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Four people are killed and at least 78 people are injured by Typhoon Yagi in Hải Dương and Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam, as it makes landfall in Hanoi.
2024-09-7

Vietnam reports a record 14,224 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 449,489.
2021-08-30

Vietnam reports a record 3,718 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 47,904.
2021-07-17

Around 468,000 people are to be evacuated in Vietnam ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Vamco, which has already killed 53 people in the Philippines. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc warns people of the seriousness of the storm.
2020-11-14

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

A Vietnamese court sentences six high-profile Brotherhood for Democracy activists to prison on charges of attempting to overthrow the government, with the longest sentence handed to human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài.
2018-04-5

30 people are to be executed in Vietnam for smuggling drugs.
2014-01-20

Vietnam’s Minister of Justice, Hà Hùng Cường, becomes the second government minister after the Health Minister to back plans to legalize same-sex marriage in Vietnam when he submits a draft of an amended Law on Marriage and Family to the government.
2013-07-30

In a first, India has offered a $100-million credit line to Vietnam to purchase military equipment. It will be used for purchasing four patrol boats.
2013-07-28

A Cambodian court issues an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, for failing to turn up at court over a border dispute with Vietnam. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-1-hi-world-asia-pacific-8436851.stm (BBC)] [http:--www.phnompenhpost.com-index.php-2010010130589-National-news-opposition-leader-repudiates-political-charges-against-him.html ("Phnom Penh Post")]date=August 2019
2010-01-1