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Vietnam records its highest ever temperature of 44.2 °C (111.56 °F) in the Tương Dương district, Nghệ An province, while Laos records its highest ever temperature of 43.5 °C (110.3 °F) in Luang Prabang amid a heat wave.
2023-05-6

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 receives their first shipment of 117,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from South Korea.
2021-02-24

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

Floods in Vietnam's Hà Giang province result in at least five deaths and damage more than 2,800 houses.
2020-07-22

Floods in Vietnam killed 23 people (16 in Lai Chau, 5 in Ha Giang Province while two others in other provinces) and caused several damages.
2018-06-23

Lawyer Cù Huy Hà Vũ, one of Vietnam’s most famous dissidents, is released early from prison. Afterwards, he travels to the United States.
2014-04-7

Police in Vietnam break up anti-China protests over gas and oil claims in the South China Sea.
2012-12-9

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