Following its historic boundary expansion, Ho Chi Minh City is entering a new development phase with a focus on two strategic pillars: green transition and digital transformation.

A two-kilometer-long walking street and a two-kilometer-long “river of light” was inaugurated within the T&T City Millennia urban area in Tay Ninh Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, on Saturday evening, attracting over 10,000 visitors.

Italy has approved new subsidies worth almost 600 million euros ($698 million) for the purchase of electric vehicles as sales lag, the environment and energy ministry said on Friday.

Editor’s note: In this piece submitted to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, Dang Vy expresses their concern over the proposed ban on sleeper buses in Vietnam, arguing that stronger regulation—not prohibition—is the key to improving road safety. Vy’s opinion was translated from Vietnamese to English and edited by Tuoi Tre News for clarity, consistency, and coherence.

A Vietnamese tourism company has proposed scuttling a decommissioned cargo vessel to develop a premium scuba diving site off the coast of Con Dao, in an initiative aimed at boosting eco-tourism and marine biodiversity, authorities said on Saturday.

All Vietnamese students participating in the 2025 International Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence in Beijing, China from August 2 to 8 won awards, including three golds, one silver, three bronzes, and one consolation prize, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Index of Industrial Production rose 5.4 percent in the first seven months of 2025, the highest increase in three years, according to newly released data from the municipal Statistics Office.

Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring southern provinces are expected to see heavy to very heavy rains in the coming days, ending the recent hot spell, according to the Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Center.

Several streets in Da Nang City, central Vietnam have become de facto parking lots, with rows of cars lining both sides of the road, causing traffic congestion and safety hazards for residents.

The elevated section of Hanoi’s metro line 3, running from Nhon to Cau Giay, has completed its first year of commercial service with a reported 99.9-percent passenger satisfaction rate, city transport authorities said.

Authorities in south-central Vietnam said on Saturday that dozens of monkeypod trees along a provincial road in Quang Ngai are recovering, one month after the bark was stripped from several branches.

Authorities in Quang Ngai Province, south-central Vietnam have approved a VND2.2 trillion (US$84 million) project to build a new bridge across the Tra Khuc River, replacing the deteriorating Tra Khuc 1 Bridge after more than 60 years in service.

Vietnam’s maritime rescue forces on Friday saved all 20 crew members from the Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker GT Unity after it caught fire about 104 nautical miles south-southeast of Con Dao Island.

The commerce department has started issuing licenses to Nvidia to export its H20 chips to China, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, removing a significant hurdle to the AI bellwether's access to a key market.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City said on Friday that a major coastal redevelopment project in the Vung Tau area is nearing completion, with key features expected to be finished in time for Vietnam’s 80th National Day celebrations on September 2.

PRAGUE -- Zookeepers feeding two baby vultures in Prague are using a hand puppet designed to look like the chicks' parents, a technique they hope will ensure the birds learn to identify with other vultures - not humans.

On weekends, Xom Luoi Market in Vung Tau Ward, Ho Chi Minh City buzzes with buyers and sellers, as smoke rises from seafood stalls grilling seafood dishes.

MEXICO CITY -- Nestled in a quiet corner in Mexico City’s trendy Condesa neighborhood sits the vine-strewn restaurant Baldio, or barren in English. It has become a draw for its zero-waste kitchen, which means that every scrap of food and leftovers is reused for other purposes.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday issued a message on the occasion of the 58th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the 30th anniversary of Vietnam's accession to the bloc.

Nestled amidst the rice fields of Lan Quoi 1 Hamlet in Vinh Thanh Commune under Can Tho City, southern Vietnam, the soon-to-be-inaugurated Lang Sen Nursing Home stands as a beacon of humanity, compassion, and dignity for Vietnam’s elderly.

The economic police division under the Department of Public Security of Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam has detained and initiated criminal proceedings against three Chinese nationals for alleged involvement in the illegal trade of endangered wildlife products, including rhino horns and ivory.

Police in Hue City, central Vietnam have discovered and confiscated nearly one metric ton of spoiled chicken cartilage transported from Laos, which was en route to Da Nang City for distribution.

Hundreds of coffee shops across Ho Chi Minh City have quietly become informal charging hubs for electric motorbike riders, offering affordable all-in-one services: coffee, a hammock to rest in, and a place to charge.

Starting from 12:00 am on August 18, Vietnamese airlines Bamboo Airways will move all domestic flight operations from Terminal T1 to the newly-built Terminal T3 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

Police in Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam have held a 19-year-old Russian man in criminal detention for punching a traffic police officer in the face while the officer was handling a minor traffic accident.

The administration of the former Ly Son Island District (now Ly Son Special Zone) in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam has taken firm steps to preserve the island’s natural charm by employing surveillance cameras to deter littering.

HANOI -- Vietnam's inflation remains under control but upward price pressures are building up, the governor of the country's central bank said on Thursday.

Henrique Calisto, former coach of the Vietnam national football team and president of the National Association of Football Coaches of Portugal (ANTF), paid a visit to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on Thursday afternoon as part of his official working trip to the country in a bid to deepen ties between the football federations of both nations.

Shrouded in fog in the lush mountains of southern Oman, a giant chasm plunges into the landscape, echoing with mysterious sounds that have spawned myths and legends among nearby tribes.

A biologist might go a lifetime without discovering a new species. It took a team exploring Cambodia's limestone karst a single night to find three.

The Border Guard Station of Con Dao Island, now a special zone administered by Ho Chi Minh City, confirmed on Thursday that it had discovered a fishing vessel illegally carrying three plastic bottles of highly toxic cyanide and five electric guns.

OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT-5 on Thursday, describing it as a major leap forward in artificial intelligence, with enhanced abilities in reasoning, task automation, and coding. The new model is being rolled out free to all users, as the company continues to compete globally in the rapidly evolving AI race.

A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares (39,537 acres) of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday has now been contained, local authorities said on Thursday.

Ninh Kieu Pedestrian Street, located on Hai Ba Trung Street in Ninh Kieu Ward, Can Tho City, southern Vietnam, has ceased operations after more than three years due to financial losses.

A Russian national punched a traffic police officer in the mouth while the officer was attempting to mediate a minor road accident in Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam on Thursday morning, causing the officer to suffer facial injuries.