Sources: Vietnam News
The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new president, succeeding Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. 2023-03-2
Germany reclassifies the United States, Israel, Turkey, Kenya, Montenegro and Vietnam as "high risk" COVID-19 areas, triggering mandatory 10-day quarantines for unvaccinated travellers unless they can show a negative test after five days. The changes will be in effect from August 17 for Turkey and from August 15 for the rest of the countries. 2021-08-13
Floods kill at least two people in Cambodia and five in Vietnam. 2020-10-11
Da Nang becomes Vietnam's first province or centrally governed city to reinstate social distancing measures after two new local infection COVID-19 cases with unknown source of transmission. 2020-07-26
At least 24 people die after floods strike across Vietnam. In the south, nearly 3,900 houses and more than 22,000 hectares of crops are submerged, mostly in Lam Dong Province. Floods also damage more than 30km of national roads, including the road leading to the tourist city of Dalat and destroy 142 hectares of aquarium farming and 4,300 cages of river-raised fish. 2019-08-12
Landslides due to rains from a tropical storm have killed 13 people and left four others missing in south-central Vietnam. 2018-11-19
Tropical Storm Son-Tinh kills 20 people, injures 14 more and leaves at least 16 missing in Vietnam. 2018-07-21
Vietnamese banking tycoon Nguyen Duc Kien is sentenced to 30 years in prison in Vietnam on charges of tax evasion, violating state economic regulations, fraud, and running an illegal business. 2014-06-9