VIETNAM TODAY

A fisherman has been rescued after drifting at sea for four days, with his condition described as weak and requiring medical care.

Police in Nghe An Province have found a nearly seven-kilo pangolin on a rural road and handed it over to authorities for rehabilitation at Pu Mat National Park.

A foreign tourist has been arrested in Danang after allegedly breaking into hotel villas and stealing valuables worth more than VND 500 million (USD 18,900).

Thirteen provinces and cities in northern and north-central Vietnam are forecast to see spells of heavy rain from August 17 to 21.

Can Tho City has declared a natural disaster emergency in four wards and communes as worsening riverbank, canal and coastal erosion threatens residents, transport links and key infrastructure.

Haiphong has moved to clear hundreds of tonnes of household waste that had accumulated in residential areas for about three weeks amid collection and treatment capacity problems.

Authorities in Danang City have ended an eight-day search for two people still missing after four people were swept into the sea by large waves at Mui Nghe on the Son Tra Peninsula.

Police are searching for a person who threw a stone at a north-south train in Dong Nai City, shattering a carriage window but causing no injuries.

HCM City is studying maritime traffic and shipping channels with a 100-year outlook as it develops the Can Gio-Vung Tau sea crossing, which is designed to have a lifespan of more than a century.

Vietnam's Coast Guard has seized a vessel carrying about 130,000 litres of diesel without documents proving its legal origin in waters off Ca Mau Province.

Apples, kiwifruit and other produce from Australia and New Zealand are becoming increasingly popular in Vietnam as imports rise and prices fall.

Household deposits at Vietnamese banks reached a record VND 11.068 quadrillion (USD 424 billion) by the end of June, reflecting continued confidence in the country's banking system.

Vietnam Post is preparing to enter Vietnam's mobile telecommunications market as a mobile virtual network operator, using VNPT's existing network infrastructure.

Dak Lak Province has opened a 400-booth exhibition featuring durian and OCOP products, bringing together more than 160 domestic and international exhibitors to promote trade and market links.

Surgeries in Con Dao more than doubled year on year in the first seven months of 2026 as a specialist rotation programme expanded local treatment for critical patients.

Instead of pulling cables by hand through forests, drones are laying pilot lines on 110kV routes, speeding up Phu Quoc's APEC 2027 power works.

Hanoi aims to complete about 100 kilometres of urban railway by 2030 as part of a broader push to improve transport infrastructure and expand the capital's development capacity.

Canadian lobsters, king crabs and scallops are among imported seafood products gaining ground in Vietnam as lower tariffs and rising consumer demand push prices down.

Due to a tropical convergence zone, northern and north-central Vietnam may see widespread heavy rain from August 17-21, with 150-300mm, locally over 450mm.