VIETNAM TODAY

A man in Gia Lai Province has been honoured after his discovery of a cave system led authorities to recover the remains of 24 Vietnamese war martyrs over five years.

A rare pygmy slow loris listed in Vietnam’s Red Data Book has been rescued after wandering into a resident’s garden in the central province of Quang Tri.

The Ministry of Construction has added Tho Chu Airport in An Giang Province to Vietnam’s national airport development plan, with total investment estimated at VND 28.8 trillion (USD 1.1 billion).

Authorities in Vietnam’s Dong Nai City have received 18 Vietnamese citizens handed over by Cambodian authorities at Hoa Lu International Border Gate.

Hanoi authorities have proposed sharply higher pavement and roadside parking fees, with rates in the city centre rising to as much as VND 400,000 (USD 15) per square metre per month.

A worker in Gia Lai Province died after being pulled into a rubber latex grinding machine while working at a factory on May 7.

HCM City has handled more than 33,000 cases of illegal pavement occupation since launching an urban order crackdown nearly four months ago, while also introducing measures to support street vendors.

A passenger coach carrying seven people overturned on To Na Pass in Gia Lai Province on May 8, leaving one person dead and two others seriously injured.

Vietnam plans to soon assign economic growth targets to local authorities and state,owned enterprises as part of efforts to accelerate national development goals.

Tree-lined streets across HCM City are providing relief from soaring temperatures as prolonged heatwaves grip Vietnam’s largest city.

Hanoi is accelerating construction of four new Red River bridges worth about VND 55 trillion (approximately USD 2.15 billion), aiming to improve connectivity and ease congestion by 2027.

HCM City has recorded four rabies deaths since the start of the year, authorities said, warning that some residents still rely on unsafe home remedies, instead of seeking prompt medical care.

Authorities in Hanoi have discovered nearly 140 suspected counterfeit luxury items branded as Gucci and Burberry at a shop in Kim Lien Ward.

Rare wild animals including macaques, pangolins and turtles have been rescued or voluntarily handed over by residents across several Vietnamese provinces in recent weeks.

Hanoi authorities and the agriculture ministry have agreed to gradually relocate and reorganise all residential areas outside the Red River dyke system under a sweeping urban redevelopment plan.

A resident in Lam Dong Province handed over a rare pangolin to authorities after discovering the animal inside his home.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province are investigating the felling of 248 three-needle pine trees in a forest area where iron stakes were found apparently marking land plots.

Vietnam had more than 652,000 multi-level marketing participants by the end of April, while industry revenue in 2025 fell 6 per cent year-on-year to approximately USD 581 million.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has ordered urgent measures to support durian exports amid disruptions caused by testing bottlenecks and stricter import-market requirements.