Sources: National Geographic
Vietnam reports a record 12,920 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 410,366. The country also surpasses 10,000 deaths from COVID-19. 2021-08-27
Vietnam reports a record 9,716 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 265,464. 2021-08-14
Vietnam reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 when a 44-year-old woman who traveled from the United Kingdom later tested positive for COVID-19 while in quarantine on December 24. 2021-01-2
The United Kingdom and Vietnam sign a free trade agreement, which will take effect on December 31, following a meeting between UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh at the State Guest House in Hanoi, Vietnam. 2020-12-29
Two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Đoàn Thị Hương, are charged with murder in relation to the death of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The women, who reportedly thought they were involved in a prank TV show, did not enter pleas. 2017-03-1
Chinese police shoot dead two ethnic Uighurs in Pingxiang, Guangxi while they attempt to cross into Vietnam after members of their group resisted arrest with knives. The public security ministry accuses a separatist group of orchestrating hundreds of cases of human smuggling. 2015-01-18
Seven people are killed in a border clash between illegal Chinese migrants and Vietnamese security forces at Quang Ninh province. 2014-04-18
A representative from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission hands over a diplomatic note to a representative of the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi to protest China's recent plan to bring tourists to the disputed Paracel archipelago. 2013-04-12
Police in Vietnam detain prominent government critic Cu Huy Ha Vu on charges of "propaganda against the state". 2010-11-7
Flood waters in Vietnam's Hà Tĩnh Province sweep away a bus with 20 people missing, presumed dead. 2010-10-18