VIETNAM TODAY

Remittance inflows to HCM City have shown resilience amid global economic turbulence, climbing to USD 7.97 billion in the first nine months of 2025.

A tropical depression is forecast to strengthen into a storm and enter the East Sea around October 19-20.

Silver prices in Vietnam surged in line with global markets, prompting long queues outside Hanoi jewellery stores as buyers rushed to purchase amid expectations of further increases.

Gia Lai Military Command confirmed on October 17 that military forces have discovered 18 sets of remains in a garden of a local resident in Ia Boong Commune, Gia Lai Province.

Authorities in Danang safely captured a 3-metre, 15-kilogram python that had strayed into a residential neighbourhood in Son Tra Ward on October 16.

A steep talus slope in a residential area of Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands has continued to erode, leaving several houses precariously perched on the edge of a cliff.

Police in Khanh Hoa rescued a 24-year-old Moldovan tourist who was swept away by strong waves while swimming off Nha Trang beach on October 16.

Panama-flagged vessel Zhi Ying Chang Shun has been detained at Quy Nhon port in Vietnam’s Gia Lai Province to settle a cargo damage claim filed by a Vietnamese company.

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam will pay an official visit to Finland from October 20-22.

Vietnam will soon repatriate 33 citizens who have fallen victim to high-paying job scams in Cambodia, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.

Sappers in the central province of Nghe An safely detonated a 340-kg bomb left over from the American War on October 16.

Vietnam’s fuel prices moved in opposite directions on Thursday in the latest biweekly adjustment, with petrol prices rising and those of diesel and other fuels falling.

Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding and landslides across the central province of Quang Tri, forcing the evacuation of 46 residents from high-risk areas.

Cambodian authorities have arrested eight Vietnamese nationals, including three women, during a raid on a site allegedly involved in online fraud in Chbar Ampov District, Phnom Penh.

Heavy rain on the morning of October 16 caused severe flooding in several streets across Bac Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province, leaving many vehicles stalled in deep water.

Dantri/Dtinews welcomed a delegation of media officials from Laos’ Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to a two-month short-term training programme in Vietnam on October 16.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) held a seminar in Hanoi on October 15 to discuss the establishment of a gold exchange.

The bodies of Vo Van Dung, 32, and his two daughters, aged four and five, were recovered from the Lam River in Nghe An Province on Wednesday afternoon, nearly two days after they went missing.

Hue City is forecast to experience widespread, prolonged heavy rain lasting for several consecutive days, possibly continuing until the end of October 2025.