VIETNAM TODAY

The General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army has ordered the deployment of personnel and flycams to survey vulnerable areas, promptly detecting cracks and zones at risk of landslides.

Vietnam is set to top growth charts among developing East Asia and Pacific economies in 2025, with gross domestic product forecast to rise 6.6 per cent, according to the World Bank.

Many Hanoi residents, fearing a return of torrential rains and severe flooding, have purchased inflatable boats in case roads once again turn into rivers and homes become isolated islands.

Dengue fever cases are rising in many localities, prompting the Ministry of Health to warn of serious complications if patients are complacent, particularly during the rainy season.

Nobel Laureate in Physics Professor Serge Haroche is among dozens of scientists attending the conference “100 Years of Quantum Physics,” which opened on October 7 in the central province of Gia Lai.

Rubbish has piled up across parts of Danang City since late September, after a waste treatment firm was found illegally burying and dumping waste.

Typhoon Bualoi has left Hai Tien Beach in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa buried under piles of driftwood, turning the once-crowded tourist coastline into a wasteland of tangled logs.

After a two-day search, rescue teams found the body of a fishing boat owner following a collision with a foreign oil tanker off the coast of Khanh Hoa.

Vietnamese customs officers have seized nearly 5,000 smuggled mobile phones and over 2,500 pairs of fake branded children’s shoes brought into the country through several border gates.

Danang City's Son Tra Ward Border Guard Post has fined several boat owners for running illegal sea tours, particularly unlicensed night squid-catching services.

Prolonged heavy rain brought by Storm Matmo has flooded dozens of streets across Hanoi since early October 7, disrupting traffic and forcing schools to move classes online.

Vietnam’s foreign direct investment disbursement reached USD 18.8 billion in the first nine months of 2025, the highest level in five years.

Over 90 wild animals were released back into the forest at Tam Dao National Park in late September following successful rehabilitation at the Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Centre.

A collapsed rear wall at Van Ho General Hospital in the northern province of Son La let floodwaters rush into the facility, forcing medical staff to carry patients to safety.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam will pay a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and attend the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

A 33-year-old man in Dong Nai confessed to killing three family members, claiming he was completing a mission from an online game, although evidence suggested a robbery motive.

Vietnam’s economy expanded 7.85 per cent in the first nine months of 2025, the National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance reported on October 6 in Hanoi.

Storm Matmo has weakened into a tropical depression and is forecast to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to northern mountainous and midland areas through October 7.

Vietnamese authorities have detained two Lao nationals after discovering 500 kilograms of narcotics illegally transported from Laos to Vietnam.