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Several museums in Da Nang City, central Vietnam will begin charging admission fees from June 10, as per a resolution recently approved by the city council, with exemptions and discounts available to eligible visitors.

Two Vietnamese pheasant chicks have recently hatched at Pairi Daiza wildlife park in Belgium, a positive step in global efforts to conserve one of the world’s most endangered bird species and strengthen its genetic diversity.

TOKYO -- A drug to treat kidney diseases in cats has entered its final stage before being put into practical use in Japan.

Ly Son Special Zone, an island destination administered by Quang Ngai Province in central Vietnam, on Sunday hosted the 2026 Ly Son Cross Island swimming race that attracted more than 800 athletes at home and abroad.

TOKYO -- The Japanese education ministry plans to launch a model project in fiscal 2027 to provide basic Japanese-language instructions for school life and classes to foreign national children.

International visitors attending the Digital Finance Day 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City on the weekend expressed enthusiasm for cross-border payment solutions that allowed them to use familiar mobile payment applications from their home countries, saying the convenience could encourage greater spending while they were traveling in Vietnam.

Piaggio Vietnam has announced a recall of 1,063 Vespa and Piaggio motorcycles in Vietnam to inspect and replace components related to the front lighting system.

Police from Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam have uncovered a major interprovincial network producing and trafficking illegal military-grade weapons, leading to the dismantling of two large-scale factories in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai City, authorities announced on Sunday.

Recent incidents involving unruly foreign visitors in tourism hubs across central Vietnam have gone beyond the bounds of ordinary cultural differences.

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The Japanese city of Utsunomiya has suspended all 94 of the primary and middle schools that it operates on Monday after its first-ever bear sighting, a municipal official said.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training’s recent directive calling for an absolute ban on filming, photographing, and distributing footage of school violence has raised questions about whether the education sector wants students to put their phones away, or to learn when recording is appropriate and when sharing should stop.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have dismantled a large-scale network allegedly led by a married couple that produced and sold slippers bearing international luxury brand names being protected in Vietnam, including Nike, Adidas, Crocs, and Gucci.

The second competition night of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2026, themed ‘Heritage,’ lit up the sky above the Han River on Saturday evening, treating tens of thousands of spectators to an emotional spectacle of light and color.

Residents and tourists in Hue City, central Vietnam were treated to a display of counterterrorism tactics featuring armed robots and elite police units during a large-scale public security showcase on Saturday evening.

A small Vietnamese café is quietly carving out a distinctive presence in New York City, a global crossroads of culinary cultures in the United States, where traditional ‘ca phe phin’ (Vietnamese filter coffee) has been adapted for American consumers while preserving its cultural essence.

Digital payments have evolved from a novel option into a core pillar of Vietnam’s digital economy, speakers said at Digital Finance Day 2026, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam has been officially designated a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, a major milestone for one of the country’s most renowned natural heritage sites that adds new momentum for conservation, scientific research, and sustainable tourism.

Traffic police in Da Nang City, central Vietnam said on Saturday that they had impounded a motorcycle ridden by a foreign man carrying a foreign woman after the pair were seen stretching out their arms in a ‘flying bird’ pose while traveling on a road on Friday evening.

Police in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam have dismantled two large-scale facilities producing and selling fake luxury goods, seizing more than 4,200 counterfeit items bearing labels of famous brands such as Hermès, Gucci, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Versace, authorities confirmed on Saturday.

Police in Soc Trang Ward, Can Tho City, southern Vietnam are verifying viral videos showing a group of people carrying a coffin with a living person inside while parading and dancing on the street, a ward leader said on Saturday.

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Zhejiang Haotao Technology Co., Ltd., based in Zhejiang, China has submitted an industrial design registration for a compact electric vehicle, planning to debut the model in the Vietnamese market, according to records from the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam.

The Michelin Guide’s decision to leave banh mi out of its Vietnam selection for a fourth consecutive year has sparked debate among the public, especially as the iconic Vietnamese sandwich has received Michelin recognition in several countries despite being overlooked in its homeland.

Ho Chi Minh City has launched a month-long campaign against drug-related crimes, aiming to build drug-free communities and move toward the ambitious goal of a drug-free city by 2030.

A Ho Chi Minh City resident has claimed a Vietlott jackpot worth over VND83.5 billion (US$3.2 million), becoming the Vietnamese computerized lottery operator’s largest prize winner to publicly reveal his identity instead of wearing a mask during the award ceremony.

LA PRYOR, Texas/MEXICO CITY - A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday, emerging just miles from where the first U.S. detection in decades was reported this week.

BAF Vietnam Agriculture JSC proposed developing up to five high-rise pig farming facilities in Hanoi at a meeting between Hanoi vice-chairman Bui Duy Cuong and the municipal Department of Agriculture and Environment on Thursday.

Authorities in Vinh Long Province, southern Vietnam have launched construction of a waste-to-energy plant with a price tag of VND1.919 trillion (US$72.8 million), marking a major step in shifting from traditional landfill disposal to modern energy recovery technology.

Vietnam and China have emphasized the importance of faithfully implementing the common understandings reached by senior leaders of the two countries, improving the management of maritime differences, and maintaining peace and stability in the East Vietnam Sea and the wider region.

Rising demand for global payment solutions is drawing strong interest from both Vietnamese consumers and international visitors at the Digital Finance Day 2026 in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.

Tourism in Ho Tram, a premier resort destination in Ho Chi Minh City, has been affected after several metric tons of water hyacinths and marine waste washed ashore along its beaches on Friday morning.

The global discourse surrounding artificial intelligence has fundamentally shifted. It is no longer just a race for hardware dominance or a competition of sheer computational scale; it is a battle for strategic autonomy and human-centered design.

Several recent cases involving foreign nationals violating the law in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City may be isolated incidents, but they have sparked broader concerns about respect for local regulations and public order. Beyond the individual offenses, the incidents serve as a reminder of the need to balance Vietnam’s welcoming image with consistent law enforcement.