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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 reports a record 737 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,277.
2021-08-22

Vietnam bans the import of wildlife and wildlife products in an effort to prevent new pandemics.
2020-07-24

The death toll from heavy floods in Vietnam rises to 27, while seven other people are missing.
2018-07-24

Vietnam says a Chinese vessel rammed into and sank one of its fishing boats near disputed islands in the South China Sea. More than 20 Vietnamese fishing boats have been attacked by Chinese vessels this year causing tensions between both countries.
2015-10-15

The Philippines asks the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague to invalidate China's claims to virtually all of the South China Sea. The hearing was attended by observers from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
2015-07-9

China imposes a "fishing permit" rule in the South China Sea, much to the chagrin of the United States, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
2014-01-10

Typhoon Nari hits central Vietnam with over 122,000 people being evacuated.
2013-10-15

The Singaporean container ship "Sima Sapphire" collides and sinks a Vietnamese fishing vessel about 50 nautical miles to the south of Vũng Tàu, leaving one dead.
2013-09-16

An anti-China protest takes place in Hanoi, Vietnam, for the second weekend in a row, amid a territorial dispute between the two countries.
2011-06-12