US climber scales Taiwan's tallest building Taipei 101 without ropes
World 16:03 25/01/2026TAIPEI - U.S. climber Alex Honnold scaled the Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes or safety netting on Sunday, watched by thousands of cheering and waving fans as he clambered up one of the world's tallest buildings.
Ho Chi Minh City downtown building catches fire
Vietnam News 10:31 13/08/2022Functional forces reported minor property damage
Hanoi begins renovating old French villa
Vietnam News 11:47 28/04/2022The renovation is expected to be complete in March 2023
Officetel developer in Da Nang fined over construction violations
Vietnam News 15:36 06/06/2021Summit Building Company has been fined US$6,540 after several violations were detected
Edifice in Ho Chi Minh 'university village' wins world architecture award
Travel 17:13 16/10/2020The project was designed in 2014 and put into operation in October 2019
Ho Chi Minh City puts forward preservation plan for French-era railway HQ
Travel 19:39 26/06/2020Completed in 1914, the building originally belonged to the Indochina Railway Company
Lecturer falls to death from 14th floor in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 12:02 07/04/2020Dr. Bui Quang Tin fell to his death after drinking with eight other people on Sunday
2 killed, 13 hospitalized as fire engulfs building in north-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:50 17/01/2020The fire broke out on the building’s second floor and quickly engulfed the entirety of the 14-story office
4-yo Vietnamese girl falls to death from 25th floor in Hanoi
Vietnam News 18:36 13/01/2020The girl was already dead when people reached her
Agriculture official falls to death from Hanoi apartment building
Vietnam News 17:26 16/08/2019The victim was a deputy director of the Vietnamese capital’s agriculture department
Experts concerned about high-rises clouding Da Nang beachfront
Vietnam News 19:03 05/07/2019These buildings have blocked the view of the sea, occupied public space, and placed enormous pressure on local infrastructure
Images of a dilapidated apartments in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 15:07 14/12/2018The building has been declared ‘unfit for human habitation’
