VIETNAM TODAY

Police in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District fined two cyclo drivers for charging an Australian family VND 1.2 million (approximately USD 49) for a short ride around the Old Quarter.

Meteorologists forecast that super typhoon Ragasa, currently raging in the East Sea with winds exceeding 200kmh, is likely to weaken before making landfall in Vietnam due to unfavourable conditions.

Domestic electronic transfers worth over USD 18,900 or more, and international electronic transfers of USD 1,000 or above, will have to be reported to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Anti-submarine frigate HMS Richmond of the British Royal Navy docked at Nha Rong Wharf, Ho Chi Minh City, on September 22, beginning a goodwill visit to the city.

The PM has directed ministries, sectors, and localities to take proactive measures in response to super Typhoon Ragasa, forecast to unleash extremely powerful winds over a vast area.

Authorities in Dong Nai have issued an urgent weather warning for flash floods, landslides and ground subsidence after prolonged downpours on September 22.

A group of foreign tourists praised a Vietnamese bus driver after he braked in time to avoid a head-on collision on a winding mountain road in Tuyen Quang Province.

Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) has lifted its 2025 GDP growth forecast for Vietnam to 7.5 per cent from 6.9 per cent.

The authorities in Sapa, the northern province of Lao Cai, have proposed building a tunnel through Ham Rong Mountain to alleviate traffic congestion.

State President Luong Cuong attended an aircraft handover ceremony between Boeing and Vietnamese carrier Vietjet at Boeing’s factory on September 21 (local time).

Typhoon Ragasa is predicted to make landfall in Vietnam, with localities from Quang Ninh to Ha Tinh to be hardest hit.

Computers, electronic products and components continued to dominate Vietnam’s trade in August, both in exports and imports, according to the Department of Customs under the Ministry of Finance.

The Pham Van Bach Road expansion near Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City has remained unfinished for 20 years, causing prolonged traffic hardship for residents.

Two young brothers, aged five and eight, were killed when a gate pillar at a school in Son Luong Commune, Lao Cai Province, collapsed as they were playing nearby.

President Luong Cuong has arrived in the US for the high-level general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) and bilateral activities in the country.

Typhoon Ragasa is continuing to strengthen and moving quickly into the East Sea, becoming the ninth storm of the year, and is forecast to directly affect northern Vietnam on September 25-26.

State President Luong Cuong has left Hanoi for the US to attend the High-Level General Debate of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA-80) and take part in a series of bilateral activities.

A fortnight-long online course methods of teaching Vietnamese to overseas children closed on September 20.

Young people are turning to sleep box cafés in central Ho Chi Minh City as a quick escape from the midday heat and to recharge during busy study or work schedules.