Sources: National Geographic
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
Landslides and flash floods caused by Typhoon Molave leave at least 35 people dead and over 50 others missing in central Vietnam. 2020-10-29
Seven people are killed and many others are in critical condition after suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in Hanoi, Vietnam. 2018-09-17
Floods and landslides in Yên Bái and Hòa Bình provinces in Vietnam kill at least 54 people with 39 more missing. 2017-10-12
Vietnam reports its first microcephaly case likely to be linked to the Zika virus. 2016-10-30
Vietnam seizes a Chinese fishing vessel for intruding in its waters and tows the vessel to the port of Hai Phong. 2016-04-4
Vietnam's Mekong River delta suffers its worst flooding in a decade, with 43 people killed and 70,000 homes destroyed. 2011-10-13
Vietnam’s credit rating is downgraded by credit rating agencies amid rising inflation, and a shrinking currency and widening trade deficit crisis; state owned shipbuilder Vinashin defaults on a loan to a group of international lenders. 2010-12-25
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees urges Cambodia to allow more time to resettle Vietnamese refugees after it announced the closure of a refugee camp. 2010-12-14