VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s four-day 2026 New Year holiday has triggered a spike in travel demand, pushing airfares sharply higher on several domestic routes.

Vietnam's total trade in 2025 reached about USD 920 billion, up 16.9 per cent year on year.

Police in the central city of Danang have helped a tourist from Hong Kong recover her iPhone after it fell into a deep roadside drain.

Vingroup has asked the government to withdraw its registration to invest in the north-south high-speed rail project, citing the need to focus resources on other strategic infrastructure schemes.

Police in Nghe An Province have dismantled a large-scale online military weapons trafficking ring, arresting 42 suspects and seizing dozens of guns and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition.

Retail fuel prices in Vietnam fell for a third consecutive adjustment on December 25, with RON 95 petrol dropping by more than VND 600 per litre.

Vietnam launched its first inter-hospital medical drone programme in Hanoi on December 25, using unmanned aerial vehicles to transport medical samples and supplies between hospitals.

Thick haze blanketed Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of December 25, reducing visibility and pushing air quality into unhealthy ranges, according to monitoring data.

A thick layer of ice covered the summit of Fansipan in Lao Cai Province on Christmas Day as temperatures fell to near freezing.

A large python spotted crossing a street in Danang City has been identified as a protected species listed in Vietnam’s Red Data Book, drawing public attention to wildlife conservation.

Hanoi must adopt a clear strategy for handling old motorbikes and discarded batteries as it shifts to electric vehicles, or risk creating a major industrial waste problem, a US expert has warned.

A rare hornbill has been found in a residential garden in Ho Chi Minh City and handed over to authorities for protection.

A foreign man was found dead in the lobby of a hotel in Danang City early on December 24, with security footage showing two other foreigners leaving the scene shortly afterwards.

Dragon (Rong) Market, a famous market in the northern province of Ninh Binh, has been fully demolished to make way for an irrigation project located by the south of Van River.

Hanoi is upgrading infrastructure, cutting back pavements and relocating or felling trees at key junctions in an effort to reduce chronic traffic congestion.

The recent mergers of provinces and cities have opened up new development space and provided a strong boost to FDI attraction across the southern key economic region.

Hanoi will pilot restrictions on heavy trucks as well as container trucks and tractor-trailers, on several key routes during peak hours as part of its effort to ease traffic congestion.

The Khanh Le mountain pass linking Nha Trang and Dalat reopened to traffic on December 24, more than a month after landslides killed six people and forced a full closure.

A rare pangolin weighing 6kg was found crawling onto a road in Lam Dong Province and was later handed to authorities and released back into the wild.