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 - 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 - 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.

Legislators engaged in the 9th session’s deliberations on May 27 morning over the proposed amendments to the Penal Code that would eliminate the death penalty for illegal drug transport, replacing it with a life imprisonment without sentence reductions.

VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang, on behalf of the Government, presented a draft law on amendments to the Penal Code at the ongoing National Assembly session in Hanoi on May 20, proposing the removal of the death penalty for several crimes.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is considering a significant proposal in the draft amendment to the 2025 Penal Code by replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment without parole, and the proposal was discussed at a thematic session on law-making of the government in Hanoi on April 13.

VOV.VN - Maternal deaths have fallen more than fivefold, while child mortality rates have also dropped substantially in Vietnam, showing the country's determination to improve maternal and child healthcare.

VOV.VN - The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of southern Dong Nai province has recently reported another measles death, the first in the province in 2025.

VOV.VN - The measles outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City is becoming increasingly complicated, with a rapid rise in cases and another fatality reported.

Procurators recommended maintaining the death sentence for Truong My Lan, former Chairwoman of Van Thinh Phat Group, for involving in an embezzlement case at Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) at the appellate trial in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15.