Sources: BBC News
In accordance with bilateral agreements, Vietnam grants 40 scholarships to Ukrainians for the 2026–2027 academic year for bachelor's, master's, and postgraduate degrees, including a one-year language course for those who do not speak Vietnamese. Kazakhstan also grants 40 scholarships for similar degrees. 2026-05-23
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to more than 64 people, with 24 others still missing. 2024-09-9
The Ministry of Health issues an emergency use authorization for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the sixth vaccine to be approved in Vietnam. 2021-07-15
Vietnam reverses an international flight suspension imposed in Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport, which was originally supposed to end on June 7, and in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport, which was originally supposed to end on June 14. 2021-06-2
Vietnam confirms its first case of COVID-19 community transmission in 100 days. A patient is a 57-year-old man in Da Nang who had no prior contact with any known cases. 2020-07-25
The death toll from heavy floods in Vietnam rises to 27, while seven other people are missing. 2018-07-24
Vietnam said that a Chinese fishing boat had purposefully torn away a seismic research cable laid by Vietnam's Petrovietnam oil company inside Vietnam’s 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone. 2011-06-10
Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day. Events occur in Afghanistan, France, Turkey and Vietnam, while Julia Gillard heads to South Korea. 2011-04-25
Energy company BP announces it is to sell billions worth of assets in Canada, Egypt, Pakistan, United States and Vietnam to part-fund the clean-up cost of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 2010-07-21