Almost half of Vietnam’s population is exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes, health officials said on Saturday, as the government launched a campaign to expand smoke-free environments in restaurants, hotels and public spaces.

NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq ended slightly lower on Friday but registered its biggest weekly percentage drop since early April as investors worried about the sustainability of a rally in artificial intelligence shares, while U.S. Treasury yields inched lower.

Residents in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam discovered a 250-kilogram unexploded bomb while fishing on the Nam Mo River last week, prompting a successful disposal operation by military sappers on Friday.

HSINCHU, Taiwan -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Saturday said the semiconductor giant is experiencing «very strong demand» for its state-of-the-art Blackwell chips, as its appetite for wafers from TSMC grows.

Authorities in Ta Nang Commune, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam ordered the emergency evacuation of 70 households on Friday night amid fears that the Cay An irrigation reservoir, holding 1.7 million cubic meters of water, could burst.

Ho Chi Minh City will host the 2025 International Martial Arts Festival from November 21 to 23, organizers said on Friday.

More than 80 people have been hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City after eating 'banh mi' from a street stall on Nguyen Thai Son Street in Hanh Thong Ward, with health officials confirming Salmonella as the cause of the incident.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Friday he could force airlines to cut up to 20% of flights if the government shutdown did not end, as U.S. airlines on Friday scrambled to make unprecedented government-imposed reductions.

Five people were confirmed dead, three remain missing, and seven others injured as of 11:00 am on Friday following storm Kalmaegi, which caused widespread destruction across Vietnam’s Central Highlands and south-central provinces, according to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority.

Vietnam welcomed more than 1.7 million international visitors in October, a 13.8-percent increase from the same month last year, as the Southeast Asian country entered its peak tourist season, data from the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism showed.

Vietnam has reaffirmed its commitment to strict, public and transparent measures against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A group of 21 travel agencies from Taiwan wrapped up a six-day trip to Da Nang, where they explored the central Vietnamese city’s leading tourism sites and services, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

BERLIN/TOKYO -- Semiconductor maker Nexperia has resumed some shipments of its vital chips, auto executives said on Friday, with Germany welcoming signs of de-escalation in a fight for control of the company that has rattled the car industry.

KYOTO -- A team at Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, or CiRA, has succeeded in creating component cells for the thymus using human induced pluripotent stem cells.

Vietnam will impose administrative fines of up to VND30 million (US$1,200) for forcing a spouse to have sex against their will from December 15, and offenders may be required to issue a public apology at the victim’s request, the Phap Luat Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh City Law) newspaper reported.

Vietnam's richest man Pham Nhat Vuong and his two sons have established Vinspace, which focuses on scientific research and technology development in natural sciences, alongside activities such as air cargo transport, aircraft and spacecraft manufacturing, and satellite telecommunications.

Traffic congestion in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city, has intensified as vehicle numbers soar and roadworks narrow key routes, local authorities said on Thursday.

U.S.-based e-commerce giant Amazon has announced plans to make Vietnam a high-quality e-commerce export hub in Southeast Asia, as Vietnamese goods sold on its platform rose nearly 35 percent in the first seven months of 2025, indicating the country’s growing role in global online trade.

When residents of the coastal Xuan Thanh fishing village in Vietnam’s Gia Lai Province returned home after a night sheltering from storm Kalmaegi, they were met with an unthinkable sight — their homes were gone.

Around 70 Vietnamese nationals have fled from Myanmar into Thailand after local authorities in Myanmar launched a crackdown on criminal networks and online scam operations, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully reattached both hands of a male patient after a severe assault left them nearly severed in a complex and grueling 12-hour operation.

More than 160 households in a resettlement area in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam have been living in floodwaters for nearly half a month. Roads there have turned into canals and motorbikes are unusable, forcing residents to rely on boats for daily travel.

Coastal areas in Vietnam were assessing the damage from Typhoon Kalmaegi's destructive winds and heavy rain on Friday, with one death reported by state media, following its deadly passage through the Philippines where it killed at least 188 people.

Hue City in central Vietnam has officially concluded a historic 23-day flood and rainfall event, but the rainy and flood season in the city is forecast to continue.

Fears of a fracturing global resolve loomed over climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as world leaders acknowledged their failure to contain global warming to agreed limits.

All schools in Da Lat, a popular tourist destination in Vietnam's Lam Dong Province, suspended in-person classes on Friday to ensure safety as storm Kalmaegi hit mainland Vietnam, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

Four endangered leopard cats were released back into the wild in U Minh Ha National Park in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam on Wednesday, according to park officials.

Vietnamese tra fish (pangasius) is seeing surging demand in Japan, creating new opportunities for local exporters even as competition from Russia begins to emerge, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

In the wake of storm Kalmaegi, which made landfall in Dak Lak and Gia Lai Provinces, central Vietnam on Thursday evening, thousands of residents in Dong Xuan Commune, Dak Lak spent a sleepless night as floodwaters rose swiftly, submerging houses and cutting off roads.

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A 15-year-old student at Thanh Hoa College of Agriculture in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam died on Wednesday after being beaten by a group of schoolmates on campus, according to the victim’s family.

The Ukrainian Embassy in Vietnam has expressed its gratitude to authorities in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam for rescuing and supporting a Ukrainian citizen who was stranded at sea and later assisted in returning home safely.

Vietnam's exports fell in October from a month earlier, with shipments to the U.S. dropping faster as the trade-reliant country adapts to American tariffs, according to official data released on Thursday.

Vietnam’s PAN Group has sold Bibica, one of the country’s best-known confectionery brands, to Indonesia’s Sari Murni Abadi (SMA), as the Indonesian snack maker accelerates its overseas expansion.

A thick layer of fog covered Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday morning, shrouding the skyline in a misty haze and bringing a cool, calm start to the day.