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Vietnam approves a US$67 billion 1541 km high speed rail line from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, which will be an updated version of the North–South express railway proposal.
2024-11-30

Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured in a building fire in a densely populated area of Hanoi, Vietnam.
2024-05-24

At least 56 people are killed and 37 others are injured in a fire at a nine-story apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam.
2023-09-13

A court in Hanoi, Vietnam, sentences two Facebook users to lengthy jail sentences for "conducting propaganda against the state". One man was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of house arrest while another man was given a six-year prison term and three years of house arrest.
2021-12-15

Vietnamese authorities launch a plan to conduct COVID-19 testing of up to 1.5 million people in higher-risk areas of Hanoi in order to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 infections as the capital extends its COVID-19-related restrictions for two more weeks.
2021-09-6

Vietnam's strictest social distancing measures are imposed in Hanoi for the next 15 days under "Directive 16" which requires people to stay home except for essential reasons in order to prevent further spread of COVID-19.
2021-07-24

The United Kingdom and Vietnam sign a free trade agreement, which will take effect on December 31, following a meeting between UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh at the State Guest House in Hanoi, Vietnam.
2020-12-29

The United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee permits those North Koreans on its global travel ban list to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, for the second summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
2019-02-20

North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un is to arrive in Vietnam on February 25 ahead of the second summit meeting between the two leaders on February 27–28 in Hanoi.
2019-02-16

A Russian-made Mil Mi-17 crashes in the Thạch Thất District of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi with 16 people dead.
2014-07-7