VIETNAM TODAY

China imported 69,774 tonnes of lobster in 2025, with Vietnam supplying more than 24,000 tonnes, accounting for 34.5 per cent of the total.

Authorities in the central city of Danang have seized a drone after it was found operating illegally in a restricted airspace zone near the coast, posing potential risks to civil aviation safety.

Waterway police in Hanoi rushed a female pilgrim to hospital by speedboat after she fell ill while attending the Huong Pagoda Festival on Tuesday afternoon.

Bao Lam 1 Commune Police in Lam Dong Province on Tuesday received a rare and endangered pangolin voluntarily handed over by a local resident.

Police in the central province of Nghe An said on February 24 that they had dismantled a cross-border drug trafficking ring, arresting one suspect and seizing 22 bricks of heroin.

For more than two decades, a man in the central province of Nghe An has preserved a three-hectare wetland amid rapid urbanisation, providing a refuge for thousands of white storks.

Major fuel distributors and domestic refineries are accelerating preparations to ensure sufficient supply, infrastructure and technical capacity for the nationwide sale of E10 biofuel starting June 1.

Naval Ship 016-Quang Trung of Brigade 162 has left Cam Ranh Port for Sydney to join the International Fleet Review commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy.

A resident in Lam Dong has handed over a rare Sunda pangolin listed in Vietnam’s Red Book after discovering the animal during the Lunar New Year holiday.

A 226-kilogramme MK 82 bomb was discovered just 40 centimetres from a house foundation in Quang Tri after a resident began digging to build a yard.

Widespread rain is set to sweep across northern Vietnam from the night of February 24, bringing moderate to heavy downpours in places and isolated thunderstorms.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam sent a congratulatory message to Kim Jong Un on his re-election as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Gia Lai Province has approved a VND 2.67 trillion (USD 101.5 million) plan to upgrade downstream drainage systems to prevent a repeat of the historic floods that hit Quy Nhon in November last year.

Vietnam’s stock market rallied on February 23, its first session after the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, with the VN-Index climbing almost 2 per cent on broad-based buying.

Banks across Vietnam have launched post-Tet promotions offering cash bonuses and interest top-ups of up to 1.5 percentage points, with advertised rates ranging from 6.5-9 per cent a year.

Authorities are investigating a major explosion at a factory in Tang Loong Industrial Park in Lao Cai Province that left one person dead.

Two boat operators at Huong Pagoda have been suspended for the rest of the 2026 festival season after being accused of overcharging visitors.

Doctors at Viet Duc University Hospital bowed in tribute to a 21-year-old organ donor whose gift of life enabled four life-saving transplants in Hanoi.

Seven earthquakes struck Mang But and Mang Den communes in Quang Ngai Province overnight on Sunday and into early Monday, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre.