VIETNAM TODAY

Gia Lai Province’s Department of Industry and Trade has announced that it would soon begin reviewing licence applications for wind power projects located in the region.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province have planted more than 5,000 trees along a border route with Cambodia, aiming to transform the area into a floral corridor and boost eco-tourism in the region.

Floods left at least three people dead and nine missing in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

Torrential rain has inundated many streets in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, forcing residents to travel by boat.

Authorities in Danang confirmed on Friday that the bodies of two university students had been found after they went missing while wading through a stream in the Vung Bot area of Hai Van Ward.

A New Zealand couple are still searching for a diamond ring lost in a park in Hue City.

HCM City Urban Railway Company 1 (HURC1) will launch a pilot programme allowing passengers to bring folding bicycles on board metro trains.

The information-technology, pharmaceutical, banking, and high-tech sectors will remain the main engines of office demand in HCM City, experts said.

A popular venue on Bui Vien Walking Street in Ho Chi Minh City has been caught selling nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, while disguising it on receipts as cocktails.

Large parts of central Ho Chi Minh City were left without power on the evening of July 31, marking the second major blackout in under two days, disrupting daily life and business operations.

Three teenage girls have died after slipping into deep water while swimming in a reservoir in the central province of Nghe An on the afternoon of July 31.

Experts from the PeaceTrees Vietnam Project has safely disposed a wartime bomb at the construction site of the Terminal 2 of Dong Hoi Airport in Quang Tri Province.

A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by President Luong Cuong and his spouse will pay State visits to Egypt and Angola from August 3 to 9, 2025, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Torrential rains on July 31 triggered landslides across multiple roads in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, posing serious traffic hazards.

The Vietnamese communities in areas affected by the earthquake with tsunami warnings in Russia are currently safe, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang stated on July 31.

The reciprocal tariff rate announced by the US for Vietnam and other countries on August 1 will be a major factor affecting the USD/VND exchange rate in the short term, experts forecast.

A man and his six-year-old daughter were swept far from shore and left drifting at sea for over 13 hours after kayaking off the coast of Ha Tinh on July 30.

Hundreds of households in Nhon Mai Commune in the central province of Nghe An have been devastated by the recent historic flood, with many now living in makeshift shelters.

The traffic police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on July 29 discovered a truck transporting nearly 100 pigs infected with African swine fever (ASF) for sale.