Sources: BBC News
Vietnam begins to vaccinate children in Ho Chi Minh City where 1,500 teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 years old are eligible to receive the vaccine as part of an effort to reopen schools after a six-month closure. 2021-10-27
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 reports their first two locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in 55 days in Hải Dương and Quảng Ninh provinces, with one of them linked to the B.1.1.7 variant. 2021-01-28
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
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives in Vietnam, ahead of his two-day summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in the capital Hanoi. 2019-02-25
Vietnam’s new marriage law goes into effect, abolishing regulations that “prohibit marriage between people of the same sex.” 2015-01-1
Typhoon Kai-tak hits southeast China, leaving at least two people dead and affecting 530,000. At least 27 people are reported dead in north Vietnam. 2012-08-19
Vietnamese soldiers clash with thousands of Hmong Christians in Dien Bien Province demanding religious freedom and autonomy in the northwest of the country, in the worst ethnic unrest in Vietnam in years. The US-based Center for Public Policy Analysis claims that at least 28 protesters were killed and hundreds more were missing, while 3,000 protesters remained at the site, according to officials. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-pacific-13284122 (BBC)] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20110716045537-http:--www.straitstimes.com-BreakingNews-SEAsia-Story-STIStory_665607.html (Straits Times)] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-235516-vietnam-troops-use-force-at-rare-hmong-protest ("Bangkok Post")]date=July 2019 2011-05-5
Prominent Vietnamese dissident Cu Huy Ha Vu appeals his sentence for "anti-state propaganda". 2011-04-21
A proposal to develop nuclear energy is discussed at an energy policy meeting held by Asean in Da Lat, Vietnam. 2010-07-22