At least 72 people have died after days of severe flooding across central Vietnam, the latest update on Saturday afternoon showed, an increase of 17 fatalities since the morning report.
In Dak Lak Province, the hardest hit by days-long flooding in central Vietnam, many homes remain under water and mud, roads shredded, and shops left in ruins, a snapshot of the devastation across central Vietnam’s basin region.
Nearly 25,600 Vietnamese students studied at U.S. higher education institutions during the past school year, marking the highest number ever recorded and establishing Vietnam as the fifth-largest source of international students in the U.S.
Police in central Vietnam have dismantled a group of thieves accused of stealing motorbikes in mere seconds across Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces in the central region.
Traffic across central Vietnam has been thrown into chaos, with flooding and landslides choking major highways and leaving vehicles backed up for tens of kilometers on Nov. 22.
The death toll from widespread flooding and landslides across central Vietnam has climbed to 55 people, with 13 others still missing, authorities confirmed on Saturday.
Vietnamese police have dismantled a major transnational drug trafficking network, arresting 13 suspects and seizing 777 kg of synthetic narcotics, the Ministry of Public Security's Drug Crime Investigation Police Department announced Thursday.
Cars lay damaged on the streets, household items were coated in mud, and residents in Nha Trang and Quy Nhon rushed to clean up after floodwaters receded on Friday.
Changi Airport is soaring past its pre-pandemic benchmarks, recording more than 5.8 million passengers in October, a 3.4% rise from a year earlier and one of its strongest months since global travel fully reopened.
Popeyes Singapore has suspended its limited-edition Poppy Fish Burger across all outlets after a customer discovered mold on her bun at the Orchard Xchange branch, prompting a full investigation.
Stavian Industrial Metal is strengthening Vietnam's industrial competitiveness by enhancing distribution capacity, market access, and technical expertise amid rising global requirements for quality, sustainability, and trade compliance.
Vietnam's Ministry of Health has ordered a nationwide review and recall of ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula after U.S. authorities reported 31 infants suspected or confirmed to have botulinum poisoning linked to the product.
A 13-year-old girl in Thai Nguyen Province was brutally and repeatedly beaten by her grandmother and two other relatives after they wrongly accused her of stealing money.
A Chinese social-media influencer who reportedly vanished after flying to Cambodia to "meet her boyfriend" has been arrested on suspicion of taking part in an online fraud and human-trafficking ring, Cambodian authorities say.
Central Vietnam, already struggling with widespread flooding and landslides, is steeling itself for continued heavy rainfall through Sunday, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Five out of twelve Vietnamese universities assessed have risen in the latest QS sustainability rankings, with Hue University making the most dramatic progress, jumping more than 700 places.
Associate Professor D.Sc. Nguyen Thi Mong Diep, a senior lecturer at Quy Nhon University, has been listed among the world's top 2% most influential scientists in 2025 by the U.S.’s Stanford University.
Floodwaters surged through Nha Trang on Nov. 20, forcing soldiers to set up emergency camps at key intersections and ferry stranded residents, many of them children and the elderly, to safety.
Severe flooding this week has left 41 people dead and 9 others missing in central Vietnam, with Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa provinces suffering the highest casualties, authorities said Thursday.
Landslides have torn apart Da Lat’s Mimosa Pass after days of relentless rain, carving deep scars into the roads, toppling pine trees and forcing emergency closures on key routes in the popular tourist destination.
Widespread flooding has paralyzed traffic and left numerous drivers stranded on National Highway 1A, particularly across sections running through Gia Lai, Dak Lak, and Khanh Hoa provinces.
Floodwaters swept through central Vietnam overnight on Nov. 19, submerging homes and cutting off roads as rescue teams raced to evacuate thousands in Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa provinces.
After 12 hours of struggling in waves whipped up by the storm, Phan Duy Quang, 47, of Quang Ngai, was exhausted. He decided to let go of the last person he was holding on to and face his fate.
Surging floodwaters have severely affected tens of thousands of homes in Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces in central Vietnam, forcing residents onto their rooftops where they await rescue teams and urgently need food and water supplies.
Military units, local authorities, and emergency forces are ramping up relief operations as prolonged torrential rains have triggered devastating floods across Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces in the central region, leaving tens of thousands of households inundated, many communities isolated, and critical infrastructure damaged.
Tuy Hoa Airport in Dak Lak Province in central Vietnam has been forced to halt all operations from 10 a.m. to midnight on Nov. 20 after floodwaters submerged parts of the runway and wiped out the airport's electrical system.
South Korea's notoriously tough college entrance exam is under fire after this year's English section proved so difficult that both a native-speaking professor and an AI system picked the "wrong" answer on a key question.
A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced Alice Guo, a Chinese national who became a mayor while masquerading as a Filipina, and seven others to life in prison on human trafficking charges, state prosecutors said.
A late-night collapse of Mimosa Pass, a key southern entry route into Da Lat, nearly sent a passenger bus plunging into the ravine below late Wednesday night.
A widespread academic cheating scandal involving artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged at several top South Korean universities, highlighting the challenges of assessment in the technology era.
Vietnam has advanced to the “moderate proficiency” group in the English Proficiency Index (EPI) released by Education First (EF) on Wednesday, a notable improvement over its placement in the “low proficiency” group last year.
Winter crept into Hanoi before dawn on Nov. 19, driving temperatures down to 13 degrees Celsius and sending residents scrambling for anything that could block the icy wind.
Floodwaters surged through Quy Nhon and Nha Trang overnight, submerging homes, blocking major roads and forcing residents onto rooftops on Nov. 19 as rivers in Vietnam’s south-central coast rose rapidly after hours of relentless rain.
Hoi An ancient town was submerged for a third time in three weeks on Tuesday, when many streets were under 1.5 m of water, requiring evacuations, disrupting tourism and damaging heritage sites.
Northern Vietnam woke up to its coldest morning of the season on Nov. 19, with temperatures in all 15 northern provinces and cities dropping below 15 degrees Celsius.
Singapore has seized over US$800,000 worth of illegal rhino horn and animal parts hidden in air cargo bound for Laos, authorities said Tuesday, in the largest haul of its kind discovered in the city-state.
Floods triggered by torrential rains and landslides from Nov. 16 have battered the central region, leaving at least 14 people dead or missing, according to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
Ho Chi Minh City's long-stalled Ben Thanh–Tham Luong metro line is moving toward an overhaul, with officials proposing to lift its total investment to VND52.047 trillion (US$1.98 billion), up from VND47.89 trillion, to support expanded construction, updated technology and rising costs.
A foreign man in Thailand's Kamphaeng Phet Province sparked shock and confusion after locals spotted him walking around completely naked, even riding a motorcycle unclothed.
From hesitation and shyness, students at a rural school in Quang Tri Province in central Vietnam have become comfortable about using toilets at school after Hope Foundation and Opella sponsored the construction of new standard facilities.
Relentless heavy rains have triggered widespread catastrophic flooding and deadly landslides across Vietnam's central region, impacting provinces from Quang Tri to Khanh Hoa.
Areas prone to urban flooding in Ho Chi Minh City should prepare for the situation yet again this week as meteorological and hydrological agencies forecast that peak tides are likely to occur.
Cancer is rising at a pace Vietnam's health system cannot ignore, with new cases having nearly doubled in just over ten years, from 92,000 in 2010 to more than 180,000 today.
South Korea is facing mounting pressure to toughen its drink-driving laws after a series of fatal crashes left foreign visitors dead or seriously injured, fueling outrage over what critics call a culture of leniency.
A 50-meter portion of a concrete retaining wall on Prenn Pass, one of the two gateways to Da Lat, broke off Monday morning, sending soil and rocks cascading down.
A conference center to be built in Phu Quoc at a cost of VND21.9 trillion (US$830 million) will host the 2027 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
A Singapore court sentenced an Australian man to nine days in jail on Monday for rushing film star Ariana Grande at the Asian premiere of "Wicked: For Good" last week.
Black foul-smelling leachate from a landfill on a Nha Trang mountain has been flowing through a dry stream into the sea, polluting the area and affecting people's daily life.
A Chinese influencer known as "Sister Orange" has gone missing in Cambodia after flying there earlier this month to visit her boyfriend, a disappearance that has stirred growing concern among her family and more than 120,000 Douyin followers.
The beneficial annual floods Vietnam’s Mekong Delta gets has been steadily dwindling for the last 14 years. The sediment flows have now dropped by 70% compared to before 2000, and many fish species have disappeared.
Heavy rain and upstream hydropower releases sent floodwaters rushing into Hue on Nov. 17, submerging major streets and riverside neighborhoods under 0.3–0.5 m of water.
The quiet of a late-night trip over Khanh Le Pass in central Vietnam shattered when a wall of earth and rock collapsed onto a passenger bus, killing six passengers and trapping others in the wreckage on Nov. 16.
Hanoi woke up to another heavy smog episode on Nov. 17, as all three national air-quality monitoring stations reported "unhealthy" pollution levels across the capital.
Ho Chi Minh City plans to start construction on its Metro Line No. 2 in January 2026, officials said, as the city pushes to ease chronic congestion by accelerating long-delayed upgrades to its strained urban transport network.
