VIETNAM TODAY

Ho Chi Minh City’s GRDP rose by 7.49 per cent in the first half of 2025, officials said at a government meeting on July 4 reviewing economic performance and planning for the rest of the year.

PM Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi on July 4 afternoon for Brazil to attend the expanded BRICS summit and engage in bilateral activities, at the invitation of Brazilian President Lula da Silva.

A 500-kilogramme wartime bomb has been safely detonated after being discovered in the garden of a household in Thanh Linh Commune, Nghe An Province.

Police in Dak Lak Province have fined a driver VND 5 million (approximately USD 197) and deducted two points from his driving licence after he drove an SUV onto a beach crowded with swimmers.

Ho Chi Minh City will deploy rotating doctors to Con Dao Island starting in September, with priority given to obstetrics, emergency services, and paediatrics.

Authorities in Tay Ninh Province on July 3 received 38 Vietnamese citizens deported from Cambodia for working illegally.

A 10-year-old girl from Dak Lak Province has been hospitalised after being attacked by a monkey while visiting a stream in Quang Tri Province.

The expansion of Phu Quoc International Airport in the southern province of Kien Giang is being accelerated to ensure the project is completed ahead of schedule.

Vietnam is stepping up efforts to develop high-quality human resources for its semiconductor and AI sectors, with new policies and strategic initiatives aimed at closing persistent talent gaps.

Dozens of old pine trees in special-use forests across Hue City have died after being deliberately poisoned, according to local authorities and forestry officials.

Vietnam’s economy grew faster than expected in the first half of 2025, with GDP likely to surpass earlier projections by up to 0.3 per cent, according to a senior government official.

A resident in Gia Lai Province used a drone to rescue two children who were trapped in the middle of a fast-flowing flood on July 3, according to local authorities.

A man in the central province of Quang Tri has handed over a rare monkey to authorities after it strayed into his house.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to attend the expanded BRICS summit and engage in bilateral activities in Brazil from July 4 – 8.

Vietnam has affirmed that all survey activities within its Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf without permission constitute a violation of its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

A couple in Phu Tho Province have come forward for a DNA test after recognising several details from a recent Dantri/Dtinews article about a French woman searching for her Vietnamese birth parents.

Retail fuel prices in Vietnam dropped by VND 930 to VND 1,210 per litre from 3 pm today following adjustments by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

A prolonged downpour on the morning of July 3 caused widespread flooding on several central streets in Hanoi.

Vietnam's stock market rallied on July 3 following developments in trade negotiations between the United States and Vietnam.