Firefighters were battling wildfires across Greece and the Western Balkans on Saturday as the south of Europe sweltered under the third heatwave of the summer, with some villages and settlements being evacuated in Greece and Albania.

In a large-scale operation targeting traffic violations by passenger vehicles, Ho Chi Minh City traffic police have launched a coordinated campaign to inspect and penalize buses operating outside their approved routes and picking up or dropping off passengers illegally.

In the heart of the iconic Red Square in Moscow, Russia, a slice of Vietnam has taken root, with a miniature of Vietnamese bamboo as a highlight, as the Vietnamese Culture Festival is taking place, treating Russian locals and international tourists to a vibrant celebration of heritage, cuisine, and artistry.

Vietnam and Morocco have agreed to initiate negotiations for a new trade accord to accelerate their rapidly growing bilateral trade while expanding collaboration across other strategic sectors.

A foreigner who currently resides and works in Ho Chi Minh City won the American-style Power 6/55 jackpot 2 worth over VND32 billion (US$1.2 million) in a recent draw, state-owned lottery company Vietlott announced on Thursday.

A baby elephant was recently spotted through a camera trap in the Da Nang Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area, a promising sign for ongoing conservation efforts.

HONG KONG - Heavy rain around Beijing and across north and northeast China has killed two and forced thousands to relocate as authorities warned of further widespread rain and risks of disasters including landslides and flooding.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction has proposed a 12-month pilot program allowing short-term rentals in apartment buildings starting September 1 this year, with the aim of regulating the rapidly growing Airbnb-style market and encouraging the shared economy under proper legal frameworks.

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Vietnam's armed forces are preparing to stage a maritime parade in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa as part of upcoming National Day celebrations, the Ministry of National Defense said on Saturday.

Hanoi welcomed an estimated 18.36 million visitors and earned VND73 trillion ($2.8 billion) from tourism in the first seven months of 2025, up 14.5 percent year on year.

As the sun rises over Vinh Moc fishing village in north-central Vietnam, boats heavy with shrimp and fish glide back to shore.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Consular Department on Friday issued a safety advisory for Vietnamese citizens following recent tensions along the Thailand-Cambodia border.

Authorities and rescue team 116 in Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam on Saturday afternoon recovered a body believed to be the last victim of the Vinh Xanh 58 tour boat capsizing in Ha Long Bay.

Vietnamese doctors have surgically removed a 4cm-long parasitic worm from a woman’s eye after she experienced prolonged irritation, a hospital in northern Quang Ninh Province said on Friday.

SAN DIEGO -- The latest movie in the «Predator» series flips the script to focus on the bad guys who always lose to the humans in the end, director Dan Trachtenberg said on Friday.

A 29-year-old woman in Vietnam's Mekong Delta was diagnosed with simultaneous infections from two types of parasites commonly found in pets, a clinic in Can Tho City said this week.

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NEW DELHI -- At least four children were killed and 17 injured in India's western state of Rajasthan after the roof of a school building collapsed on Friday, local media reported, with dozens still feared trapped under the rubble.

Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as their worst fighting in over a decade intensified and spread to new areas, despite international calls for a ceasefire.

KYOTO -- Researchers mainly from Kyoto University have found that impaired function of a specific gene contributes to the malignancy of pancreatic cancer, which is hard to treat with chemotherapy.

Life and non-life insurers in Vietnam are set to pay out more than VND14 billion (US$535,700) in compensation following a tourist boat accident in Ha Long Bay that left 37 people dead and two others missing.

During a meeting with Madame Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of Vietnam's Party General Secretary To Lam, on Thursday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Nikolayevich Chernyshenko expressed his hope that the Pushkin Institute branch in Hanoi would become a center for Russian language studies in Southeast Asia.

A rescue team from the Khanh Hoa Province Department of Public Security successfully saved two hikers, a young Dutch woman and her Vietnamese companion, who became disoriented and exhausted while picnicking on Co Ong Mountain in the province, located in south-central Vietnam.

More than 100,000 people have fled the bloodiest border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia in a decade, Bangkok said Friday, as the death toll rose and international powers urged a halt to hostilities.

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A devastating traffic accident occurred in the wee hours of Friday in Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam as a sleeper bus overturned on National Highway 1, leaving nine people dead and 15 others injured.

The profound connection between generations of Vietnamese and Russian artists was celebrated at the Russian Academy of Arts with the opening of an exhibition titled ‘Teacher and Student: The Melody of a Journey’ on Wednesday (local time), attended by Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam.

Nguyen Hong Phuc never studied architecture or art, but with a pair of steady hands and deep affection for her Mekong Delta roots, she has built a miniature world that captures the soul of southern Vietnam — one tiny stilt house at a time.

TOKYO -- Three Japanese organizations working for the abolition of nuclear weapons issued a joint appeal in Tokyo on Wednesday, calling for spreading across the country the reality of atomic bombings.

The Vietnamese team secured an impressive victory at the 55th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2025) held in France from July 18 to 24, taking home one gold and four silver medals, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

SYDNEY -- Five Australian women who say they were pulled from a Qatar Airways flight by armed guards and strip-searched have won the right to sue the airline, after a court on Thursday overturned an earlier decision to throw out the case.

Ho Chi Minh City restricts car traffic on the Le Loi Boulevard section from Nguyen Hue to Pasteur Streets in Saigon Ward for five days to host the 2025 Vietnam-South Korea Friendship Cultural Festival.

BRUSSELS - The European Union has begun consultations to further simplify environmental policies after cutting back an initial set of sustainability laws earlier this year in response to criticism from industries.

HYBE, the agency behind K-pop superstars BTS, was raided by police on Thursday in connection with alleged fraudulent trading involving its founder Bang Si-hyuk, investigators said.