Vietnam’s Viet Duc University Hospital is poised to open a long-delayed second facility in Ninh Binh Province next week after more than a decade of construction, aiming to ease severe overcrowding at its main campus in Hanoi.

Several households in Hiep Thanh Commune, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam’s Central Highlands have been evacuated after severe landslides struck a 35-hectare pine-covered hill, raising fears that soil erosion could spread and directly threaten residential areas at the foot of the slope, authorities confirmed on Friday.

A midnight ‘ultimatum’ from Airbus sent Vietnam’s aviation sector into a 32-hour race to update software on 81 aircraft.

The newly-passed Disease Prevention Law introduces two forms of vaccination in Vietnam, mandatory and voluntary.

Ho Chi Minh City will build two pedestrian bridges across Ton Duc Thang Street to better connect Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street with Bach Dang Wharf, aiming to improve pedestrian safety, ease traffic conflicts, and create a modern public space along the Saigon River.

FRANKFURT -- Plans to impose an effective ban on selling new cars with combustion engines in the European Union have been abandoned, a senior EU lawmaker told German mass tabloid Bild on Thursday.

OpenAI on Thursday launched its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence model, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal «code red» in early December pausing non‑core projects and redirecting teams to accelerate development in response to Google's Gemini 3.

Traffic police in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday imposed a severe penalty on a 21-year-old woman who rode her motorbike with both hands off the handlebars, clasped her hands in a prayer-like gesture, and bowed to people on the street, an act captured on video and widely shared online.

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Fans' group Football Supporters Europe (FSE) called on Thursday for FIFA to stop the sale of tickets for next year's World Cup due to their «extortionate» cost.

OKAYAMA -- Japan's Nippon Foundation said Wednesday that a regular passenger ferry using autonomous navigation technology will begin commercial operations by the end of next March at the earliest.

Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam has set a national record by creating the country’s largest artwork made entirely from recycled plastic beverage packaging, marking a new milestone in its circular-economy efforts amid ongoing challenges with plastic waste.

Brazilian center-back Gustavo Sant Ana Santos has obtained Vietnamese citizenship at age 30 and will play as a domestic player for Da Nang in the 2025-26 V. League 1 season, the club said on Thursday.

Ho Chi Minh City police have charged a landowner with causing environmental pollution after nearly 2,900 tonnes of waste was found being dumped and buried on her property, officers said on Thursday.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government and the ruling parties are considering increasing the so-called departure tax from the current 1,000 yen per person to 3,000 yen starting in fiscal 2026, informed sources said Wednesday.

TOKYO -- Japan's labor ministry has decided to enforce on October 1, 2026, a revised law obliging companies to prepare measures against customers' harassment of their employees through abusive behavior.

Vietnam Agribusiness Limited (VAL), a joint venture between U.S.-based Bunge Global SA and Singapore’s Wilmar International, inaugurated its second soybean crushing line in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, making it the largest soybean crushing operator in Southeast Asia.

Taekwondo athlete Tran Ho Duy hobbled off the mat after clinching the gold medal in the mixed team creative poomsae event, having fought through the pain of a bruised heel to deliver a remarkable performance on Wednesday.

Vietnam’s Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy on Wednesday inaugurated a new medical facility financed through an Italian government ODA loan, part of a long-running cooperation program between the two countries.

Dozens of former students of London College for Design & Fashion in Hanoi (LCDF - Hanoi) are in hot water after discovering that the foreign-awarded bachelor’s degrees they earned in Vietnam are not recognized by the Ministry of Education and Training, derailing their careers and further study plans.

WASHINGTON -- The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to an official notice.

Vietnam and the U.S. have recorded extraordinary trade growth in the three decades since normalization, with two-way turnover in 2024 more than 330 times higher than in 1994, yet delegates at a forum on Tuesday said challenges still need to be addressed.

At his store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues -- including many made of ivory.

A bus driver in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam was physically attacked by a male passenger while driving, leaving passengers on board shocked and frightened on Wednesday.

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Vietnam’s stock market is bracing for an influx of heavyweight newcomers as multiple large companies complete procedures to list on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), bringing more than 3.4 billion shares to the southern bourse.

Health authorities in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam on Wednesday confirmed a 33-year-old man had tested positive for mpox, with the source of infection still unknown.

In the heart of Thao Dien, a popular expatriate neighborhood in Ho Chi Minh City, a small Pho 'S shop carries a family’s generations-long love for pho and the journey that has taken their bowl to the world.

Vietnam’s National Assembly approved the revised Personal Income Tax Law on Wednesday, introducing taxes on gold bullion transactions, real estate transfers, and household business income.

Australia banned under-16s from social media in a world-first crackdown on Wednesday, declaring it was time to «take back control» from formidable tech giants.

Jollibee’s fried chicken chain and Highlands Coffee outlets in Vietnam continued to drive growth for their Philippine parent, Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), with systemwide sales rising 16.8 percent in the third quarter of 2025.

In November, Bay Mau Lake in Hanoi transformed into a vibrant hotspot as MR.DIY brought its “Lượn hồ chill - Deal quà chất” event series to life.

The administration of Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam has issued an urgent warning about a possible new flood wave on local rivers and streams from Tuesday night to Thursday, calling on authorities to prepare immediate evacuations from areas prone to flooding and landslides.

The shadow of Mohamed Salah's bust-up with Liverpool hung over the team as they faced Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday and the Egyptian forward's situation looks a long way from being resolved after they eked out a narrow 1-0 win.

Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi is reporting a surge in severe e-cigarette poisonings, with many involving acute kidney failure, memory loss and cognitive decline.