VIETNAM TODAY

Ho Chi Minh City plans to build six bridges linking the future Binh Quoi-Thanh Da urban area with surrounding areas.

Cases of dengue fever, hand-foot-and-mouth disease and meningococcal meningitis rose in Vietnam in April, the Health Ministry said, warning the disease situation could worsen.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung hosted Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae in Hanoi on May 2, as the two sides seek to deepen their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Vietnams team received successive boosts at the world's largest school robotics competition on April 30 (US time).

A woman in Gia Lai has tested positive for Whitmore disease, marking the province’s first recorded case this year, health authorities said.

A bakery in Quang Tri Province has been temporarily shut down after dozens of people, mostly pupils, were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning linked to banh mi.

A South Korean man has gone missing while paddleboarding on a lake in Ho Chi Minh City, prompting an ongoing search by rescue teams.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae arrived in Hanoi on May 1, beginning a three day official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties.

A railway worker was killed after being struck by a freight train while on duty early Friday morning in Lam Dong, authorities said.

Two small earthquakes struck Quang Ngai Province on Friday morning, with residents near the epicentre reporting slight tremors but no damage or casualties.

Dong Nai City is poised to become a major logistics hub in southern Vietnam, supported by expanding infrastructure, a strategic location and one of the country’s largest industrial park networks.

Vietnam’s government has extended a temporary zero preferential import tax on certain fuel and fuel-production materials until June 30 beyond its original April expiry.

Five tourists were hospitalised after being bitten by wild monkeys while travelling to a tourist site in Dak Lak Province.

Hanoi has identified 220 flood-prone locations that could be inundated if rainfall exceeds 100 mm per hour for several hours under its 2026 rainy-season flood plan.

Large crowds of residents and tourists gathered at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi to take photographs despite scorching weather on April 30, the first day of the Reunification Day and May Day holiday.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province are seeking measures to support local fishermen as volatile fuel prices continue to raise operating costs for offshore fishing fleets.

Authorities at Ao Tien Port in Quang Ninh Province will waive or reduce passenger fees for residents and public-sector workers travelling to island communes in Co To and Van Don.

Several bone fragments, military weapons and live 120mm artillery shells were discovered during the salvage of a tank buried for 51 years beneath the seabed off Quy Nhon in Gia Lai Province.

The Hau Giang-Ca Mau Expressway reopened on Wednesday after nearly six weeks of closure, completing the Can Tho-Ca Mau Expressway corridor in the Mekong Delta.