VOV.VN - Dr. Nguyen Minh Hieu, a 35-year-old architect and lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City-based Ton Duc Thang University, has been awarded Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia (The Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) in recognition of his contributions to strengthening Italy-Vietnam friendship.

VOV.VN - Five crew member managed to escape a high-speed motorized boat before a fire burned down the passenger vessel in Quang Ninh, a tourist destination in northern Vietnam, on June 3.

The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in partnership with Operation Smile and the General Hospital of Ba Vi district launched a free surgical programme for underprivileged children with deformities on June 3.

Hanoi has issued a resolution introducing a pilot programme for a number of special mechanisms and policies aimed at developing the city’s urban railway system.

VOV.VN - The Standing Committee of the National Assembly passed the revised Ordinance on Population on June 3, abolishing the regulation that limited each couple to having only one or two children.

VOV.VN - As many as 61,631 Vietnamese workers went abroad to work during the first five months of 2025, representing 47.4% of the yearly plan, according to the Department of Overseas Labour Management (DOLAB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

VOV.VN - Thanks to the dedicated care and treatment provided by France-Vietnam Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Y.S, a 42-year-old Korean national, who had suffered a stroke and remained in a deep coma for 80 days, miraculously regained consciousness and returned to his home town recently.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) is preparing necessary conditions to make Lao one of eight foreign languages taught in general education schools across the country, alongside English, Russian, French, Chinese, German, Japanese and Korean.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.