Many stalls at Thanh Vinh Market in Lien Chieu Ward, Da Nang City, central Vietnam were forced to close on Sunday morning to deal with the aftermath of a heavy downpour on Saturday night.

At least 43 people, including 15 children, have been confirmed dead following flash floods in central Texas, authorities said on Saturday as rescuers continued a frantic search for dozens more campers, vacationers and residents who were still missing.

Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on Saturday for General Songwit Noonpackdee, chief of Thailand’s Defense Forces, who was on an official visit to Vietnam on Friday and Saturday.

At a prison nestled deep in Bulgaria's southern Rhodope mountains, Georgi Filyanov stirs a large tank of curdling milk to make traditional feta-like cheese in the facility's dairy operation.

Trudging through the ruins of Hiroshima after the US atom bombing four days before in 1945, five-year-old Masaki Hironaka clutched his mother's hand and silently vowed to protect her.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.52 percent in the first half of this year, the highest for the same period in 2011–25, said Nguyen Thi Huong, head of the General Statistics Office (GSO), at a press conference in Hanoi on Saturday to announce the country’s socio-economic statistics for the second quarter and the first six months of 2025.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged to deepen the two countries’ cooperation in trade and other sectors, aiming to boost bilateral trade turnover to US$15 billion by 2030—underscoring the strategic significance of their partnership.

Despite ongoing tariff shifts prompting global supply chain recalculations, Vietnam continues to be regarded as a vital ‘gateway’ for foreign enterprises seeking access to the Asian market of over 4.8 billion people.

An ear, nose, and throat specialist from Ho Chi Minh City has won a top category prize at the 2025 World Food Photography Awards.

Editor’s note: The following opinion was submitted to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper by reader Hong Nguyen. The piece was translated from Vietnamese into English and edited by Tuoi Tre News, the daily’s English edition, for clarity, consistency, and coherence.

Good morning from Vietnam!

What began as a modest fireworks competition on the banks of the Han River in 2008 has grown into Southeast Asia’s summer highlight: the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF).

The 10th Vietnam-Japan Festival kicked off on Friday evening at East Sea Park in the central city of Da Nang, drawing thousands of locals and tourists eager to enjoy cultural exchanges and entertainment over the three-day event.

Authorities in Vietnam’s Da Nang City are racing to construct two emergency helicopter landing zones in highland communes to ensure timely delivery of supplies and aid during disasters.

Hotels and tickets for the final night of the 2025 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival have sold out, city officials said, as Vietnam and China prepare to face off in the closing round next weekend along the Han River.

Torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people as rescue teams scrambled to save dozens of victims trapped by high water or reported missing in the disaster, local officials said.

A Vietnamese man from Ninh Binh Province has been fined VND5 million ($190) and had two points deducted from his 12-point driver’s license after driving his seven-seater car onto a beach in Binh Kien Ward, Dak Lak Province, where it became stuck in the sand.

Vietnamese authorities on Thursday received 38 citizens repatriated from Cambodia, including 29 who had been working in suspected scam operations based in well-known fraud compounds in Bavet City, Svay Rieng Province, Cambodian police and the Vietnamese embassy said.

SHANGHAI/PARIS -- China spared major cognac producers Pernod Ricard, LVMH and Remy Cointreau from hefty duties on EU brandy on Friday, a rare bright spot at a time of trade tensions between Brussels and Beijing as the two sides row over tariffs on Chinese-made EVs.

Top Vietnamese leaders including Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday sent congratulatory messages to U.S. President Donald Trump to mark the 249th anniversary of U.S. Independence (July 4, 1776 - July 4, 2025) and the 30th anniversary of the Vietnam-U.S. diplomatic relations.

Enterprises and their staff at the upcoming International Financial Centers (IFCs) in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang will benefit from enhanced tax support under Resolution No. 222/2025 adopted by the law-making National Assembly on June 27.

A tropical depression over the northeastern part of the East Vietnam Sea on Friday night intensified into a tropical storm known internationally as Danas, making it the second storm to hit the marine area in 2025, according to Vietnam’s national weather agency.

Vietnam's economy grew at a faster pace in the second quarter of this year led by strong exports, in an encouraging sign just days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would place lower-than-threatened tariffs on many Vietnamese products.

With an old, broken electric bike and a goose named Dona, Nguyen Viet Vinh has spent more than a year walking across Vietnam, a journey driven by companionship and simple needs.

Good morning from Vietnam!

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has outlined three scenarios for its agro-forestry-fishery sector given different potential U.S. tariff levels.

TOKYO -- Around 80 pct of struggling families with children in Japan said that their household finances are much worse than last year, a survey by nonprofit group Kidsdoor has shown.

Vietnamese authorities are closely monitoring developments in the East Vietnam Sea and taking appropriate measures in line with international and Vietnamese laws to protect the country’s legal rights and interests, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Two participants, including a South Korean, in the HCMC Open Club Championship collapsed from respiratory failure and electrolyte disorders during the June 29 race in Ho Chi Minh City, and were hospitalized in critical condition, People's Hospital 115 confirmed on Friday.

While the world economy faces instability from US President Donald Trump's threats of a global trade war, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is dramatically ramping up its investment activities.

A taxi driver in Hanoi has admitted to charging a group of Filipino tourists VND1.5 million (US$58) for a two-kilometer ride near the iconic Hoan Kiem Lake, prompting public outrage and police action.

The Vietnamese and U.S. negotiating teams have reached an agreement on the Vietnam-U.S. Joint Statement regarding a reciprocal, fair, and balanced trade agreement framework, according to Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang.

The police department in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam reported on Thursday that in the first two days of July 2025, officers provided guidance and issued level-2 digital identification (ID) accounts to more than 200 foreign nationals currently residing and working in the province.

Water flow from the Mekong River into Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is forecast to rise steadily in July, reaching levels 10–30 percent higher than the long-term average, the An Giang Provincial Hydro-Meteorological Station said on Friday.

Social media in Vietnam was abuzz on Thursday with a video showing a man using a drone to fly a rope out to the middle of a river, rescuing two children who had been stranded in the fast-moving current and bringing them safely to shore one by one.