VIETNAM TODAY

The southern housing market is showing clear signs of recovery as macroeconomic conditions stabilise and a series of major infrastructure projects progress rapidly.

Vietnam is drafting a long-term strategy to develop its automobile industry through 2030, with a vision to 2045, positioning the sector as a key driver of industrialisation and green growth.

The Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) aims to enter the top 100 higher education institutions in Asia by 2030.

Hanoi authorities have set deadlines to completely remove illegal street markets and spontaneous roadside trading points that encroach on roads and pavements. officers

The flexibility of the business community has enabled the textile and garment sector to strengthen its position in the global supply chain, with products exported to 138 countries and territories.

At least nine people were killed when a passenger bus carrying a charity group from Hanoi overturned in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on Saturday morning.

PR Article-Japan’s Morinaga Milk has entered Vietnam’s ice cream market, signalling a broader shift towards premiumisation in a sector with strong long-term growth prospects.

Four people from a family were killed in a house fire that broke out in the early hours of December 27 in Dak Lak Province, police said.

A group of scrap collectors in the central province of Ha Tinh have uncovered thousands of ancient copper coins buried deep underground.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Tri have rescued a rare sea turtle caught in discarded fishing nets, fitted it with an identification tag and released it back into the sea.

A diesel spill from a storage facility in the Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai has polluted farmland and rivers.

Vietnam has strong potential to pursue two-digit economic growth in the 2026-2030 period if it accelerates structural reforms and renews its growth model, economists say.

More than 2,600 workers in Ho Chi Minh City will lose their jobs after a South Korean garment manufacturer announced it will close its local factory due to prolonged order shortages.

Vietnam is projected to face a deficit of around 1.3 million women of marriageable age by 2049, according to a new population forecast by the National Statistics Office.

Vietnam’s four-day 2026 New Year holiday has triggered a spike in travel demand, pushing airfares sharply higher on several domestic routes.

Vietnam's total trade in 2025 reached about USD 920 billion, up 16.9 per cent year on year.

Police in the central city of Danang have helped a tourist from Hong Kong recover her iPhone after it fell into a deep roadside drain.

Vingroup has asked the government to withdraw its registration to invest in the north-south high-speed rail project, citing the need to focus resources on other strategic infrastructure schemes.

Police in Nghe An Province have dismantled a large-scale online military weapons trafficking ring, arresting 42 suspects and seizing dozens of guns and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition.