VIETNAM TODAY

Authorities in Haiphong City have drawn up plans to evacuate hundreds of residents from Cat Hai Island and to help fishermen on Bach Long Vi Island move their boats ashore as typhoon Ragasa nears.

Mines Advisory Group (MAG) has safely handled a 241kg MK82 bomb found in a stream in Quang Tri Province.

The key route connecting the centre of HCM City, Dong Nai Province and Long Thanh International Airport has fallen into severe disrepair, with a range of potholes and craters.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a directive outlining key measures to boost exports and diversify foreign markets as the country is navigating complicated global trade dynamics.

Two divers in Quang Tri Province surfaced abruptly from a depth of 15-20 metres, causing decompression sickness that left one dead and the other in critical condition.

Representatives of leading American corporations have reaffirmed their long-term commitment to strengthening cooperation and increasing investment in Vietnam.

A fixed two per cent annual interest rate subsidy is proposed for the private enterprises, business households and individuals on loans for green, circular economy.

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.