VIETNAM TODAY

Heavy rain continues to hit central and south-central Vietnam, with some areas receiving more than 100 mm and facing severe flooding.

Four people died and four others suffered injuries after a fire broke out at a restaurant on Tran Hung Dao Street in central Ho Chi Minh City on December 5.

The Danang City Police have arrested and handed over three nationals of the Republic of Korea wanted by Interpol for allegedly running an online romance scam network in Cambodia.

Several apartment buildings in Hanoi have banned residents from parking electric vehicles, citing overload and failure to meet fire safety requirements.

A tropical depression near the Philippines is expected to strengthen into Storm No.16 as it enters the East Sea and may strike Vietnam’s central and south-central coast.

Vietnam is expected to maintain strong growth into 2026-2027, with the OECD raising its outlook and projecting GDP expansion of 6.2 per cent in 2026 and 5.8 per cent in 2027.

Two wild elephants in Dak Lak Province have injured a captive elephant and damaged crops, prompting warnings for residents and tourism operators near forest areas.

Days of heavy rain have unleashed fresh landslides on key transport routes in Dalat, disrupting travel and forcing emergency clearing efforts.

Heavy upstream flows combined with prolonged rain have flooded residential areas and key roads in Lam Dong Province, leaving sections of National Road 1 paralysed.

HCM City has requested central support of VND221 trillion (USD 8.4 billion) to speed up a series of metro projects.

Heavy rain on the evening of December 3 triggered multiple landslides along Gia Bac Pass on Highway 28, cutting the road and halting all traffic in both directions.

A large sinkhole opened on Nguyen Cong Tru Street in Danang on Wednesday afternoon, swallowing two cars and damaging another.

Vingroup has submitted a pre-feasibility study to build a 14.6 km sea-crossing road between Can Gio and Vung Tau, with an estimated cost of VND 104,410 billion (USD 4.0 billion).

Ho Chi Minh City is forecast to see its highest tidal peaks on December 5-6, raising the risk of flooding across low-lying areas.

HCM City, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh will jointly develop Ring Road 4, a 207-km expressway set to become the largest transport corridor in Southeast Vietnam.

Farmers in Dran, a major vegetable-growing area in Lam Dong Province, have lost their entire crop after severe flooding swept through more than a week ago.

Vietnam has approved a new list of national priority energy projects, including two nuclear power plants in Khanh Hoa Province slated to begin operating between 2030 and 2035.

Vietnam imported 150,200 tonnes of meat and meat products from India between January and October 2025, worth USD 535.52 million, making India the country’s largest supplier in that period.

Northern Vietnam will be hit by a widespread cold spell from December 3, with temperatures in some high-mountain areas expected to drop below 10 degrees Celsius.