
Da Nang national highway severely damaged
Vietnam News 15:36 16/09/2025National Highway 14D in Da Nang City, central Vietnam, which connects the Nam Giang International Border Gate on the Vietnam–Laos border with Ho Chi Minh Road, National Highway 1, and seaports in the central region, has severely deteriorated, with the road surface crumbling and deep potholes cropping up.

Traffic interrupted as downpour submerges national highway in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:47 07/09/2022A section of National Highway No. 51 in Dong Nai Province was submerged following a heavy rain

Gridlock occurs on national highway following heavy rain in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:47 20/06/2022The situation was exacerbated when two cars and a van broke down in the middle of the road

Vietnam imposes nine-day ban on national highway to deal with UXO
Vietnam News 16:51 06/11/2020All people and vehicles are banned from entering a section of National Highway 9B from November 5 to 13

Two wartime explosives uncovered during repair of Vietnam’s national highway
Vietnam News 10:50 29/10/2020They were about 2.6 meters in length and 340 kilograms in weight

80m section of national highway sinks into river in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 18:22 01/08/2019No one was harmed as the subsidence happened early in the morning

National highway at risk of sinking in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 20:00 29/07/2019The situation is attributed to a change in river flow and weak ground

National highway in south-central Vietnam ruined by giant potholes
Vietnam News 18:24 29/11/2018The damaged section of the highway was opened to traffic just three years ago

Locals occupy Vietnam’s lifeline highway to protest polluting factory project
Vietnam News 15:02 17/03/2018Part of Vietnam’s National Highway 1 was blocked for over seven hours as people demonstrated opposition to a planned seafood factory

National highway becomes ‘river’ following downpour in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:53 06/09/2017The floodwater was about one meter high