VIETNAM TODAY

Thai Nguyen Province plans to invest nearly VND 8 trillion (around USD 304 million) in a Cau River dyke project to strengthen flood protection and improve transport links.

Vietnam registered more than 2.1 million new cars and motorcycles in the first half of 2026, with both segments posting strong year on year growth, official data showed.

HCM City received more than 102,000 unemployment benefit claims in the first half of 2026, up 0.72 per cent from a year earlier.

More than 1.6 million passenger journeys were recorded on Ho Chi Minh City's free bus network in the first six days of the fare free programme, with ridership rising sharply.

Search teams have recovered 11 sets of remains believed to be those of fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City as efforts continue to locate a suspected wartime mass grave.

A nine-month-old Kazakh infant has been discharged from hospital after doctors in Hue successfully removed an open safety pin lodged in the child's oesophagus during an emergency procedure.

Vietnam plans to expand its airport network to 37 facilities by 2050 under a revised national aviation strategy aimed at meeting rising passenger demand and strengthening logistics infrastructure.

Super typhoon Bavi, Category 16, is moving towards the Philippines. Though unlikely to enter the East Sea, it may bring strong winds and 3-5m waves to many Vietnamese waters from July 10.

Dong Nai has proposed extending HCM City's planned Metro Line 3 from Phu My to Long Thanh International Airport to improve regional connectivity and support Long Thanh airport.

Authorities in Gia Lai Province have seized more than two tonnes of animal fat and skin of unknown origin from a food processing facility operating in unsanitary conditions.

A resident in Haiphong City has handed over a red-shanked monkey found wandering into his garden to authorities for care and release back into the wild.

Police in Lam Dong Province have arrested six people accused of stealing electrical equipment in a string of thefts at Tuyen Lam National Tourist Area in Dalat.

Dong Nai Province is set to begin construction of three roads linking Long Thanh International Airport with major national highways.

Vietnamese police have handed over three Chinese nationals wanted in China after they were arrested during an investigation into a high-tech fraud case.

Police in Son Dong Ward, Vinh Long Province, and local forest rangers on Monday fined a 26-year-old man for violating wildlife protection regulations.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have dismantled two online football betting syndicates with transactions exceeding VND 3.5 trillion (approximately USD 134 million), arresting 85 suspects.

Super Typhoon Ba Vi is expected to remain east of the East Sea but could still generate strong winds and rough seas across the region because of its vast circulation, Vietnam's weather agency said.

Gia Lai attracted nearly VND 165 trillion (approximately USD 6.3 billion) in new investment during the first half of the year, bringing the province close to meeting its full-year investment target.

Military authorities in Quang Tri Province have launched a search for the remains of 93 soldiers believed to have been buried at the site of a fierce 1972 battle.