VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam recorded nearly 111,800 newly established and reactivated enterprises in the first five months of 2025, marking an 11.3 per cent year-on-year increase.

A company director in Ho Chi Minh City has admitted to organising the illegal dumping of thousands of counterfeit dietary supplements across multiple city locations.

Several international institutions have revised down Vietnam’s economic growth forecast for 2025, lowering it from around 7 per cent to between 6 and 6.2 per cent.

Cao Bang police have arrested three Chinese nationals for allegedly smuggling military-grade guns and suspected drugs across the Vietnam border.

A tropical depression is forecast to intensify into a storm by the afternoon of June 11, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

A video of a humanoid robot with the name VinMotion on its chest has gone viral, offering a first glimpse of Vietnam’s ambitions in advanced robotics.

Chipmaker Qualcomm of the United States inaugurated its new Artificial Intelligence Research & Development (AI R&D) Centre in Vietnam, at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 10.

Implementing low-emission zones is now an urgent task for Hanoi and can no longer be delayed, according to Nguyen Sy Thanh, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee.

The Immigration Management Department under the Ninh Thuan Provincial Police has deported 15 Chinese citizens, including two minors under the age of 16, for entering Vietnam illegally.

PM Pham Minh Chinh called on the international community to act faster, more strongly, and more decisively in preserving and sustainably using the blue ocean.

A street in Hanoi’s Long Bien District has fallen into disrepair just a year after opening.

On a small farm in India's Maharashtra state, Mirabai Khindkar said the only thing her land grew was debt, after crops failed in drought and her husband killed himself.

Vietnam’s garment and textile exports exceeded USD 17.58 billion in the first five months of 2025, up 9 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Authorities in the southern central province of Phu Yen have caught a seafood business injecting agar jelly into dead lobsters to make them appear fresh.

Authorities of the central city of Danang have fined a local resort VND 224.5 million (USD 8,600) for its wastewater discharge and food safety violations.

Fishermen in the southern province of Ca Mau have rescued eight foreign nationals from Thailand and Cambodia who were found drifting at sea and safely brought them ashore.

The President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, and the First Lady will make an official visit to Vietnam on June 11- 12 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Luong Cuong.

HCM City’s Index of Industrial Production rose by 8.2 per cent in the first five months of 2025 compared with the same period last year, marking the city’s strongest five-month growth in seven years.

The northern mountainous and midland regions are expected to experience moderate to heavy rain and thunderstorms on June 9-10.