VIETNAM TODAY

Dantri and Cuu Long University on January 2 signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening communications and academic collaboration.

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) has announced changes to its senior leadership effective from January 2026, marking the first time the company has appointed a Vietnamese national as chairman.

Vietnam's automobile sector underwent a key shift in 2025, with recovering consumer spending, robust electric vehicle (EV) demand and surging imports, especially from China, reshaping the industry.

A reinforced cold air mass spread across northern Vietnam on January 2, 2026, bringing rain, strong winds and a sharp temperature drop.

Four people were killed on Friday morning after a section of the Ba River embankment collapsed in Dak Lak Province.

A large unexploded bomb dating back to the American war was safely removed and destroyed in Ea Hiao Commune, Dak Lak Province, on January 2, 2026.

People using e cigarettes or heated tobacco products in Vietnam will face fines of VND 3-5 million and be required to destroy the products, under a new government decree.

Vietnam achieved a top-tier global ranking in operational efficiency, placing 16th among 101 economies with a score of 70.44 points in the World Bank's Business Ready 2025 report.

Streets in central Ho Chi Minh City were left littered with rubbish after New Year countdown celebrations, as large crowds gathered to welcome the New Year.

A new tidal surge is forecast to hit Vietnam’s southeastern coast from the evening of January 1 to January 2, with peak levels of 3.95-4.05 metres at Vung Tau.

Eighteen people were killed and 41 injured in 49 traffic accidents nationwide on January 1, the first day of the New Year, according to the Traffic Police Department.

The Law on Teachers, comprising nine chapters and 42 articles, stipulates that teachers’ salaries will be ranked at the highest level within the public administrative and non-business pay scale.

The National Assembly has targeted 10 per cent GDP growth for 2026, a goal that demands enormous capital inflows.

Hanoi will run more than 69,000 bus and metro trips during the New Year holiday from January 1 to 4, 2026, to meet rising travel demand, the city’s Transport Management and Operations Centre said.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro route (Metro Line 1) was full of passengers in the early hours of New Year’s Day as large crowds returned home after fireworks celebrations.

Military and public security forces are working around the clock to complete construction before the Lunar New Year (Tet), which falls on middle February 2026.

Fireworks were set off simultaneously at five locations across Hanoi at 11.45 pm on December 31 to mark the New Year 2026.

Crowds poured into central areas of major cities across Vietnam, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, to welcome the New Year 2026.

Vietnam has appointed four more army officers to serve in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and Europe, reinforcing its growing and increasingly professional role in global peace operations.