Ho Chi Minh City has launched a 150-day campaign to complete 1,000 new classrooms before the start of the 2026-27 academic year in early September.

Police in Hanoi have fined a 23-year-old electric vehicle salesman VND7.5 million (US$286) for posting false information on social media claiming petrol prices could surge to VND40,000 ($1.5) per liter.

Three children in Da Nang City, central Vietnam have shown signs of recovery after receiving a rare botulism antidote supplied by the World Health Organization (WHO) following food poisoning, health officials said.

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is driving a surge in global demand for semiconductor chips and large-scale data centers. Behind this technological race lies another critical competition: securing reliable supplies of strategic materials.

The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology -- Odin's birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god's canines, a relationship that provided food for all.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on Thursday that it had increased seat capacity on its Europe-Vietnam routes by nearly 1,000 seats during the peak travel period amid operational constraints linked to the tensions in the Middle East.

Authorities in Hanoi said on Thursday an exposed electrical wire caused an unusually hot section of sidewalk that recorded temperatures of 40–50 degrees Celsius in Ung Hoa Commune.

Vietnamese singer Son Tung M-TP has been nominated for TC Candler’s annual ‘100 Most Handsome Faces in the World’ list for the fifth time, according to the U.S.-based culture and beauty commentary platform.

Thien Viet Securities JSC (TVS) has officially invested US$4 million in Dat Bike, Vietnam’s homegrown electric motorbike manufacturer, during the latter's Series B funding round, marking the participation of a domestic investment bank in the electric vehicle sector.

SAITAMA -- A male leukemia patient between 10 and 19 died and two other young male patients are unconscious after spinal injections of anticancer drugs at a hospital in the city of Saitama, near Tokyo, hospital officials have said.

TOKYO -- Japan will release its oil reserves as early as Monday amid soaring crude oil prices, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday.

A ship of the Vietnam People’s Navy has returned to Ho Chi Minh City after successfully taking part in the MILAN 2026 multilateral naval exercise in India, a mission combining international defense exchanges with long-distance training at sea.

Voters in Ho Chi Minh City voiced their hope for the development of transport infrastructure connecting the city with key coastal destinations such as Can Gio, Vung Tau, and Con Dao to boost tourism and economic growth at a voter meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

Ho Chi Minh City police have taken a tougher stance against inappropriate behavior in public spaces, with street hooliganism emerging as a key target of enforcement.

A strengthening cold front is forecast to affect Vietnam beginning Thursday, bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms, and strong winds to northern mountainous areas and the central provinces from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai, according to the national weather center.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday adopted Resolution A/Res/80/249 designating October 1 as International Coffee Day, according to the World & Vietnam Report, the press agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

LONDON -- Britain's media and privacy regulators on Thursday demanded that major social media platforms do more to keep children off their services, warning that companies were failing to enforce their own minimum age rules.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has arranged an emergency shipment of botulism antitoxin to treat three children in critical condition after suspected botulinum poisoning in Da Nang City, central Vietnam, a WHO representative said on Wednesday.

Ho Chi Minh City is preparing to develop a mobile application that will allow residents to monitor environmental quality directly on their smartphones, while also strengthening enforcement against environmental violations.

Japanese department store operator Takashimaya is planning to expand its presence in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, as it looks for new growth drivers while facing declining Chinese tourism in Japan.

Ride-hailing platforms Grab and Be have launched short-term support programs for drivers in Vietnam following recent fuel price increases, offering bonuses and fuel subsidies instead of immediately raising fares.

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Ho Chi Minh City has proposed expanding cooperation with South Korea’s Daejeon City in science and technology, innovation, high-quality human resource training, and smart city development.

TOKYO -- Japanese alcoholic drink maker Asahi Breweries Ltd. plans to resume shipments of all its products starting April 7 after a halt due to a computer system failure caused by a cyberattack on its parent.

TOKYO -- East Japan Railway Co. has said it will launch a trial in April of a system that uses artificial intelligence to monitor pantographs on trains running on its busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo to detect defects in train cars at an early stage.

ACCV Holdings has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its subsidiary, Asia Clean Capital Vietnam Pte. Ltd. (ACCV Pte), to funds now managed by Gresham House – a UK-headquartered specialist asset manager – after the integration of SUSI Partners into its Energy Transition division.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade raised retail gasoline prices while cutting kerosene rates in its latest fuel price adjustment on Tuesday, drawing on the petroleum price stabilization fund.

Meta Platforms will charge advertisers a location fee ranging from 2% to 5% to cover digital service taxes imposed by some countries, the U.S. tech giant said in a post on its website, following in the footsteps of Alphabet's Google and Amazon.

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD could soon introduce its ultra-fast Flash Charging technology to Vietnam, which is capable of charging a battery from 10 to 97 percent in roughly nine minutes.

Vietnamese dairy producer TH Group on Monday broke ground on a clean food processing factory worth more than VND6 trillion (US$230 million) at Song Than 3 Industrial Park in Ho Chi Minh City, in a move aimed at strengthening the region’s safe and sustainable food supply chain.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Tuesday a bill designed to eliminate areas underserved by transportation services such as buses and taxis.

TOKYO -- Japan's cabinet on Tuesday adopted a bill to raise the ceiling on fees for foreigners' applications related to residence status by up to 30-fold and create a prearrival electronic travel authorization system.

Chinese vehicle manufacturer Chery’s Omoda and Jaecoo are accelerating their expansion in Vietnam, with plans to establish a network of around 60 dealerships nationwide in 2026.

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A magnitude-3.9 earthquake struck Mang But Commune in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam on Monday, according to the Institute of Earth Sciences.