VIETNAM TODAY

Rach Gia has pursued large-scale reclamation for over 25 years, with projects to 2025 including a 420-hectare urban expansion and several reclaimed zones totalling hundreds of hectares.

Vietnam has added three new billionaires after two executives at Vingroup and the chairman of VPBank appeared in Forbes’ real-time billionaire rankings, bringing the country’s total to eight.

Hanoi traffic police have warned of heavy congestion ahead of the Lunar New Year or Tet, saying AI cameras would run round the clock to ensure road safety and prevent gridlock.

Rubbish has piled up across streets and alleys in Sam Son Ward in Thanh Hoa Province after the area’s largest landfill closed, leaving household waste uncollected for days.

Vietnam has the world’s ninth highest rate of tobacco use, with more than 56 per cent of households having at least one smoker, according to the Ministry of Health.

Party and state leaders on February 3 laid wreaths at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi to mark the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Vietnam is emerging as one of the world’s top 15 developing destinations for foreign direct investment, with billion dollar inflows from Taiwan and Japan targeting finance, banking and insurance.

A female moon bear weighing 120kg has been rescued after more than 25 years in captivity and transferred to a specialist care centre at Bach Ma National Park.

Northern and central Vietnam are likely to experience warmer, drier weather during the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Vietnam is deeply concerned about a new measure announced by the US to impose additional tariffs on goods from countries supplying oil to Cuba.

Hanoi will add more than 360 bus trips a day on six routes to serve visitors to the Spring Fair 2026, strengthening public transport links to the Vietnam Exposition Centre in Dong Anh Commune.

Hanoi has launched construction of the Bac Thang Long Urban City, a nearly USD 4 billion development spanning about 700 hectares, as the city pushes ahead with a multi-centre growth strategy.

A 434-tonne floodgate at the Ben Nghe canal began operation on February 2, marking the restart of Ho Chi Minh City’s long-stalled USD 400 million tidal flood control project.

Vietnam’s Manufacturing PMI stood at 52.5 in January, still pointing to improving business conditions, as output, new orders and employment rose and business confidence climbed to a 22-month high.

A tear-shaped metal sculpture has been installed at a memorial honouring victims of Covid-19 in Ho Chi Minh City, marking a key milestone in the redevelopment of Ly Thai To Park.

Ho Chi Minh City’s planned Cai Mep Ha Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is expected to be connected by rail to Long Thanh International Airport and the wider Asia economic corridor.

All passengers arriving at Noi Bai Airport are currently undergoing automatic temperature screening immediately after landing, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Nipah virus.

A suspected artillery shell was discovered by a household in Ca Mau Province while they were renovating a shrimp pond, prompting authorities to cordon off the area.

Northern Vietnam is expected to turn rainy and colder again late this week as a new cold air mass moves in.