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The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 179 people, with 145 others still missing. The majority of the victims were killed by floods and landslides in Lào Cai, Yên Bái, and Cao Bằng provinces.
2024-09-11

The National Assembly elects Võ Thị Ánh Xuân as Vietnam's 15th Vice President, with 93.1% of the vote. She is the sixth consecutive woman to hold the post.
2021-04-6

Vietnam begins a vaccination programme against COVID-19 starting with health workers in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Hai Duong Province using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
2021-03-8

Vietnamese authorities order two million people in Hải Dương province to stay at home for 15 days beginning tomorrow due to a growing COVID-19 outbreak in the province. Gatherings with more than two people are banned, and when leaving their homes, residents must stay 2 m from others.
2021-02-15

It is suspected that six of the victims are Vietnamese nationals. The family of one of them, a 19-year-old woman, made public her last text message to her parents which she sent while dying.
2019-10-25

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for North Korea to follow Vietnam's path in overcoming past hostilities with the United States.
2018-07-8

Authorities in Thailand stop the launch of a report by Human Rights Watch on alleged persecution of Montagnard Christians in Vietnam.
2015-06-26

Vietnam claims that the People's Republic of China has assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
2012-03-1

Hundreds of Hmong people are reportedly forced into hiding in north-west Vietnam, after security forces disperse thousands awaiting the supposed Second Coming of Christ.
2011-05-21

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