VIETNAM TODAY

Traffic congestion has worsened in Hanoi after repair work on Long Bien Bridge forced the closure of one lane, causing severe bottlenecks on surrounding routes, including Chuong Duong Bridge.

Gia Lai authorities have urgently approved the purchase of two drones to deliver food, medicine and other essential supplies to areas at risk of isolation as Typhoon Kalmaegi approaches.

Vietnam’s durian exports brought over USD 3.2 billion in the first 10 months of 2025 despite repeated disruptions, with annual export turnover forecast to hit an all-time high this year.

Flood levels on major rivers in Hue continued to surge from Sunday night, forcing the city to shut all schools on Monday to ensure student safety.

Typhoon Kalmaegi is forecast to enter the East Sea on November 5 and rapidly strengthen, possibly reaching level 13 with gusts at level 17.

A US delegation led by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is paying an official visit to Vietnam from November 2-3.

More than 500 doctors and specialists met in Hanoi on November 1 to discuss advances in surgery and organ transplantation.

Eleven Vietnamese fishermen were rescued late Saturday night after their two fishing boats collided with a Panama-flagged cargo vessel off the coast of Vung Tau.

Not just a technological tool, AI is a core strategy for transforming huge data into a competitive advantage, and serves as a key to achieving exponential growth in the digital era.

The plan must be completed for presentation at the 20th meeting of the national steering committee on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) fishing.

A man in the central province of Quang Tri found a rare pangolin crawling on a street on October 31 and handed it over to authorities.

Two men were electrocuted while checking their stalls in a flooded market in Hue City on October 31, leaving one dead and the other injured.

More than 100 tonnes of red tilapia raised in floating cages on two canals in Can Tho City have died en masse, causing major financial losses for farming households.

The Ministry of Construction (MC) has proposed tightening lending rules to curb speculation and cool soaring housing prices.

More than 5,300 houses in Ha Tinh and Quang Tri were inundated after days of heavy rain, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and nearly 65,000 students to stay home from school.

Police in HCM City have dismantled a major network producing and trading counterfeit cosmetics that operated across the city and nearby provinces.

The number of Ho Chi Minh City fishing boats detained overseas has dropped sharply from 23 cases in 2020 to just one in 2024, with no violations recorded since August 2024.

Vietnam will build a second high-speed railway linking Hanoi and Quang Ninh, alongside the North-South line, under a newly revised national rail plan.

A crocodile that escaped from a household enclosure in Tay Ninh Province bit a man and injured his leg.