Ho Chi Minh City green-lights largest-ever social housing development
Ho Chi Minh City 21:47 13/10/2026The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved an investment policy and investor for its largest social housing project, which is set to cover 192 hectares of land in Ba Diem Commune and accommodate 67,645 residents.
Vietnam targets EC's IUU fishing 'yellow card' removal as top political priority: Deputy PM
Vietnam News 20:26 13/10/2026Vietnam must treat the removal of the European Commission's (EC) 'yellow card' warning on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a particularly important political task through the end of 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung told a meeting of the national steering committee for combating IUU fishing on Tuesday.
Saigon River waterway to close temporarily as $38mn pedestrian bridge's main span joined
Vietnam News 21:26 13/10/2026Waterway traffic on the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City will be temporarily suspended on October 19, 21, and 22 to facilitate the installation and joining of the main steel arch of a pedestrian bridge worth nearly VND1 trillion (US$38 million).
Vietnam condemns attacks on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
Vietnam News 21:49 13/10/2026Vietnam condemns recent attacks on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia that have caused civilian casualties and threatened peace and stability in the region and the world.
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.
Expert on what has happened to Ho Chi Minh City’s tidal flooding over past decade
In-Depth 20:19 13/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City’s high tides have risen over the past decade, with peak levels repeatedly breaking records year after year. What is driving increasingly severe tidal flooding?
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.
Vietnamese police arrest 11 suspects over violent 'online gangster' films
Vietnam News 22:19 13/10/2026Police in Dong Nai City, southern Vietnam have arrested 11 suspects for allegedly producing and distributing violent short films about 'online gangsters' — individuals who display gangster-like behavior in cyberspace — on YouTube and Facebook to attract views and likes and make illicit profits.
In Vietnam, unpredictable weather raises risk of asthma attacks, especially in severe cases
Vietnam News 22:02 13/10/2026Unpredictable weather, with chilly mornings and evenings and dry, sunny conditions at midday, can trigger asthma exacerbations, particularly among people with severe asthma in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City's housing market sees price stabilisation, sharper buyer segmentation
Economy 21:50 13/10/2026According to Avison Young Vietnam, improved planning and infrastructure development have helped ease market uncertainty and prevented a complete freeze. More than 25,000 apartments are expected to enter the market in multiple launches between 2027 and 2030, with many projects scheduled to benefit from infrastructure improvements around 2030.
Vietnam's Apax Leaders branch linked to ‘Shark Thuy’ owes $630,000 in taxes amid $323mn fraud case
Vietnam News 20:56 13/10/2026A Ho Chi Minh City branch of Apax Leaders, part of the education empire linked to Vietnamese businessman Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, or ‘Shark Thuy,' owes more than VND16.5 billion (US$630,000) in taxes.
Expert on what has happened to Ho Chi Minh City’s tidal flooding over past decade
In-Depth 20:19 13/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City’s high tides have risen over the past decade, with peak levels repeatedly breaking records year after year. What is driving increasingly severe tidal flooding?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vietnamese police arrest 11 suspects over violent 'online gangster' films
Vietnam News 22:19 13/10/2026Police in Dong Nai City, southern Vietnam have arrested 11 suspects for allegedly producing and distributing violent short films about 'online gangsters' — individuals who display gangster-like behavior in cyberspace — on YouTube and Facebook to attract views and likes and make illicit profits.
In Vietnam, unpredictable weather raises risk of asthma attacks, especially in severe cases
Vietnam News 22:02 13/10/2026Unpredictable weather, with chilly mornings and evenings and dry, sunny conditions at midday, can trigger asthma exacerbations, particularly among people with severe asthma in Vietnam.
Vietnam's Apax Leaders branch linked to ‘Shark Thuy’ owes $630,000 in taxes amid $323mn fraud case
Vietnam News 20:56 13/10/2026A Ho Chi Minh City branch of Apax Leaders, part of the education empire linked to Vietnamese businessman Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, or ‘Shark Thuy,' owes more than VND16.5 billion (US$630,000) in taxes.
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.
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.
