Buddha’s sacred sarira returned to India after historic Vietnam pilgrimage
Buddha’s sacred sarira returned to India after historic Vietnam pilgrimage

VOV.VN - After four days of enshrinement and public veneration, a solemn farewell ceremony for the sacred sarira of the Buddha was held on the afternoon of June 2 at Quan The Am Pagoda in Ngu Hanh Son district, central Da Nang city.

Buddha’s sacred sarira returned to India after historic Vietnam pilgrimage
PM demands strong determination to secure 100,000 social housing units in 2025
PM demands strong determination to secure 100,000 social housing units in 2025

As the institutional framework has been imcreasingly improved, what remains is determined and effective execution to complete the targets of 100,000 new social housing units in 2025 and 1 million units by 2030, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised.

PM demands strong determination to secure 100,000 social housing units in 2025
UNESCO honours Lang Son Geopark of Vietnam with global title
UNESCO honours Lang Son Geopark of Vietnam with global title

VOV.VN - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) held a ceremony to present certificates of recognition to newly designated UNESCO Global Geoparks, including Lang Son Geopark of Vietnam, at its headquarters in Paris on June 2.

UNESCO honours Lang Son Geopark of Vietnam with global title
Outdoor workers in Hanoi brave extreme heatwave to earn a living
Outdoor workers in Hanoi brave extreme heatwave to earn a living

VOV.VN - As Hanoi is enduring an early-season heatwave with temperatures reaching up to 40°C, many continue to brave the streets to make a living despite the hard weather conditions.

Outdoor workers in Hanoi brave extreme heatwave to earn a living
Da Nang steps up food safety efforts for 2025 International Fireworks Festival
Da Nang steps up food safety efforts for 2025 International Fireworks Festival

VOV.VN - With visitor numbers surging for the 2025 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival at the start of summer, the central Da Nang city has stepped up inspections to ensure food hygiene across markets and eateries.

Da Nang steps up food safety efforts for 2025 International Fireworks Festival
Vietnam takes action against plastic pollution
Vietnam takes action against plastic pollution

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, in collaboration with the administration of Quang Ninh province held a meeting on June 1 to celebrate World Environment Day (June 5) and launch the Month of Action for the Environment 2025 themed “Beat Plastic Pollution.”

Vietnam takes action against plastic pollution
Vietnam sees sharp drop in traffic accidents in five months
Vietnam sees sharp drop in traffic accidents in five months

Vietnam recorded 7,853 traffic accidents nationwide from December 15, 2024 - May 14, 2025 resulting in 4,328 deaths and 5,307 injuries, a major decline from the previous year, according to Chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Huu Minh.

Vietnam sees sharp drop in traffic accidents in five months
Northern Vietnam scorched by heatwave, Hanoi hits close to 40°C
Northern Vietnam scorched by heatwave, Hanoi hits close to 40°C

VOV.VN - Many localities in Northern Vietnam are experiencing an intense heatwave, with temperatures reaching close to 40°C in the capital city of Hanoi, the highest recorded so far this summer.

Northern Vietnam scorched by heatwave, Hanoi hits close to 40°C
Vietnamese doctors in South Sudan saves nearly severed finger in complex surgery
Vietnamese doctors in South Sudan saves nearly severed finger in complex surgery

A Vietnamese military medical unit under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has successfully performed emergency surgery to save a nearly severed finger, in what officials described as a complex trauma case involving a Pakistani patient.

Vietnamese doctors in South Sudan saves nearly severed finger in complex surgery
Vietnam launches Action Month for Children 2025
Vietnam launches Action Month for Children 2025

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the northern midland province of Phu Tho launched the Action Month for Children 2025 themed “Prioritizing Resources to Achieve Goals for Children,” in Phu Tho on May 31.

Vietnam launches Action Month for Children 2025
Popular items in high demand during pest-killing festival 2025
Popular items in high demand during pest-killing festival 2025

VOV.VN - From early morning on May 31, wet markets in Hanoi have been bustling with sellers and buyers preparing for the pest-killing festival, the popular and best-selling items on this day are sticky rice wine, black glutinous rice, fresh fruits, and ash cakes.

Popular items in high demand during pest-killing festival 2025
New heatwave bakes Northern and Central Vietnam, temperatures rise to 39°C
New heatwave bakes Northern and Central Vietnam, temperatures rise to 39°C

VOV.VN - Following a spell of heavy rain, the Northern and Central regions of Vietnam are bracing for a new widespread heatwave, with temperatures forecast to rise to 39°C beginning May 31.

New heatwave bakes Northern and Central Vietnam, temperatures rise to 39°C
Thousands pay respect to Buddha’s sacred Sarira in Da Nang
Thousands pay respect to Buddha’s sacred Sarira in Da Nang

VOV.VN - Thousands of residents, monks, nuns, Buddhist followers, and tourists have paid respect to the Buddha’s sacred Sarira, a national treasure of India, in Da Nang city, central Vietnam.

Thousands pay respect to Buddha’s sacred Sarira in Da Nang
Three Chinese nationals arrested for illegal entry into Vietnam
Three Chinese nationals arrested for illegal entry into Vietnam

VOV.VN - Border guards in northern Vietnam have apprehended three Chinese nationals who attempted to illegally enter the country, according to the Quang Long Border Station under the Cao Bang Provincial Border Guard Command.

Three Chinese nationals arrested for illegal entry into Vietnam
Largest blood donation drive set to collect 100,000 units of blood
Largest blood donation drive set to collect 100,000 units of blood

VOV.VN - Vietnam aims to collect 100,000 units of blood in 48 provinces and cities across the country from now until July 30 when it launched the 13th Red Journey, the country’s largest blood drive campaign in Hanoi on May 30.

Largest blood donation drive set to collect 100,000 units of blood
COVID-19 infections triple in HCM City, two deaths reported
COVID-19 infections triple in HCM City, two deaths reported

VOV.VN - The number of coronavirus infections in Ho Chi Minh City has increased three-fold in recent times, with two deaths recorded, according to the city’s Department of Health.

COVID-19 infections triple in HCM City, two deaths reported
First AI-driven gambling ring worth over VND1 trillion busted in Vietnam
First AI-driven gambling ring worth over VND1 trillion busted in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Police in northern Thai Binh province on May 30 announced the formal indictment of 21 individuals in connection with a large transnational gambling ring that used AI to launder money, the first known case of its kind in Vietnam.

First AI-driven gambling ring worth over VND1 trillion busted in Vietnam
Flash floods and landslides wreak havoc across central Vietnam
Flash floods and landslides wreak havoc across central Vietnam

VOV.VN - Subsequent flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain have hit parts of central Vietnam over the past few days, creating havoc for people in many localities such as Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

Flash floods and landslides wreak havoc across central Vietnam
Ben Tre cracks down on illegal fishing to lift EC’s yellow card warning
Ben Tre cracks down on illegal fishing to lift EC’s yellow card warning

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has intensified efforts to clamp down on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices as the country is working to address the European Commission’s yellow card warning.

Ben Tre cracks down on illegal fishing to lift EC’s yellow card warning
PM calls for empowering localities to decide, act, be accountable
PM calls for empowering localities to decide, act, be accountable

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 29 chaired a government meeting on decentralisation, delegation of authority, and the organisation of the two-tier local administration model.

PM calls for empowering localities to decide, act, be accountable
Party chief urges greater efforts to promote innovation, digital transformation
Party chief urges greater efforts to promote innovation, digital transformation

Party General Secretary To Lam has urged leaders of agencies, units and localities to strengthen direction and translate Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW into reality, in line with their specific conditions, while expand training in science, technology, innovation, and digital skills for civil servants.

Party chief urges greater efforts to promote innovation, digital transformation
62 teams to compete in Vietnam Robocon 2025 qualifiers
62 teams to compete in Vietnam Robocon 2025 qualifiers

VOV.VN - A total of 62 teams from technical universities and colleges across the country will compete at the preliminary round of the Vietnam Robocon 2025 competition, set to take place from June 5 to 6 in northern Ninh Binh province.

62 teams to compete in Vietnam Robocon 2025 qualifiers
Vietnamese doctors perform successful in-utero intervention for Singaporean mother
Vietnamese doctors perform successful in-utero intervention for Singaporean mother

Fetal intervention specialists and pediatric cardiologists from Tu Du Hospital and Children's Hospital 1 on May 28 successfully performed a complex in-utero heart intervention on a Singaporean woman's 22-week-old fetus diagnosed with a severe congenital heart defect.

Vietnamese doctors perform successful in-utero intervention for Singaporean mother
Vocational and language school opens for OVs in Germany
Vocational and language school opens for OVs in Germany

A new vocational and language training school for the Vietnamese community opened on May 27 in Berlin’s Lichtenberg district, Germany, which is home to a large Vietnamese population.

Vocational and language school opens for OVs in Germany
Vietnam, RoK discuss economic development lessons
Vietnam, RoK discuss economic development lessons

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) jointly held a conference on May 28, focusing on the East Asian nation’s economic development experience and relevant policy suggestions for Vietnam.

Vietnam, RoK discuss economic development lessons
Should you stop taking supplements before breast augmentation surgery?
Should you stop taking supplements before breast augmentation surgery?

VOV.VN - The use of dietary supplements and collagen in the preoperative period carries several risks that may directly affect blood coagulation, hemostasis, and surgical technique.

Should you stop taking supplements before breast augmentation surgery?
Dak Lak holds burial ceremony for fallen soldiers repatriated from Cambodia
Dak Lak holds burial ceremony for fallen soldiers repatriated from Cambodia

A memorial and burial ceremony was held on May 28 afternoon at the Dak Lak provincial martyrs’ cemetery for the remains of 23 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the war.

Dak Lak holds burial ceremony for fallen soldiers repatriated from Cambodia
Korean man sentenced to death for killing his father in Vietnam
Korean man sentenced to death for killing his father in Vietnam

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court on May 28 sentenced to death Lim Young Kwon, a 42-year-old national of the Republic of Korea, for killing his father in the city.

Korean man sentenced to death for killing his father in Vietnam
Cold air wave in summer – a sign of increasingly extreme weather
Cold air wave in summer – a sign of increasingly extreme weather

VOV.VN - A senior meteorologist has said there has been an increasing number of extreme weather patterns such as unseasonal cold spells and record-breaking rainfall happening right in the middle of summer in recent times, raising public concern about a powerful impact of climate change.

Cold air wave in summer – a sign of increasingly extreme weather
Vietnamese firms harness strategic technologies for global expansion
Vietnamese firms harness strategic technologies for global expansion

Vietnamese digital technology enterprises are seising a "golden" opportunity to make breakthroughs by mastering strategic technologies, leveraging government support policies, and tapping into high-potential digital transformation markets, with an eye on expanding to the global stage, said insiders.

Vietnamese firms harness strategic technologies for global expansion