VIETNAM TODAY

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.

A fishing boat from the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai province sank after being hit by a foreign oil tanker, leaving the captain missing. Ten other crew members were rescued.

Four consecutive earthquakes struck the central province of Quang Ngai early on October 6, between 12.40 am and 1.46 am, affecting Mang But and Mang Ri communes.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for greater joint efforts to achieve an economic growth rate of 8.3-8.5 per cent this year.

Typhoon Matmo made landfall in the Fangcheng area of China’s Guangxi Province, near the Vietnam-China border on October 6.

Typhoon Matmo is forecast to enter the Gulf of Tonkin tonight before moving along the Vietnam-China border with sustained winds of 60–75 km/h and gusts up to 100 km/h, causing heavy rainfall.

Hundreds of homes in Hanoi’s Xuan Phuong Ward remain chest-deep underwater, with residents enduring life without electricity and clean water after torrential rains caused by Typhoon Bualoi.

Typhoon Matmo is heading for the northern coast of Quang Ninh Province on the night of October 5 and is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to northern Vietnam.

The draft Law on Personal Income Tax proposes a 0.1 per cent tax rate on bullion transfers. Transactions of raw gold and jewelry would remain exempt.