- 12,000 rehearse for 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu battleon 28 April, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Around 12,000 people including military and police officers joined a rehearsal on Sunday for the parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu battle.
- Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heat waveon 28 April, 2024 at 10:53 am
South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued health warnings and residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls for relief.
- High-quality HCMC-Da Nang train service launchedon 28 April, 2024 at 8:08 am
Trains SE22 and SE21, operating both ways between Ho Chi Minh City and the coastal city of Da Nang and equipped with modern amenities, commenced operations on Saturday.
- Hanoi records highest temperature of the yearon 28 April, 2024 at 4:12 am
The Lang measuring station in Hanoi registered a temperature of 41.5 degrees Celsius (106.7 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday, the highest temperature recorded since the start of the year.
- Watch of richest Titanic passenger sells for $1.5Mon 28 April, 2024 at 2:26 am
A gold watch found on the body of the richest passenger on the Titanic was auctioned in England for £1.17 million ($1.46 million) on Saturday.
- Nigerian arrested in HCMC for laundering foreign criminal moneyon 28 April, 2024 at 2:00 am
A Nigerian man was detained in Ho Chi Minh City Saturday for allegedly forming over 250 companies to launder money for other foreign-based criminals.
- HCMC enjoys clean air Sundayon 28 April, 2024 at 1:32 am
Ho Chi Minh City continues to see good air quality on Sunday while Hanoi's level stays unhealthy.
- Vietnamese teen turns seashell souvenirs into Yale scholarship success storyon 27 April, 2024 at 6:39 am
A high schooler's unique seashell souvenir project has earned him a VND8.3-billion (US$330,000) scholarship to Yale.
- Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record teen girl in airplane bathroomon 27 April, 2024 at 3:45 am
An American Airlines flight attendant was indicted Thursday after authorities said he tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September.
- Saltwater intrusion in Mekong Delta increasingly severe, unseasonable: govt agencyon 27 April, 2024 at 2:35 am
Saltwater intrusion from the sea up rivers has affected the Mekong Delta's freshwater supply more than a month earlier and more badly than normal, an agriculture ministry agency has reported.
- Singapore man abandons 43 cats without food, wateron 26 April, 2024 at 11:00 pm
A man in Singapore has been sentenced to 20 days in jail for leaving 43 cats inside an apartment without food or water for months.
- Crowds depart Hanoi, HCMC for long weekend holidayon 26 April, 2024 at 6:11 pm
Thousands of people left Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening ahead of a five-day holiday, causing gridlocks at major gateways.
- Vietnam appeals for self-restraint, end to hostilities in Middle Easton 26 April, 2024 at 10:41 am
A representative of Vietnam appealed to all the parties concerned to exercise maximum self-restraint and to end hostilities, while addressing a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) open debate on the Middle East and Palestine situation on March 25.
- Vietnam's Party approves resignation of top lawmakeron 26 April, 2024 at 9:39 am
The Communist Party's Central Party Committee agreed to let Vuong Dinh Hue be relieved of his position as chairman of the 15th National Assemby following a Friday extraordinary session, per his personal request.
- Expressway system completed for HCMC, Nha Trang connectionon 26 April, 2024 at 7:53 am
Cam Lam – Vinh Hao, the final stretch of an expressway route linking Ho Chi Minh City with Nha Trang, opened to traffic Friday and will help halve travel time between the two cities.
- Heat waves to sweep across Vietnam during long weekend holidayon 26 April, 2024 at 7:53 am
Heat waves would sweep through most Vietnam localities during the Reunification Day-Labor Day holiday (April 30-May 1), with certain areas recording temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius.
- Waste collectors can now refuse unsorted trash: drafton 26 April, 2024 at 6:29 am
Sanitation workers will have the right to refuse collecting unsorted trash, according to a draft by the environment ministry.
- Couple jailed in central Vietnam for vicious assault on delivery manon 26 April, 2024 at 6:29 am
A court in the central Quang Ngai Province has sentenced a couple to jail for attacking a delivery man with an iron pipe and breaking both arms last year.
- Vietnam eradicates malaria in 46 cities, provinceson 26 April, 2024 at 6:23 am
Vietnam has eliminated malaria in 46 provinces and major cities, out of its 63 localities, as of the end of last year, and is determined to eradicate the disease by 2030, according to official data.
- French court to hold hearing on Agent Orange lawsuiton 26 April, 2024 at 6:23 am
The Court of Appeal of Paris will open a hearing in early May regarding a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga against U.S. chemical corporations that supplied Agent Orange for the U.S. army during the Vietnam War.