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Vietnam President To Lam has highlighted the strengthening relationship with Malaysia, emphasizing political trust and economic cooperation worth US$10.8 billion in the first half of 2026, up 40 per cent annually.
Vietnam has launched a new national child protection programme for 2026-2030, focusing on strengthening legal frameworks, improving services, and reducing child abuse and labour through coordinated government action and international cooperation.
Vietnam is developing a draft decree that would restrict children under 16 from posting on social media and limit gaming to one hour daily, requiring parental oversight and age-verification by platforms.
Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested 49 people, including four foreigners, for trafficking vapes laced with etomidate, a controlled anaesthetic substance. The crackdown uncovered sophisticated smuggling networks supplying drug-laced products to young people.
A sleeper bus travelling from Dong Nai to Ho Chi Minh City struck a roadside embankment and caught fire, killing seven of the 33 people on board. The incident marks the second serious sleeper bus accident in Vietnam within a week.
Vietnam has declared a natural disaster emergency on Ho Chi Minh Road in Tuyen Quang Province following severe flood damage caused by continuous heavy rainfall in June. The government has ordered immediate repairs and traffic management.
Bangkok police have dismantled a Vietnamese-led drug smuggling operation that concealed over 2kg of crystal methamphetamine inside tamarind jars destined for Tokyo, using Thailand as a transit hub and multiple layers of intermediaries to evade detection.
Vietnamese authorities have arrested the author and three senior executives from a publishing house over a biography of Communist Party founder Ho Chi Minh, expanding a crackdown that also targeted media outlets covering the book.
Vietnam has initiated a 100-day action plan to accelerate digital transformation across its government structure, requiring ministries and agencies to deliver concrete results by November 30 in areas spanning legal frameworks, infrastructure, and public services.
Vietnam's Prime Minister has ordered an urgent investigation into a speedboat capsizing near Phu Quoc Island that killed 15 Indian tourists, with 21 survivors rescued. Multiple ministries have been mobilized to address the tragedy.
Vietnam has arrested Nguyen Thanh Nam, founder of telecom giant FPT, and social media influencer Tran Viet Anh over a biography of Ho Chi Minh deemed critical of the Communist Party's historical narrative.
A Hanoi court has sentenced a 52-year-old concrete mixer truck driver to 20 years in prison for the deliberate death of a teenage girl, finding he continued driving over her after an initial accident because he feared paying compensation.
Police in Vietnam's Ninh Binh province have arrested 12 suspects accused of orchestrating a sprawling online fraud operation that defrauded approximately 500 victims of RM39.2 million since October 2024, with the ring operating from Cambodia.