Vietnam's top leaders have extended their deepest condolences to India over the deaths of 15 Indians following a tourist boat capsizing in the Phu Quoc Special Zone of An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Vietnam has many advantages to achieve its goal of becoming a high-income country by 2045, according to Mariam J. Sherman, World Bank country director for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

Vietnam became the largest importer of U.S. cotton in 2025, purchasing approximately US$1.3 billion worth of the commodity, while the U.S. was the biggest export market for Vietnam's textile and garment industry in the first five months of 2026.

Vietnam's sex ratio at birth has remained above the natural level for years, creating a growing gender imbalance that could leave many young men unable to find a spouse or forced to marry later in life.

Editor’s note: The following opinion piece is authored by Thuy Chi, a reader of Tuoi Tre (Youth) online newspaper. The piece was originally published in Vietnamese and has been translated into English and edited by Tuoi Tre News for clarity, consistency, and coherence.

Typhoon Bavi made landfall late on Saturday in the coastal city of Taizhou in eastern China, where nearly 2 million people were evacuated, having earlier pummelled Japan's southern Sakishima island chain and brushed past northern Taiwan.

Portugal’s Macedos Pirotecnia team claimed the championship at the 2026 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) final held in the eponymous city in central Vietnam on Saturday, defeating defending champion Jiangxi Yangfeng Art Display Co., Ltd from China.

Twenty individual sets of remains believed to belong to Vietnamese war martyrs, seven sets of accompanying personal artifacts, and one communal burial containing commingled remains were recovered at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, bringing the total number of recovered remains to 49 individual sets and one communal burial, according to the Ho Chi Minh City High Command's martyrs' remains recovery team.

Vietnam's Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on Saturday ordered an urgent investigation after a tourist speedboat carrying Indian visitors capsized off Phu Quoc Island in An Giang Province, killing 15 people, while authorities continued assistance for survivors.

Flash flooding unleashed by torrential downpours from a wave of thunderstorms struck the Ozark Mountains in rural southeastern Missouri on Friday, trapping hundreds of people in high water along the rain-swollen Black River, officials said.

LONDON - Defending champion Jannik Sinner ended Novak Djokovic's latest bid to claim a record 25th Grand Slam title in ruthless fashion with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win on Friday to set up a Wimbledon final against Alexander Zverev.

A simple yet meaningful activity is transforming the way international visitors experience Vietnam’s famed Ha Giang Loop in Tuyen Quang Province, northern Vietnam. Instead of leaving only footprints, they are now leaving behind something far more lasting: trees.

Authorities in Dong Nai City, southern Vietnam, on Saturday held a memorial and burial ceremony for the remains of 63 Vietnamese fallen soldiers who died during wars in Vietnam and Cambodia, reaffirming the city's commitment to continuing the search for those still missing.

A total of 150 international travel companies will participate in the second Vietnam Travel Day, scheduled to take place in Gia Lai Province in August.

A speedboat carrying 32 tourists, most of them foreign nationals, capsized off An Giang Province's Phu Quoc Special Zone in southern Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, prompting a large-scale rescue operation, local authorities said.

Vietnamese authorities believe the remains of 29 fallen soldiers recently uncovered at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City may belong to members of the legendary Biet Dong Sai Gon (special forces) and the first battalion of former Long An Province.

Construction material prices in Ho Chi Minh City continued to climb through the second quarter of 2026, adding pressure on contractors, developers, and homebuilders, according to price data released by the city's Department of Construction.

INGLEWOOD, California -- Super-sub Mikel Merino snatched another late winner for Spainon Friday after Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens failed to hold onto the ball as they claimed a 2-1 win over their injury-hit opponents and set up a World Cup semi-final clash with France.

The transition to clean energy is no longer viewed merely as a compliance cost as it has evolved into a strategic asset that can enhance corporate value, strengthen competitiveness, and improve business valuations in international markets, Vietnamese experts told a panel discussion held in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday.

Bac Ninh Province in northern Vietnam is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Japanese businesses by prioritizing projects in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, high-tech manufacturing, and research and development, as part of its strategy to become a regional high-tech production hub.

Vietnam’s construction and real estate industries must adopt green building standards or risk losing foreign investment and access to global supply chains, experts warned at an industry conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.

Though neither a social media influencer nor a professional tour guide, Nguyen Duy Tu, Party secretary of Van Son Commune in northern Vietnam's Phu Tho Province, has attracted millions of views with self-produced tourism videos, winning audiences over with his authentic style and everyday attire of a button-up shirt, trousers, and simple flip-flops.

TOKYO -- Japan's House of Councillors on Friday enacted a bill to revise a law to ease restrictions on the use of personal data for artificial intelligence development while strengthening safeguards against misuse.

Ho Chi Minh City has received three sets of archival records from Texas Tech University in the United States identifying locations where Vietnamese soldiers killed during the first phase of the 1968 Tet General Offensive and Uprising may have been buried.

The Ministry of Health and the French Embassy on July 9 co-hosted the Vietnam-France High-Level Conference on next-generation vaccine technologies.

Employees of aircraft maker Airbus have gone on strike across most of Spain until the end of July over what unions describe as deteriorating working conditions.

BERLIN - Germany has recorded an estimated 5,120 heat-related deaths so far this year, most of them in late June when weekly average temperatures far exceeded 20 degrees Celsius, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health said on Thursday.

Many cafés and restaurants across Vietnam have stopped playing Vietnamese songs as background music, fearing potential copyright disputes and opting to avoid legal risks while seeking greater clarity on the country's music licensing requirements.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City announced on Thursday that five additional sets of war martyrs’ remains and two sets of personal relics were discovered at Le Thi Rieng Park, bringing the total number of remains found at the site to 16.

International financial experts said on Thursday Vietnam should develop its planned international financial centers around its own strengths rather than compete directly with established hubs such as Dubai and Singapore, emphasizing that institutions, talent, and governance will determine long-term success.

Authorities in Da Nang City, central Vietnam, are reviewing newly submitted historical records, wartime aerial photographs and witness accounts that could help identify 17 sets of human remains believed to be those of Vietnamese war martyrs, which were recovered decades ago from a suspected wartime mass grave in the former Quang Nam Province.

Police in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam, have arrested 11 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in an online fraud ring that operated a fake e-commerce platform to defraud French citizens.

TOKYO -- Japan's Terra Drone Corp. plans to set up a system enabling domestic production of up to tens of thousands of interceptor drones a year, the company's head, Toru Tokushige, has said in an recent interview.

Vietnam imported diamonds worth more than US$121.5 million in the first six months of this year, with India being the country’s biggest supplier, according to preliminary data released by the Department of Vietnam Customs on Wednesday.

BEIJING/SUAO, Taiwan/TOKYO - China and Taiwan were bracing for possibly the most destructive tropical storm in years as Typhoon Bavi churned southeast of Taiwan on Thursday, with winds near 200 kph (124 mph), and as parts of China were still reeling from Typhoon Maysak.