VIETNAM TODAY

HCM City has recorded more than 9,100 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease this year, up 191.5 per cent year on year, alongside six meningococcal infections.

7-Eleven has revealed why it has yet to reach its target of 1,000 stores in Vietnam nearly a decade after entering the market.

Vietnam will impose a 27.83 per cent anti-dumping tariff on hot rolled coil steel from China from April 17, citing signs of trade remedy circumvention.

Ho Chi Minh City has risen 11 places to 84th in the global financial centres index, signalling growing recognition and expectations of a stronger role in the coming years.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are moving ahead with plans to make bus travel free across the city, a policy that could lift passenger numbers by about 30 per cent.

All Vietnamese vessels operating in the Middle East remain safe despite disruptions to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

More than 160 animals, including rare species such as great hornbills, masked palm civets and silver pheasants, have been released into the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Tri Province.

Road construction and hot weather are the likely causes of the deaths of decades-old camphor trees along a central street in Dalat, authorities said.

Daklak authorities plan to spend VND 460 billion (USD 18.4 million) to build 295 flood-resilient community houses to protect residents in disaster-prone areas.

Vietnam has nearly 15 million hectares of forest with coverage exceeding 42 per cent, with Lam Dong Province holding the largest area at more than 1.12 million hectares.

A Japanese maritime self-defence force destroyer, Asahi, arrived in Danang City on April 2 for a four-day goodwill visit with more than 220 crew members.

Dong Nai authorities held a ceremony on April 2 to mark the export of 220 tonnes of fresh bananas and promote the province’s agricultural exports in 2026.

A specialist implant clinic in Ho Chi Minh City has performed more than 4,000 procedures, attracting growing numbers of international patients as Vietnam’s dental tourism sector expands.

A major 7.4-magnitude quake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Thursday, killing at least one person, and triggering a tsunami warning that was subsequently lifted.

Vietnam’s electricity consumption has exceeded one billion kWh despite the northern region not yet reaching peak heat.

A rare slow loris was discovered inside a house in Chieng Sinh Ward, Son La Province, and has been handed over to authorities for care and conservation.

Vietnam’s manufacturing PMI fell to 51.2 in March as the Middle East conflict drove input costs higher, pushing selling prices up at the fastest pace in nearly 15 years.

Ho Chi Minh City is weighing a plan to make bus travel free for all residents as part of efforts to ease congestion and reduce environmental pollution.

A 99-hectare sports complex in Ca Mau Province is due to open by late 2029, with 15 per cent funded by investor equity and the rest by loans.