Smart coordination at Vietnam’s two largest airports saves airlines over $3.7mn
Economy 19:39 13/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, known as Vietnam’s two largest airports, have helped airlines save more than US$3.7 million in fuel costs by reducing average aircraft taxiing times thanks to the implementation of the airport collaborative decision-making (A-CDM) model.
Owner apologizes in suspected food poisoning cases linked to ‘banh mi’ shop in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 18:58 13/10/2026The number of suspected food poisoning cases linked to a popular ‘banh mi’ shop in central Vietnam has climbed to 167, prompting the long-established business to issue a public apology and pledge to address the consequences.
After injection, 34-month-old girl dies at hospital in south-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 18:11 13/10/2026A 34-month-old girl developed serious symptoms about four minutes after receiving an injection at a hospital in Gia Lai Province, south-central Vietnam, and later died despite emergency treatment on Monday.
Vietnam property firms issue $5.7bn in bonds amid rising financing costs in January-September: data
Vietnam News 15:35 13/10/2026Vietnam's real estate companies issued nearly VND149.5 trillion ($5.7 billion) worth of corporate bonds in the first nine months of 2026, up 126 percent year on year, as developers sought to secure funding amid refinancing pressures, according to data from credit rating agency VIS Rating.
Vietnam Spotlight Podcast: Visa exemption for Chinese tour groups visiting Khanh Hoa, program to build national sound archive
Vietnam News 19:00 13/10/2026Vietnam has begun piloting a visa exemption for Chinese tour groups visiting Khanh Hoa Province. Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Monday launched a program to gradually establish a national sound archive and an interactive music map. And more in our podcast.
Vietnam Spotlight Podcast: Ho Chi Minh City designates ceramics shopping street, Vietnamese team rescues critically ill foreign sailor
Vietnam News 19:00 12/10/2026Local authorities in Ho Chi Minh City officially launched a ceramics shopping street on a nearly 400-meter stretch of Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Street. A Vietnamese maritime search and rescue vessel evacuated a critically ill Indian seafarer from a cargo ship off southern Vietnam. And more in our podcast.
Vietnam Spotlight Podcast: Café owner fined over unauthorized sidewalk trees, Hanoi AI cameras catch over 18,000 offenses
Vietnam News 19:00 11/10/2026Hanoi AI cameras detect over 18,500 traffic violations in September. Vietnam café owner fined $483 for unauthorized sidewalk tree planting. Vietnamese police bust massive money laundering network linked to Japan. 55 hospitalized with suspected food poisoning after eating 'banh mi'. All in our podcast.
Vietnam Spotlight Podcast: Vietnam ranks 10th among world’s favorite countries, survey finds teachers’ English proficiency not encouraging
Vietnam News 19:00 09/10/2026Vietnam ranked 10th among the world’s 20 favorite countries as voted by readers of U.S. travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler. A survey of 35,000 teachers in six Vietnamese provinces and cities has found their English proficiency to be generally not encouraging, an executive at the Educational Testing Service said. And more in our podcast.
Why are Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines so obsessed with beauty pageants?
In-Depth 11:01 13/10/2026From packed arenas and fiercely loyal fan communities to viral social media battles and national celebrations, beauty pageants have become a cultural phenomenon in Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines. But what fuels this extraordinary passion for crowns and contestants across Southeast Asia?
Vietnam to tighten controls on low-cost imported meat nearing expiry
In-Depth 09:35 10/10/2026Vietnam will step up controls on imported meat to address concerns over quality, origin and suspicions that discarded or near-expiry products are entering the market at low prices, an official from the Department of Livestock Production and Animal Health has responded.
85,800 hectares of Mekong Delta rice at risk as El Nino may surpass historic record
In-Depth 21:52 09/10/2026El Nino is forecast by meteorological and hydrological authorities to reach very strong intensity and possibly peak in November 2026, surpassing the historic record set in Vietnam in the 2015-16 period.
Can naturalized players make Vietnam’s football team stronger?
In-Depth 13:47 08/10/2026Naturalized players have given Vietnam’s attack a boost, but the national team’s recent struggles have raised questions over whether they can make Vietnamese football stronger in the long run.
Difficult journey of Vietnamese children living with rare Alagille syndrome
In-Depth 18:47 07/10/2026After being diagnosed with Alagille syndrome, a rare disease, at nearly two months old, three-year-old N.M. and the child’s family have gradually become accustomed to frequent hospital visits in Vietnam.
Vietnamese Robusta needs consistent quality before stronger branding
In-Depth 12:09 07/10/2026Vietnam exported nearly US$8.9 billion worth of coffee in 2025, with shipments reaching about 1.59 million metric tons, cementing its status as a global Robusta powerhouse. Yet its brand recognition still falls short of that scale.
Why Vietnam’s world-leading Robusta is still treated as a ‘filler’ coffee
In-Depth 08:40 07/10/2026Vietnam supplies nearly 40 percent of the world’s Robusta, yet much of it is still treated as a “filler” in blends rather than a coffee with its own identity, origin and premium value.
Robusta needs trust before Vietnam builds global brand for it
In-Depth 21:31 05/10/2026“It smells so good that I suspect it has been flavored,” a customer exclaimed after tasting my naturally roasted coffee. I am a coffee producer, and that reaction has stayed with me ever since.
Firms in Vietnam’s Can Tho look to labor imports to fill gaps
Economy 19:56 13/10/2026Businesses in Can Tho City, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, are calling for clear policies to recruit workers from Cambodia and neighboring countries as factories struggle to find enough production workers and technicians.
French firm Pasqal proposes bringing quantum computer to Vietnam
Vietnam News 19:52 13/10/2026French quantum computing company Pasqal has proposed a partnership with Vietnamese technology group FPT to bring a quantum computer to Vietnam for research, training, and application development.
Vietnam Spotlight Podcast: Visa exemption for Chinese tour groups visiting Khanh Hoa, program to build national sound archive
Vietnam News 19:00 13/10/2026Vietnam has begun piloting a visa exemption for Chinese tour groups visiting Khanh Hoa Province. Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Monday launched a program to gradually establish a national sound archive and an interactive music map. And more in our podcast.
Long-tailed macaque chases, bites pedestrians on Ho Chi Minh City street
Vietnam Life 17:39 13/10/2026A long-tailed macaque chased, scratched, and bit passers-by on a sidewalk along Pham The Hien Street in Chanh Hung Ward on Monday. The city’s Forest Protection Department, local authorities, and residents captured the monkey on Tuesday.
Hundreds queue in Hong Kong to glimpse Van Gogh painting unseen in public for 60 years
World 17:03 13/10/2026Hundreds of people queued in Hong Kong on Tuesday to view a Vincent van Gogh painting never publicly exhibited in more than six decades, ahead of a Sotheby's auction in New York where it is expected to fetch about $180 million.
Damaged and drained, Indonesia's peatlands go up in smoke
World 17:02 13/10/2026For weeks on end, parts of Indonesian Borneo have resembled an Armageddon landscape with masked residents immersed in a putrid, red-brown haze as wildfires devour peatlands near homes and farms.
Upgraded trains launched on Ho Chi Minh City–Nha Trang route
Travel 15:40 13/10/2026Vietnam Railways has introduced upgraded SNT1/SNT2 trains with improved interiors, amenities and passenger services, aiming to meet growing travel demand and make rail journeys between Ho Chi Minh City and the popular coastal destination of Nha Trang more appealing.
Ho Chi Minh City plans for aging population as number of elderly residents tops 1.5mn
Ho Chi Minh City 15:30 13/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City has more than 1.57 million elderly residents and is projected to become an aged society by 2038, prompting the development of a five-tiered healthcare model ranging from community and home-based care to residential facilities and hospitals.
Ho Chi Minh City, Hamburg seek closer ties to attract German investment
Ho Chi Minh City 15:17 13/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city, in transport, logistics, high technology, and renewable energy to attract more German investment.
Eight people hurt in supermarket stabbing in South Korea's Incheon, police say
World 15:03 13/10/2026Eight people were wounded in a stabbing at a supermarket in the South Korean city of Incheon on Tuesday, with one person suffering cardiac arrest, police said.
Da Nang arrests 4 foreigners wanted by Interpol
Vietnam News 14:42 13/10/2026Police in Da Nang City, central Vietnam have arrested four foreign nationals wanted by Interpol, including three South Koreans and one Mongolian, who were hiding in the city, and handed them over to authorities in their home countries.
French firm Pasqal proposes bringing quantum computer to Vietnam
Vietnam News 19:52 13/10/2026French quantum computing company Pasqal has proposed a partnership with Vietnamese technology group FPT to bring a quantum computer to Vietnam for research, training, and application development.
Vietnam Spotlight Podcast: Visa exemption for Chinese tour groups visiting Khanh Hoa, program to build national sound archive
Vietnam News 19:00 13/10/2026Vietnam has begun piloting a visa exemption for Chinese tour groups visiting Khanh Hoa Province. Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Monday launched a program to gradually establish a national sound archive and an interactive music map. And more in our podcast.
Da Nang arrests 4 foreigners wanted by Interpol
Vietnam News 14:42 13/10/2026Police in Da Nang City, central Vietnam have arrested four foreign nationals wanted by Interpol, including three South Koreans and one Mongolian, who were hiding in the city, and handed them over to authorities in their home countries.
Vietnam police question teen boy over staged traffic accident video
Vietnam News 11:05 13/10/2026Police in Thai Thuy Commune, Hung Yen Province, northern Vietnam have summoned a 16-year-old boy for questioning after he posted a staged traffic accident video on social media for entertainment, authorities said on Monday.
Five former urban order collaborators accused of taking bribes to ignore sidewalk violations in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 10:39 13/10/2026The Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy on Monday indicted five former collaborators of the urban order team in the former Pham Ngu Lao Ward for taking bribes between November 2021 and December 2023 in exchange for allowing businesses to encroach on sidewalks and roadways without facing penalties.
Ho Chi Minh City plans for aging population as number of elderly residents tops 1.5mn
Ho Chi Minh City 15:30 13/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City has more than 1.57 million elderly residents and is projected to become an aged society by 2038, prompting the development of a five-tiered healthcare model ranging from community and home-based care to residential facilities and hospitals.
Ho Chi Minh City, Hamburg seek closer ties to attract German investment
Ho Chi Minh City 15:17 13/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city, in transport, logistics, high technology, and renewable energy to attract more German investment.
Rainfall expected to increase in Ho Chi Minh City through midweek
Ho Chi Minh City 15:09 12/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City and other parts of southern Vietnam may see more widespread showers and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday, with heavy downpours possible in some areas and high tides increasing the risk of flooding in low-lying neighborhoods.
Ho Chi Minh City grapples with 120 waste hotspots
Ho Chi Minh City 14:02 12/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City had recorded 120 waste accumulation hotspots as of mid-September 15, including 13 newly identified sites.
4 chefs bring global flavors to Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 12:22 12/10/2026Four renowned chefs from upscale restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City have joined forces for a nearly two-month-long culinary program aimed at offering new dining experiences to local and international visitors.
