VIETNAM TODAY

Cuba has called on Vietnamese businesses to expand investment in areas where Vietnam boasts strengths and the Caribbean country has demand.

Vietnam’s Manufacturing PMI was unchanged at 50.4 in September, reflecting a marginal strengthening of business conditions as new orders rose and exports stabilised.

Police in An Giang Province on October 3 announced that they have issued arrest warrants and prosecuted two Algerian nationals for circulating counterfeit US dollars in Phu Quoc Special Zone.

Storm surges and strong waves from Typhoon Bualoi swept sand, rubbish and timber onto Ho Xuan Huong Street in Sam Son Ward, Thanh Hoa Province.

Police in Dong Nai Province are investigating the killing of three family members in Dak Nhau Commune on October 3, in what is suspected to be a robbery-homicide.

Storm Matmo is predicted to hit the Gulf of Tonkin on October 6 with powerful intensity.

The Duong Dong 2 Freshwater Reservoir is among Phu Quoc Special Zone’s key projects to serve APEC 2027.

Rescue workers in Lao Cai Province on October 3 found the bodies of two men missing in a landslide in Minh Luong Commune, with a third victim still unaccounted for.

Residents in Tra Tan Commune, Danang City, have discovered a bomb weighing more than 220kg while planting trees and immediately alerted authorities, who later destroyed it safely.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency has signed a loan agreement for up to USD 75 million with ECOM Agroindustrial Corp to support the coffee industry in Asia.

Five members of the “Provisional National Government of Vietnam”, an outlawed organisation based in the US, have been prosecuted on the charge of "terrorism against the people's government".

Vietnam has recorded more than USD 220 billion in crypto asset flows so far this year, up 55 per cent from the previous year.

A tropical depression over the eastern waters of the Philippines has strengthened into Storm Matmo, which is forecast to enter the East Sea in the evening of October 3.

A landslide triggered by Typhoon Bualoi swept a 30-metre section of the Khau Pha Pass road in the northern province of Lao Cai into a ravine, leaving traffic paralysed.

The remnants of Typhoon Bualoi have triggered storms, floods and landslides across central and northern Vietnam, killing at least 34 people and leaving 22 missing

The National Innovation Centre (NIC), in collaboration with the global industry association SEMI, will host SEMIEXPO Vietnam 2025 in early November at VinPalace Co Loa in Dong Anh Commune, Hanoi.

A company has offered to sponsor three ferries linking HCM City with the Can Gio area, helping to ease pressure on Binh Khanh Ferry.

Vietnam Railways JSC has announced the suspension of dozens of train services because of flooding and landslides triggered by Typhoon Bualoi.

Authorities at the Cau Treo International Border Gate, Ha Tinh Province, have arrested a drug trafficker for transporting 14kg of drugs from Laos into Vietnam.