Sources: AP via Google News
The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi's impact on the Philippines rises to at least 142, with 127 others missing. The storm has left the country's territory and made landfall in central Vietnam. 2025-11-6
One person is killed by Tropical Storm Wipha in Nghệ An province, Vietnam. 2025-07-23
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
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says that the country has agreed with Vietnam to boost its defense ties and resume flights amid Chinese influence in the regions. 2020-10-19
Around 40 people die in Vietnam and Cambodia as Tropical Storm Nangka impacts the area. Scores of others, including rescue workers, are missing. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc orders more rescue troops to be sent to the region. 2020-10-13
In what is seen as an increase in arrests of political activists, a court in Vietnam sentences a 29-year-old Facebook user to eight years in prison for making anti-government posts, including several criticizing communist leader Ho Chi Minh. The man was also sentenced to serve three years of house arrest after finishing his prison term. 2020-07-7
A court in Vietnam sentences a man to one and a half years in jail for posting anti-government content on Facebook. 2020-04-27
Seven people are killed and many others are in critical condition after suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in Hanoi, Vietnam. 2018-09-17
Vietnam reelects conservative Nguyễn Phú Trọng as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, a member of the Politburo, is expected to replace Nguyễn Tấn Dũng as prime minister. Dũng is not eligible for another term. 2016-01-27
Vietnam accuses China of cutting seismic survey cables from one of its ships in the South China Sea. 2012-12-3