Sources: BBC News
Three ships successfully cross the Strait of Hormuz since the blockade was announced, including Marshall Islands-flagged vessel "New Future", Vietnam-flagged "NV Sunshine", and Panama-flagged tanker "Auroura", which was recently sanctioned by the United States for its links to Iranian oil trading. 2026-04-13
According to the Vietnamese foreign ministry, more than 650 Vietnamese nationals are detained for immigration violations in Myanmar. The Vietnamese public security ministry has repatriated 450 people, most are victims of scam centers, with 200 still in Myanmar. 2025-05-15
Three people are killed in floods and landslides in Hà Giang province, Vietnam. 2024-06-10
Vietnamese authorities order two million people in Hải Dương province to stay at home for 15 days beginning tomorrow due to a growing COVID-19 outbreak in the province. Gatherings with more than two people are banned, and when leaving their homes, residents must stay 2 m from others. 2021-02-15
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
China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Algeria are elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council. 2013-11-13
China says it will open disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea to tourism before the May Day holiday, a move to which Vietnam is strongly opposed, as the United States expresses concern. 2013-04-7
Anti-China protests take place in Vietnam amid tensions over the disputed Spratly Islands part of the South China Sea dispute. 2012-07-8
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
Voters in Vietnam go to the polls for a parliamentary election. 2011-05-22