VIETNAM TODAY

Several large rocks weighing tonnes tumbled from a cliff onto a road in the central province of Quang Ngai, threatening passersby.

The Ministry of Construction has announced plans to shut Ca Mau Airport for a year, starting from October 30, for upgrade work to increase its annual capacity to one million passengers by 2030.

Several residential areas in the southern province of Dong Nai have been severely flooded after heavy rain caused the Buong River’s water level to rise.

Vietnamese airlines have had to delay and cancel many flights as Typhoon Ragasa is forecast to ravage the country.

R Ong Ha Hoanh, 78, went missing while foraging for mushrooms in Langbiang Ward, Dalat City, and was found 20 km from where he started after five days.

HCM City Children’s Hospital has urgently treated a 13-month-old Cambodian boy suffering from severe respiratory failure due to prolonged foreign body choking.

Vietnamese President Luong Cuong joined leaders of UN member countries and international organisations at a special ceremony in New York, USA, on September 22, marking the 80th anniversary of the UN.

The Vietnamese government has deployed 300,000 troops, 8,000 vehicles, and six aircraft to prepare for rescue operations as Super Typhoon Ragasa is forecast to make landfall on September 25.

Equity funds in Vietnam recorded their largest outflow in two years in August, according to data from FiinGroup.

Police in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District fined two cyclo drivers for charging an Australian family VND 1.2 million (approximately USD 49) for a short ride around the Old Quarter.

Meteorologists forecast that super typhoon Ragasa, currently raging in the East Sea with winds exceeding 200kmh, is likely to weaken before making landfall in Vietnam due to unfavourable conditions.

Domestic electronic transfers worth over USD 18,900 or more, and international electronic transfers of USD 1,000 or above, will have to be reported to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Anti-submarine frigate HMS Richmond of the British Royal Navy docked at Nha Rong Wharf, Ho Chi Minh City, on September 22, beginning a goodwill visit to the city.

The PM has directed ministries, sectors, and localities to take proactive measures in response to super Typhoon Ragasa, forecast to unleash extremely powerful winds over a vast area.

Authorities in Dong Nai have issued an urgent weather warning for flash floods, landslides and ground subsidence after prolonged downpours on September 22.

A group of foreign tourists praised a Vietnamese bus driver after he braked in time to avoid a head-on collision on a winding mountain road in Tuyen Quang Province.

Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) has lifted its 2025 GDP growth forecast for Vietnam to 7.5 per cent from 6.9 per cent.

The authorities in Sapa, the northern province of Lao Cai, have proposed building a tunnel through Ham Rong Mountain to alleviate traffic congestion.

State President Luong Cuong attended an aircraft handover ceremony between Boeing and Vietnamese carrier Vietjet at Boeing’s factory on September 21 (local time).