Sources: National Geographic
Four people are killed and at least 78 people are injured by Typhoon Yagi in Hải Dương and Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam, as it makes landfall in Hanoi. 2024-09-7
Vietnam discovers a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that combines the mutations from Lineage B.1.617 and Lineage B.1.1.7. 2021-05-29
Vietnam agrees to buy 30 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine. 2021-01-4
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un begins an official visit to Vietnam, three days after arriving in the country for a nuclear summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended in deadlock. 2019-03-1
Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains kill at least seven people and leave 12 others missing in northern Vietnam. 2018-06-25
30 people are to be executed in Vietnam for smuggling drugs. 2014-01-20
In talks in Manila, the Philippines and Vietnam agree to work together on a framework for resolving maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea. 2013-08-1
Vietnam claims that the People's Republic of China has assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in disputed waters in the South China Sea. 2012-03-1
10 people are killed in Vietnam by storms, seven of which were struck by lightning. 2011-06-25