The Government will provide VND700 billion (US$25.5 million) from the 2025 central budget contingency fund to Hue city and the provinces of Quang Ngai, Gia Lai, and Dak Lak to support post-disaster recovery efforts.

VOV.VN - The influenza A outbreak is spreading rapidly in Hanoi. Many elderly people with underlying health conditions are being hospitalised in severe condition after mistakenly taking antibiotics at home and seeking medical care too late, often only after 3–4 days of fever.

Two kidney transplants using organs from a brain-dead donor have been carried out at the Can Tho Central General Hospital for patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease, the first such cases performed in the Mekong Delta.

Vietnamese Professor Nguyen Xuan Mung, who is currently working at Sejong University, has been granted Korean citizenship under the Ministry of Justice’s Multiple Citizenship for Outstanding Talent (MCOT) initiative.

A delegation from the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) led by its Chairman Le Quoc Minh paid a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from November 10 to 14.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has made remarkable progress in the care and treatment of premature infants, successfully saving many babies even under 500 grams and enabling them to grow up both physically and cognitively.

VOV.VN - France’s Floreal-class frigate Prairial docked at Tien Sa Port, Da Nang city on November 14, starting a six-day friendly visit to strengthen Vietnam–France defence cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a directive to the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, the Pasteur and Hygiene Institutes, and centrally-run hospitals, calling for enhanced efforts in the prevention and control of polio.

Local authorities and relevant forces in the central city of Da Nang are stepping up efforts to tighten the management of fishing vessels as part of the locality’s push to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and have the European Commission’s yellow card against Vietnamese seafood exports removed.

The Border Guard Command of Dong Thap, in coordination with relevant agencies, on November 13 received 57 Vietnamese citizens handed over by Cambodian authorities, the second repatriation of this kind this year through Mekong Delta province.

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Tuan Cuong, former Director of the Institute of Sino-Nom Studies, has been elected foreign correspodent academician (Correspondant étranger) of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (AIBL - the Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Arts) of France at the age of 45.

VOV.VN - Australia is providing an additional AUD800,000 in humanitarian assistance to support communities in central Vietnam affected by Typhoons Fengshen and Kalmaegi, according to the Embassy of Australia in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Numerous reputable international media outlets such as CNN, CBS News, the Times of India, and AFP have simultaneously reported on the centuries-old shipwreck that surfaced on a beach in Hoi An, Da Nang City, after a recent storm made landfall in Vietnam.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on November 12 urged victims of a sprawling loan scam to come forward, as they probe two executives accused of pocketing fees for nonexistent multibillion-dollar financing.

Young officers from the Vietnam Border Guard and the Cambodian Army and Gendarmerie held a dialogue themed “Fostering Tradition, Building the Future” on November 12 in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Cambodian armies took part in a joint military medical exercise in Tay Ninh province on November 13 as part of the second Vietnam-Cambodia Border Defence Friendship Exchange.

GSM and VinBus on November 12 introduced School Bus, Vietnam’s first dedicated all-electric student transportation service.

VOV.VN - Science, technology, and innovation are becoming the “golden key” to unlocking a sustainable growth model for Vietnam in the era of digital transformation and green transition.

VOV.VN - Local people in Hanoi, Vietnam, felt tremors after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Houaphan province, Laos, late on November 12.

A project on supporting wildlife restoration in Dong Chau – Khe Nuoc Trong Nature Reserve, sponsored by World Land Trust, has been approved by the People’s Committee of central Quang Tri province.

Dr Nguyen Quoc Hung, Vice President of the Union of Vietnamese Organisations in Russia and Director of the “Tradition and Friendship” Fund, has become the only foreign recipient of the badge "For Special Merits in International Cooperation" of the administration of Russia's St Petersburg city.

VOV.VN - Da Nang hopes that the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) will continue to collaborate on biodiversity conservation programmes and projects in the city for 2025–2030, with a vision toward 2050.

VOV.VN - For generations, Vietnamese women have followed strict confinement traditions after childbirth - resting indoors, avoiding cold foods, and limiting activity. Today, a new generation of mothers - led by some of the nation’s most admired women - is transforming this image entirely.

The Startup Flight 2025 took place on November 11 at Amity University in Uttar Pradesh, India, as part of a broader initiative to promote startup collaboration, innovation, and technology ecosystem connections between Vietnam and India amid the region’s accelerating digital transformation.

VOV.VN - As of November 12, embassies and international organisations have pledged and delivered more than US$10.5 million in aid to assist Vietnamese localities affected by typhoons Bualoi, Matmo, Fengshen and subsequent flooding.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of India in Hanoi on November 11 signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the administrations of 10 provinces and cities in Vietnam, under which the Government of India will support the implementation of 10 Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) in these localities.

The Federation of Vietnamese Associations in Germany has raised more than VND4.17 billion (nearly US$159,000) to support victims affected by floods in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A strengthening cold air mass is sweeping into Hanoi and Northern Vietnam on November 12, causing temperatures in many areas to drop below 13°C, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has demanded that the problems of the European Commission (EC)'s particular concern must be thoroughly addressed within one week so that the "yellow card" warning over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is lifted this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính, who is also head of the Central Steering Committee on Housing Policy and Real Estate Market, has demanded stricter oversight and transparency in the approval, sale, rental, and rent-to-own processes of social housing units.