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Lionel Messi brought down the curtain on his extraordinary international career on Monday, announcing his retirement soon after inspiring Argentina to within one victory of a second successive World Cup triumph.

Nha Trang Bay in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, has attracted large numbers of visitors over the past few days during the five-day National Day holiday that began last Saturday, with experiences ranging from diving to see a coral nursery and freediving to planting corals by hand, according to a local tourism company.

Representatives of major tourism companies have offered ideas to make tourism in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta less repetitive and give visitors more reasons to return.

Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line 1 will offer free rides and extended hours on September 2 to mark Vietnam's 81st National Day. Toyota Motor Vietnam has received approval for a US$283 million project to expand production, including electrified vehicles. Nha Trang saw crowds surge during the holiday. And more in our podcast.

Twice a year, a small boat carries divers equipped with air tanks, ropes and specialized gear from Con Co Island in Quang Tri Province to the surrounding protected waters, where they dive to the seabed to remove abandoned fishing nets and free marine animals from the deadly traps.

Rescuers in Nepal and China raced on Sunday to find thousands of people missing after a glacier collapse unleashed a catastrophic mudslide across the Himalayas, as they faced challenging weather conditions and rising water levels.

As the Miss World 2026 final approaches, several contestants are emerging as frontrunners after strong performances in preliminary events and high placements in international beauty pageant rankings.

Several major museums in Da Nang will offer free admission on September 2 for Vietnam’s National Day, including the city’s Cham Sculpture Museum, home to 12 national treasures.

Vietnam could become even more formidable at the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 if head coach Kim Sang Sik adds three newly eligible overseas Vietnamese players to the squad that lifted the ASEAN Cup trophy earlier this month.

The Japanese education ministry plans to give elementary and junior high schools more discretion to determine class hours as part of an overhaul of the country's school curriculum guidelines, it was learned Monday.

Six consecutive earthquakes struck Mang But Commune in central Vietnam’s Quang Ngai Province early Monday, with the strongest measuring magnitude 4.0, according to the Institute of Earth Sciences.

Police in Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam have identified a group of people, including four women, allegedly involved in assaulting a taxi driver after he refused to take additional passengers.

A long-haul bus overturned on National Highway 19 in Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands region early on Monday morning, leaving three people dead and dozens of others injured.

Police in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, said on Sunday that they had initiated legal proceedings against an Indonesian man and a Vietnamese man for allegedly smuggling more than 180,000 live lobster seedlings from Singapore to Vietnam, after the lobsters were discovered in their checked luggage at Cam Ranh International Airport on August 17.

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Passenger traffic is surging during Vietnam’s National Day holiday, but airport procedures and airfares have remained relatively manageable at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport in the first days of the period.

Pham Nhat Vuong, chairman of Vingroup, Vietnam's largest private conglomerate, and his wife hold a combined fortune of about US$40.6 billion, accounting for about 74.5 percent of the total wealth of Vietnam's eight billionaires, according to U.S.-based business magazine Forbes.

«I would be very happy to see laws passed that stamp out the practice of smoking on motorbikes.»

Seven Indochinese tigers at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam, have undergone routine health checks and vaccinations as part of efforts to ensure their long-term care and welfare, according to the park's Wildlife Rescue, Conservation and Development Center.

After withdrawing from Cambodia, Dien May Xanh, the electronics retail subsidiary of Mobile World Investment Corp. (MWG), is left with Indonesia as its sole overseas market.

Hanoi FC head coach Harry Kewell said on Friday night that he had no choice but to respect the interests of the Vietnamese national team and release his players for international duty during the September FIFA Days period.

The well-known Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho City, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, is expected to welcome a large number of visitors during the ongoing National Day holiday, prompting transport operators and service providers to publicly display their prices so tourists can plan their expenses and enjoy the floating market with greater peace of mind.

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Following Vietnam's ASEAN Cup defense against Thailand this month, debates resurfaced over the team's naturalized talent. Yet for the whole tournament, there were no ‘foreigners’ -- only eleven men fighting under the red flag as true Vietnamese sons, whose journey home was paved by quiet sacrifice and deep personal devotion.

An eight-day journey across Vietnam has left 127 international key opinion leaders (KOLs), key opinion consumers (KOCs), and content creators from 17 countries and territories with a striking realization: the country offers far more than the familiar image many of them had before arriving.

A 134-year-old former courthouse in Newcastle, Australia, is now a facility of Japan's Nihon University, with its preserved courtrooms offering students a hands-on lesson in the justice system.

Hundreds of villagers and visitors waded into the muddy waters of a large freshwater wetland in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam, on Saturday to catch fish during a traditional one-day fishing festival, after villagers had kept the wetland closed to fishing for an entire year.

Ho Chi Minh City is transforming major gateway roads and bus stops with multilayered greenery, flowers and landscaped public spaces to create a greener, more nature-friendly urban environment ahead of the country's National Day (September 2), according to the municipal Department of Construction.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam on August 29 inspected the Hoang Cau–Voi Phuc section of the Ring Road No. 1 project and the Hoang Quan Chi High School project in Hanoi, urging municipal authorities to ensure timely completion of the transport project and provide quality conditions for students in the new school year.

A Vietnamese woman living in Nepal has recounted the devastation caused by the catastrophic flash floods that struck the country's northern region on Wednesday, while providing new information about a Vietnamese citizen who remains missing.

Bus stations across Ha Noi are bustling on Saturday morning as people carrying luggage hurried to leave the capital for their home provinces and cities, marking the start of the five-day National Day holiday from Saturday to Wednesday next week.

Vietnam has strong potential to develop sustainable tourism, particularly through community-based and agricultural tourism that preserves local culture, creates livelihoods and delivers lasting value to both visitors and communities, experts and local officials said at the ongoing 20th Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo (ITE HCMC 2026).

Thousands of bears have been spotted heading into towns and cities across the U.S. West in record numbers.

Fresh from winning the ASEAN Cup 2026, Vietnam are turning their attention to the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026, where stronger opposition and limited preparation time are expected to pose a tougher test.