Society
29 communes in Ho Chi Minh City preparing to become wards
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Ho Chi Minh City is preparing to convert 29 eligible communes into wards, thereby increasing the total number of wards in the city to 142 units.
20 cm crack appears after Gai mountain landslide, Hai Phong authorities hold emergency meeting
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Hai Phong - On August 26, Luu Kiem Ward People's Committee held an emergency meeting to deploy urgent measures to respond to landslides at Gai mountain, Son Dao range.
US Ambassador arrives at the scene to search for missing soldiers in Quang Tri
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Quang Tri - US Ambassador Jennifer Wicks arrives at the scene to search for missing US soldiers in the war in Dong Le commune, Quang Tri province.
Weather forecast for tomorrow August 27th nationwide
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Weather forecast for tomorrow, August 27, Hanoi will have showers and thunderstorms at times. Ho Chi Minh City in the late afternoon and evening will have scattered showers and thunderstorms in some places.
Truck overturns and crushes 7-seater car on Phu Son Pass in Lam Dong, 1 woman dies, baby boy injured
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Lam Dong - A truck carrying pigs had a tire burst, overturned when going down Phu Son Pass, crushed a 7-seater car, killing a woman and injuring a boy.
Pain piled up when 3 children in a family died from drowning
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Quang Ngai - In just 5 years, a near-poor family in Truong Giang commune has successively lost 3 children due to drowning.
Phu Quoc announces search for relatives of a newborn baby girl whose umbilical cord was not cut, abandoned in Duc Me Cave
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An Giang - A report from people discovered that a newborn baby was abandoned at Duc Me Cave, in An Thoi neighborhood 3, Phu Quoc special zone.
Water level of some hydropower reservoirs in the North on May 23
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Hydropower reservoirs in the Northern region continue to maintain power generation operation, while in many large reservoirs it is still significantly lower than the normal water level.
Creating green development in Central - Central Highlands
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On May 23, 2026, in Buon Ma Thuot (Dak Lak), the Vietnam Water and Environment Association in coordination with the Central New Rural Coordination Office, the National Center for Water Resources Planning and Research and the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee organized the Workshop - Seminar "Management, use and investment promotion of water resources associated with agriculture, new rural areas and green energy in the Central - Central Highlands region".
Creating consensus among the people from propaganda work "going first, going along and going to the end"
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The results achieved from the site clearance of the Ring Road 2.5 project section passing through Thanh Xuan ward are becoming a bright spot in skillfully implementing Mass Mobilization in site clearance to implement urban traffic infrastructure development.
Da Nang warns of natural disaster risks due to hot weather
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Da Nang is experiencing a widespread heat wave, with intense heat in some places.
Intense heat covers the northern mountains, reaching 38 degrees Celsius
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The Northern mountainous region is entering a widespread hot spell with the highest temperature possibly reaching 38 degrees Celsius.
Forecast on the possibility of storms and low pressures in the next month and areas at risk of heavy rain
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Forecasting the weather trend for the next month, the possibility of storms/low pressures is equivalent to the multi-year average. The North, Central Highlands and South are at risk of experiencing heavy rains.
Re-inforcing many locations of the Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet expressway fence that was cut and destroyed
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Lam Dong - The unit managing the Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet expressway continues to review and re-mark many locations of protective fences that have been cut off.
Water levels of hydropower reservoirs nationwide on May 23
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Many hydropower reservoirs across the country continue to be lower than the normal water level, while power plants maintain power generation to serve the needs of the power system.
Hanoi directs traffic to speed up construction to prevent inner-city flooding
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Hanoi adjusts traffic diversion on many central streets to speed up the progress of drainage and flood prevention projects in the inner city before the rainy season.
Forecast of the start of this year's storm season and the risk of a strong storm
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According to meteorologists, the forecast for this year's storm season starts at a level close to the multi-year average, which is around June.
The 137 billion VND bridge project in Can Tho is still unfinished after many years of construction
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Can Tho - The Kenh Ngang bridge project with an investment of more than 137 billion VND has been implemented for many years but has not been completed, currently only about 25% of the volume.
Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway opens Long Thanh intersection, temporary operation from May 24th
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Dong Nai opens Long Thanh intersection on the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway, put into temporary operation from May 24.
Northern region is about to enter a peak hot day, forecast to end
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According to the meteorological agency, hot weather in the North is forecast to last until May 27 and the hottest period in this period is from May 24-27.
