The National Traffic Safety Committee has called on provincial and municipal Traffic Safety Boards to review and strictly handle violations involving Jeep and UAZ vehicles that do not meet safety regulations or legal requirements for passenger transport services.

A delegation from the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) led by its Vice President Tran Trong Dung is paying a visit to Thailand from July 16 to 20 at an invitation of the Thai Journalists Association.

The Hanoi People's Committee has approved an investment project worth VND383 billion (US$14.63 million) to prevent local flooding in some areas in the inner city.

A ceremony to hand over the remains of 156 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia was held at the Binh Hiep International Border Gate in Binh Hiep commune, the southern province of Tay Ninh, on July 18.

Ho Chi Minh City is speeding up its shift to green public transportation, aiming to make buses run on electricity or other forms of green energy by 2030, said Ngo Hai Duong, head of Road Transport Management under the municipal Department of Construction.

VOV.VN - Vu Quang National Park in central Ha Tinh province has collaborated with the Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creature Development under Cuc Phuong National Park and the wildlife NGO Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) to return 58 masked palm civets to their natural habitat.

VOV.VN - Authorities are urging heightened vigilance as Typhoon Wipha shows similarities in trajectory and strength to Typhoon Yagi, which struck Vietnam in September 2024.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C. has held a ceremony to receive wartime memorabilia from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the US.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed Directive No.109, calling for urgent and coordinated measures to prevent and control African swine fever (ASF) nationwide.

A tropical depression over the eastern waters of the Philippines has strengthened into Storm Wipha early on July 18, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Raising public awareness and encouraging active community participation are critical to controlling disease outbreaks, especially the current surge in dengue fever cases in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces, health officials warned.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has voiced strong support for accelerating the Vietnam–Japan University project during a reception in Hanoi on July 17 for Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh on July 16 signed an official dispatch instructing ministries and localities to strictly implement the second round of the 2025 amnesty.

VOV.VN - Relevant Vietnamese agencies are working on citizen protection after Cambodian authorities in Phnom Penh on July 14 detained more than 140 Vietnamese citizens for their alleged involvement in online fraud activities, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.

VOV.VN - Voice of Vietnam (VOV) Vice President Ngo Minh Hien on July 17 received a Chinese delegation from the Radio and Television Bureau of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China to discuss future cooperation plans between the two broadcasters.

VOV.VN - The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team EOD1 from PeaceTrees Vietnam recently safely handled hundreds of explosive devices found in a residential garden in central Quang Tri province.

VOV.VN - Experts attending a forum in Hanoi on July 17 agreed that digital transformation in the public sector not only optimises the operations of government agencies but also facilitates faster access to public services for businesses, including state-owned enterprises, and citizens.

VOV.VN - Border guard units in collaboration with the Tay Ninh Provincial Police have received 45 citizens deported by Cambodian authorities for illegal residence.

Vietnam is facing a growing public health emergency as diabetes cases have tripled since 2000, with more than half of patients unaware they have the disease, health experts warned at a recent medical conference in Ho Chi Minh City.

Phu Quoc, the "Pearl Island" of southern An Giang province and Vietnam, is ramping up key technology-driven initiatives aimed at transforming into a smart, world-class maritime urban centre.

The Vietnam Summer Camp 2025 officially opened on July 16 at the World Coffee Museum in Dak Lak province under the theme “Together, let's write the Next Chapter of Peace.”

To facilitate administrative procedures and digital transactions for foreigners residing and working in the locality, police in the central province of Khanh Hoa are actively implementing a 50-day campaign to issue level-2 digital ID accounts, following a nationwide direction from the Ministry of Public Security.

AI-powered cameras will replace police, automatically detect violations around the clock, and send violation notifications within 2 hours, according to the Traffic Police Department.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression off the coast of the Philippines is forecast to move quickly, strengthen into a typhoon, and enter the East Sea by the night of July 18, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre (NCHMF).

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi plans to pilot restrictions on petrol-powered motorbikes from January 1 to June 30, 2026, in certain downtown areas, as part of a broader roadmap to eventually ban fossil-fueled vehicles and transition to cleaner transportation.

VOV.VN - Kelly McKeague, director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) under the US Department of Defense, has valued the support and cooperation from the Government and people of Vietnam in the humanitarian effort to search for American servicemen missing in action during the past war.

VOV.VN - Citizen diplomacy remains a vital channel for enhancing Vietnam-China ties, especially as both countries undergo major institutional reforms.

Hundreds of AI-powered cameras with advanced traffic management and enforcement capabilities are being deployed across Hanoi, aiming to replace traffic police on the streets by December 18.

VOV.VN - The Dien Bien Provincial Police, in close coordination with the Lao Police, have dismantled a transnational high-tech fraud ring operating in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (Bokeo province, Laos).

VOV.VN - A tropical depression over the East Sea is forecast to intensify into a typhoon and cause a prolonged spell of rain in the northern region of Vietnam in the coming days, reported the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.