Sources: BBC News
A court in Vietnam sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to life in prison for fraud, in addition to a death sentence that Lan received in April for embezzlement. 2024-10-17
Vietnam reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant in a 25-year-old man from South Africa who travelled to Hanoi on December 19 and tested positive for COVID-19 four days later while in quarantine. 2021-01-31
The United States Department of the Treasury formally labels Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators, accusing them of intervening to limit the rise of their currencies against the U.S. dollar. Switzerland rejects the label. 2020-12-16
Tropical Storm Son-Tinh kills 20 people, injures 14 more and leaves at least 16 missing in Vietnam. 2018-07-21
Bulk Jupiter, a Norwegian-owned cargo ship, sinks off the coast of Vietnam, with eighteen dead and one survivor. 2015-01-3
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
A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 15 people and left many others injured.2013-10-12
Nine people are killed after a train crashes into a minibus in Hanoi, Vietnam. 2011-03-31