VIETNAM TODAY

Danang authorities have declared a disaster emergency in several mountainous residential areas after large ground cracks appeared following heavy rains and storms late last year.

A Vietnam Airlines flight from HCM City to Frankfurt made an emergency return to Tan Son Nhat Airport early on January 26 after a passenger suffered a life-threatening medical emergency.

Vietnam’s prime minister has instructed state-owned economic groups and corporations to raise efficiency and target growth of at least 10 per cent in output or revenue in 2026.

Party Chief To Lam presided over a welcome ceremony in Hanoi for Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos, and his wife, Naly Sisoulith.

A major fire early on January 26 destroyed four houses at Nhi Thien Duong Market in Binh Dong Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, but caused no casualties, local authorities said.

A rare pangolin that wandered into a resident’s home in Dak Lak Province has been handed over to authorities for release back into the wild.

Vietnam’s coffee market is buoyant as prices stay high during the harvest season, with exports earning about USD 433 million in the first 15 days of the year alone.

A new cold air mass is forecast to hit northern Vietnam at the end of the month, bringing lower temperatures, light rain and the risk of severe cold in mountainous areas.

After a robust five-week rally to start the year, Vietnam’s stock market entered its first correction phase of 2026 last week.

A delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has attended the 2nd Global Buddhist Summit, which opened in New Delhi, India, on the morning of January 24.

HCM City's police said they have dismantled a criminal ring involved in the illegal possession and organisation of drug use, arresting a group that includes eight South Korean nationals.

HCM City will allow the installation of electric motorbike battery-swapping facilities on sidewalks starting this month, according to the city’s Department of Construction.

Eight international cruise ships from Italy, France, Malta, Bermuda and the Bahamas are set to call at Khanh Hoa in 2026, highlighting rising global interest in the destination.

Vietnam’s shift to a digital single-window system marks a break from manual processes, unfolding under stricter compliance rules and clearer penalties.

A carpenter from Bac Ninh Province has become a social media sensation thanks to his spectacular fleet of wooden supercars modeled after luxury brands such as Lamborghini, Mercedes, and Bugatti.

Growers in Binh Loi, Ho Chi Minh City’s largest apricot blossom village, are hiring extra workers to strip leaves as they race to prepare trees for the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival.

A United Kingdom trade delegation visited Vietnam from January 19 to 23, bringing together leading British companies in railways, transit-oriented development and building information modelling (BIM).

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Vietnam’s senior secured long-term debt instruments from BB+ to BBB-, according to the Ministry of Finance.

A cluster bomb left over from the war was discovered near a primary school in Hue City, prompting authorities to secure and safely remove the ordnance on January 23.