marriage equality.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam met with President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, President of Finland Alexander Stubb, and Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah in New York on September 24.

A South Korean national wanted for murder in Thailand has been arrested in Vietnam.

In the draft strategy for the development of Vietnam's automobile industry until 2030, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has outlined a target of 1-1.1 million cars sold, with an average annual growth rate of 14-16 per cent.

German chemical company BASF has broken ground on a building at the Phương Ninh Primary & Secondary School in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hậu Giang, which will benefit around 150 students.

The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 24 to see off Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 and Engineering Unit Rotation 3 to carry out United Nations peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Abyei area.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will fully waive tuition fees for all local nursery to high school students as a measure to help people following Typhoon Yagi.

Flight MH748 of Malaysia Airlines, carrying 160 passengers from Kuala Lumpur, landed at Da Nang International Airport on December 24, marking its first flight on the Kuala Lumpur - Da Nang route.

A Singaporean former minister pleaded guilty to bribery charges Tuesday after more severe allegations were dropped, local media said, as the first graft trial of a political office holder for more than four decades began in the city-state.

Serious flooding in central Vietnam has killed three people and forced more than 10,000 residents to evacuate their homes, officials said on Tuesday.