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The Hanoi police are testing unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with artificial intelligence to detect traffic violations, sidewalk encroachments, and illegal dumping of waste.

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As the cost of overseas education rises and visa requirements become more stringent in some destinations, a growing number of students from Vietnam's specialized schools are considering international universities in Vietnam as part of…

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A 527-passenger high-speed ferry will start sailing between central Ho Chi Minh City and the remote island of Con Dao on June 6, restoring the only direct sea link from the city to one of Vietnam's most storied destinations after a…

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Hanoi is considering allowing certain tourist venues to remain open through the night to extend visitors' stay and increase their spending.

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Long Thanh International Airport will begin trial runs of its facilities and equipment in September, the first of three testing phases set to run through November before the airport starts commercial operations in December.

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Vietnam's government has approved a plan to develop three additional universities to the standards of Asia's leading higher education institutions.

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Authorities in Dong Nai City have approved the design for a 43-km road linking the region's industrial heartland to Long Thanh, Vietnam's largest airport, advancing one of several connector routes before the airport begins commercial…

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More than 151,000 teenagers in Ho Chi Minh City sat their high school entrance exam on June 1 facing an unusual prompt drawn from a story about a robot learning to feel: are humans starting to live like machines?

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With four months remaining before its planned technical operation phase, Vietnam's mega-airport project in southern Dong Nai City has completed nearly 76% of its total workload.

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Vietnam has come through its most intense May heat in five years and faces little respite, with forecasters expecting one to two more widespread heatwaves in June that could again push temperatures past 40 degrees Celsius.

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Vietnam's state president has granted the 2026 amnesty to 9,950 inmates serving prison sentences who meet eligibility criteria, according to an official decision announced at a press conference in Hanoi on Sunday.

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A Hanoi high school senior has won a full undergraduate scholarship from the German government, claiming one of 116 spots awarded worldwide in a program that mainly funds master's and doctoral candidates.

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A major new interchange connecting Long Thanh airport with two key expressways linking Ho Chi Minh City has partially opened, reducing congestion and eliminating an 18-km detour for drivers.

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Hanoi plans to move parking, shops, transit and utilities underground into one connected network, easing a surface running out of room, under a master plan that treats the underground as a "second city".

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Hanoi plans to charge motor vehicles for entering its center from 2028, adding a congestion toll to its tightening curbs on gasoline motorbikes as the bike-clogged capital tries to cut traffic and clean its air.

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A thunderstorm broke days of fierce heat in Hanoi late on May 28, bringing lightning and rain that left some streets up to 50 cm deep in water and snarled rush-hour traffic across the Vietnamese capital.

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Ho Chi Minh City will need to complete around 180 km of new metro line within five years, expanding its operating network roughly tenfold, after the Politburo set a target of 200 km of urban rail running by 2030.

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Ha Huy Tai, chair of Tulane University's mathematics department, will spend two to three months a year in Hanoi for three years co-supervising Vietnamese doctoral candidates.

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The Hanoi People's Court on Wednesday handed down sentences to 10 defendants in a major corruption and economic mismanagement case involving the Ministry of Health and related agencies, after one week of trial and deliberation.

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Lang station's 41.1 C reading on May 26 was Hanoi's second-highest May temperature on record, while five stations across the north broke or tied their May highs.

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A heatwave gripping Vietnam has driven hospital admissions up 20-30%, with doctors reporting more cases of kidney failure among young workers, strokes in elderly patients, and a surge in psychiatric emergencies.

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Thousands of Hanoi residents flocked to water parks, the Red River and West Lake on May 26 to escape a heatwave that pushed temperatures in the city to up to 41.1 C.

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A 10-year-old boy in central Vietnam was taken to hospital with facial bruising and ringing in his ears after his foreign English tutor allegedly slapped him during a private lesson.

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Vietnam is expected to enter a more intense period of heatwaves, heavy rain and tropical storms from next month as meteorological authorities warn of hazardous weather across much of the country during the peak rainy and typhoon season.

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Severe heat is forecast to grip northern and central Vietnam for another two to three days, with Hanoi climbing to 40.7 degrees Celsius on May 25 and nearby Phu Tho topping the country at 40.8.

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Ho Chi Minh City police have detained 50 people over a drug network centered on a popular Vung Tau bar where a pre-dawn raid found patrons using cannabis-laced vape pods, officers announced on May 25.

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Amid a widespread heatwave sweeping across Vietnam, airport staff are working under extreme conditions, battling tarmac temperatures of up to 80 degrees Celsius (176 F) to keep flights safe and on schedule.

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Vietnam's top mathematics institute warned that students leaning too heavily on AI to solve problems risk an "intellectual decline," with both researchers and officials raising alarm about how much of the work of learning is being…

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Foreigners who marry Vietnamese citizens and reside in Vietnam are exempt from the country's work permit requirement under Vietnam's labor law. The exemption however does not grant foreign spouses the same unrestricted right to work as…

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Hanoi reached 40.7C on May 25 as severe heat spread across northern and central Vietnam, with the wave forecast to persist through May 28.

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Bên cạnh các ưu đãi mua sắm và quà tặng đặc biệt, UNIQLO Việt Nam tiếp tục đóng góp một phần doanh thu từ bộ sưu tập UT Mickey Mouse in Vietnam cho Quỹ Hy vọng nhằm xây dựng thêm 2 điểm trường tại xã Trà Vân, TP. Đà Nẵng.

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A married couple operating a luxury goods store in Ho Chi Minh City has been arrested for allegedly selling counterfeit products from major international brands, including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Rolex on social media.

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Authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with a shooting that targeted a group of foreigners in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, leaving one person dead and another injured.

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Vietnam's Health Ministry has proposed banning people born from Jan. 1, 2010 from buying or using tobacco, advancing the country toward a U.K.-style "smoke-free generation."

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A 41-year-old woman in Vietnam's central Da Nang City is under investigation for orchestrating the murder of her husband by persuading his two teenage sons to kill him in an alleged plot to seize his assets.

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As more foreigners move to Vietnam for long-term work and residence, questions are rising about when a temporary residence card is required, who is eligible to apply, and how it compares to a standard visa in terms of validity, benefits,…

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Northern and central Vietnam are expected to enter a new heatwave by the end of this week. Temperatures in many areas are forecast to surpass 40 C (104 F), ending a recent streak of thunderstorms caused by wind convergence.

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Authorities in four Hanoi wards are demolishing homes and paying compensation in a final push to clear the way for Ring Road 2.5, with cleared sites due for handover to contractors by June 30.

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The widespread modification of electric bikes is turning public roads into racetracks for many young people in Vietnam.

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Hanoi's 100-year master plan is set to mold the capital into a "Smart – Green – Multi-polar – Multi-center" city, with artificial intelligence (AI), transit-oriented development (TOD), and a 1,153 km metro system serving as strategic…

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The Hanoi People's Court on Wednesday opened the first-instance trial of former Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and nine other defendants for violations tied to the state property management and use at the Ministry of Health and…

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A woman caught wearing and carrying more than 2 kg of gold jewelry at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat airport has led police to a smuggling ring that moved an estimated VND300 billion ($11.4 million) worth of gold from Cambodia into…

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Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security has launched a unified software platform to streamline temporary residence declarations for foreigners and lodging notifications for all Vietnamese citizens.

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As demand for international education grows in central Vietnam, families are increasingly looking beyond campus size and facilities to evaluate how schools balance academic quality, international exposure, and student support.

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The Ministry of Health has intensified monitoring measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global health emergency.

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Hanoi plans to build a second international airport in the south of the capital, conceived as an "airport city" tied to a free trade zone, logistics and high-tech industry, under a 100-year master plan.

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Streets across Hanoi's inner city have been barricaded and coated in dust as the capital builds new drainage systems, ring roads and Red River bridges all at once, tearing down structures to clear the way.

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Phu Quoc, which drew more than 8.1 million visitors last year, will be remade into a world-class destination for tourism and high-end services as it prepares to host the APEC summit in 2027.

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Five teenage students drowned in northern Vietnam on May 18 after one was caught in a powerful river current and four friends jumped in to attempt a rescue.

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Police in Vietnam have seized 84 metric tons of monazite, a radioactive rare earth ore, and detained a company director accused of preparing to ship the material abroad.

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With a history spanning nearly two centuries, King's College School Wimbledon has selected Ho Chi Minh City as its next destination, bringing its long-standing educational excellence to Vietnamese students and families.

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The number of storms and tropical depressions forming over the East Sea and affecting Vietnam's mainland in 2026 is forecast to be lower than the multi-year average, although unusual weather patterns and extreme events remain possible,…

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Relevant departments, agencies and units have been asked to ensure all necessary conditions are in place to commence construction of the Thu Thiem – Long Thanh railway project before July 2, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Ho…

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Severe thunderstorms and strong winds battered Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, ripping off metal roofs and toppling fences near Tan Son Nhat International Airport before gridlocking evening traffic.

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The Ministry of Public Security said it would strengthen the management of foreigners living and traveling in Vietnam, while maintaining relatively open visa and immigration policies aimed at supporting tourism, investment and economic…

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Hanoi has approved a long-term urban development strategy aimed at encouraging residents to relocate from the capital’s densely populated historic center to new metro-connected suburban developments, as part of a 100-year master plan.

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The drive from central Ho Chi Minh City to Long Thanh international airport will shrink to about 30 minutes by 2027 once a wave of expressway projects is complete, Vietnam's Deputy Construction Minister Le Anh Tuan said.

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The drive from central Ho Chi Minh City to Long Thanh international airport will shrink to about 30 minutes by 2027 once a wave of expressway projects is complete, Vietnam's Deputy Construction Minister Le Anh Tuan said.

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The Hanoi People's Committee plans to restrict the circulation of certain private vehicles on selected streets from 2035, with the timing tied to the completion of the city's urban rail network.

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The Hanoi People's Committee has approved a 100-year master plan, setting out a vision to transform the Vietnamese capital into a civilized, modern and happy metropolis of time-honored culture and an innovation center with strong…

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The results of an international AS Level Mathematics exam have been canceled in multiple countries including Vietnam, after what organizers described as an unprecedented paper leak, forcing candidates to retake the test.

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Ngo Dac Tuan, who scored a perfect 42 at the International Mathematical Olympiad, is one of six mathematicians joining Fields Medal laureate Ngo Bao Chau's mission to retain Vietnam's math talent.

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Vietnam's Dong Nai City has approved plans for a 6,318-hectare urban zone at the western gateway of Long Thanh International Airport, an area slightly larger than Manhattan that will eventually house up to 450,000 people.

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Around 1,350 workers at Uniwin Vietnam Co., Ltd. have had to stop working after a massive fire that destroyed 9,000 square meters of the company's factory has caused it to suspend operations.

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The operator of Vietnam's Long Thanh International Airport said three major railway projects are now set to converge on a single land corridor leading into the passenger terminal, overlapping infrastructure and potentially disrupting…

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Hanoi eateries are moving their tables off sidewalks and to wherever they else can find space as the police intensify a crackdown on encroachment and other urban order violations.

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Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested two men accused of passing off 15 tons of pork as beef after soaking it in pig blood and a banned chemical.

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Ho Chi Minh City has ordered every teacher to self-assess their English proficiency by May 12, exempting only those who teach the language, as the country pushes to make English a second language in schools by 2035.

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Hot weather is forecast to persist in southern Vietnam until around May 15, while scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected from May 16 onward, according to the national meteorological agency.

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Two internationally recognized scientists, including one ranked among the world's top 1% researchers in engineering, will teach postgraduate courses at Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City and supervise research activities at…

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Vietnam's Copyright Office has ordered businesses and individuals to stop using pirated software, part of a nationwide intellectual property crackdown running through May 30 that requires authorities to handle at least 20% more violation…

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A delivery driver in Ho Chi Minh City was left with a bloody nose after being punched in the face by an enraged customer who claimed to have received the wrong model of a dog grooming clipper.

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Mariano Narodowski piensa la educación desde hace años, desde hace más de cuatro décadas. Es educador, profesor en la Universidad Di Tella, fue ministro de Educación en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y ha publicado una serie de libros que…

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Vietnam and Cambodia have taken preventive measures against hantavirus disease over a recent cruise ship outbreak, including health monitoring of passengers entering international airports.

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The Bien Hoa protective forest, planted more than 30 years ago, takes root among industrial parks and dense housing in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai and is regarded as the area's "green lung."

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A group of students from Hanoi Medical University has successfully published an international study on stomach cancer in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

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A fatal road accident involving a foreign motorbike renter has raised legal questions over whether vehicle owners can be held responsible under Vietnam's traffic and penal laws.

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A nearly 4-km section of Provincial Road 25B has opened to traffic, lit end to end by synchronized streetlights as a highlight of road connection between Ho Chi Minh City and the new Long Thanh international airport.

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After a decade of neglect, Van Hoa Castle in Hai Phong in northern Vietnam, once home to the country’s first casino, is set for restoration under a major tourism project.

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Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with the press on May 8, during which they announced the outcomes of their just-ended talks in Colombo, including the upgrade of…

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As Vietnam pushes to expand the digital economy over the next decade, companies are increasingly looking for professionals who can combine business strategy with technology expertise.

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Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on May 7, beginning a two-day state visit to Sri Lanka at the invitation of Sri Lankan President Anura…

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Lần đầu tiên, một trường tư thục Việt Nam góp mặt trong nhóm “Trường tư thục được khuyến nghị toàn cầu” của Spear’s Schools Index 2026, ghi nhận một chương trình giáo dục quốc tế tại Việt Nam đang tiệm cận các chuẩn mực khắt khe của thế…

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Brighton College Vietnam has been included in the "Top Recommended Private Schools Globally" category of the Spear's Schools Index 2026, becoming one of the first schools in Vietnam to receive the recognition.

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Southern Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, is set for a mix of cloudy skies and intermittent sunshine over the coming days, with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected in the late afternoon and evening.

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Vietnam's capital Hanoi wants to shut down a 7-kilometer stretch of one of its busiest expressways to speed up construction of a connection road to Gia Binh International Airport.

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Vietnam's Prime Minister has ordered a high-intensity nationwide campaign against intellectual property violations, including the dismantling of high-traffic websites distributing pirated films, music, video games and television content.

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A doctor from Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi provided emergency care to a foreign passenger who suffered facial paralysis while on a flight to France.

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Raising the total fertility rate (TFR) by an average of 2% annually is a key target under a Ministry of Health plan implementing the program on ensuring replacement-level fertility by 2030.

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The 120-km Hanoi-Ha Long high-speed railway, set to open by the end of 2028, will pass through four cities and provinces and cut travel time from the capital to Ha Long Bay from 2.5 hours to 23 minutes.

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Image by DC Studio on Magnific , CC BY Across Africa and beyond, education systems are shifting to curricula designed to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Competency-based curricula put learners at the centre. They are…

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Image by DC Studio on Magnific , CC BY Across Africa and beyond, education systems are shifting to curricula designed to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Competency-based curricula put learners at the centre. They are…

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A South Korean businessman was found dead on May 2 after going missing during a stand-up paddleboarding outing in Ho Chi Minh City the previous day, ending an overnight search involving more than 100 rescue personnel.

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Hailstorms and thunderstorms on Saturday evening injured five people and tore the roofs off roughly 350 houses across Hanoi and several northern provinces.

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A Vietnamese software engineer has secured a position at OpenAI after passing multiple rounds of highly competitive interviews, a journey he says was ultimately shaped by witnessing how ChatGPT is changing lives in rural Vietnam.

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Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on Saturday hosted an official welcome ceremony for Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

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Vietnam has selected three more universities in Ho Chi Minh City for priority state investment as it pushes to place at least eight higher education institutions among Asia's top 200 by 2030.

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in Hanoi on the evening of May 1, starting her official visit to Vietnam from May 1–3 at the invitation of Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.

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Thousands gathered at squares and along riverbanks to watch fireworks light up the night skies over Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai in celebration of the 51st anniversary of national reunification on April 30.

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Thousands of cars and motorbikes streaming out of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi backed up at major exits Thursday morning, the first day of the four-day Reunification Day and May Day holidays.

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Ho Chi Minh City broke ground on April 29 on a VND50 trillion ($1.9 billion) package of urban projects, anchored by a new administrative complex in Thu Thiem with a plaza built for half a million people and the redevelopment of the…

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Tesla Education has joined a small group of schools in Ho Chi Minh City offering the full International Baccalaureate (IB) Continuum after completing a five-year process to implement the full IB pathway from primary through secondary…

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Two students from Ton Duc Thang University and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education recently published a paper in a prestigious, century-old Q1 mathematics journal.

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 1 - 3, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

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57 học sinh khóa 2026 đã nộp 273 hồ sơ tới 150 trường đại học trên thế giới – con số kỷ lục của trường. Đến nay, các em nhận thư mời từ 75 trường, trong đó nhiều trường thuộc top 100 QS.

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Five ancient stone axes believed to date back thousands of years have been discovered in En Cave within Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park complex in central Vietnam.

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A prolonged heatwave has caused severe losses for aquaculture farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, with shrimp and crabs dying on a large scale as pond water dries up and salinity levels rise.

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Vietnam has reiterated its opposition to any foreign activities in the Spratly and Paracel Islands that are conducted without its permission, in response to reports of military exercises by Taiwan on Ba Binh Island.

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Thousands of people flocked to the Hung Temple historic site in northern Phu Tho Province Sunday to offer incense and pay tribute to the Hung Kings, who according to legends founded the country nearly 5,000 years ago.

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Work started on Lien Chieu Container Port in central Da Nang City on April 25, aiming to boost logistics services, port-based industry and urban development while strengthening Vietnam’s position on global shipping routes.

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Dong Nai Province has proposed a 41-kilometer extension of Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line to establish a direct link between Ho Chi Minh City center and the new Long Thanh mega airport.

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Ho Chi Minh City plans to introduce 13 direct bus routes to Long Thanh International Airport in neighboring Dong Nai Province to develop a high-quality airport bus network.

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Hanoi will trial a low-emission zone on 11 streets in downtown Hoan Kiem Ward from July 1, banning gasoline-powered motorbikes from 6 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and from 6 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays and Sundays.

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Vietnam plans to join international clinical trials of mRNA-based cancer vaccines and other next-generation vaccines starting in 2026, in a move aimed at strengthening its capacity in advanced biomedical research and treatment.

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Students at St. Paul American School Hanoi received offers from a wide range of leading universities worldwide in the 2026 admissions cycle, reflecting the school's structured approach to international university preparation.

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A senior at an IT-specialized high school in Hanoi has secured early admission to Duke University after combining top-tier academics with community initiatives and a deeply reflective personal essay.

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A Vietnamese medical practitioner waiting for her flight performed about 15 minutes of chest compressions on a stranger who collapsed at Cat Bi International Airport in Hai Phong, keeping him alive until airport medics arrived and took…

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Four Lao nationals who were hired to pose as tourists and smuggle more than 143 kg of narcotics into Vietnam were sentenced to life in prison on April 20 at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Long Thanh International Airport, Vietnam's largest-ever aviation project, is short of nearly 6,000 workers to finish on time, raising the prospect that it will miss its opening deadline this year, its state investor has warned.

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Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam will likely enter the rainy season in early May, about 10 days earlier than usual, forecasters said, warning of thunderstorms, tornadoes and hail.

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A 35-year-old French tourist underwent emergency surgery in Vietnam for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy recently, nearly a month after doctors in France twice misdiagnosed her condition as a miscarriage.

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The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has launched its first round of recruitment for Long Thanh International Airport as Vietnam's largest-ever infrastructure project is scheduled to begin operations by the end of 2026.

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Nearly 40% of job seekers in Ho Chi Minh City fall within the middle-aged group (36-49 years), but employers' demand for this demographic is less than minuscule.

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El informe de seguimiento de la educación en el mundo 2026 de la UNESCO (GEM, por sus siglas en inglés) ofrece un análisis de una cifra que impacta. Uno de cada seis niños del mundo, que se encuentra en edad escolar, está fuera del sistema…

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The Airports Corporation of Vietnam has proposed that international flights should move gradually from Ho Chi Minh City to Long Thanh International Airport in neighboring Dong Nai Province starting this year.

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Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island is racing to finish 21 major projects before it hosts the APEC 2027 summit, with only 9 to 15 months left and a deepening labor shortage.

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A 2-year-old girl in Vietnam died after her father, handling a drop-off that was normally his wife's job, forgot to take her to daycare and left her in a locked car for more than five hours amid outdoor temperatures of above 37 degrees…

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The pink slicks, matcha-green water and foul-smelling film that unsettled beachgoers in Vung Tau in early April came from a bloom of sea sawdust, a tropical cyanobacterium occasionally known to turn warm seas crimson, authorities have…