Typhoon Bualoi Hits Vietnam, Leaving Death and Destruction in Its Wake Vietnam is reeling after Typhoon Bualoi, the tenth storm of the year, made landfall late Sunday, bringing winds of up to 130 km/h (80 mph). Authorities in three provinces report widespread damage, with thousands of homes and businesses either destroyed or badly damaged. In […]
Typhoon Kajiki Slams Vietnam, Leaves Millions Without Power and Streets Flooded HANOI – A powerful typhoon tore through central Vietnam on Monday, unleashing winds of up to 130 km/h (80 mph) that ripped the roofs off thousands of homes and plunged more than 1.6 million people into darkness. Officials confirmed on Tuesday that at least […]
Vietnam Braces for Typhoon as Mass Evacuations Begin HANOI — Vietnam is preparing for its fifth typhoon of the year as the powerful storm churns through the Gulf of Tonkin, whipping up waves nearly 10 meters high and forcing mass evacuations along the country’s coast. Authorities said more than 325,000 residents from five coastal provinces […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump recently said that he made a trade deal with Vietnam. As part of the deal, the U.S. will lower taxes (tariffs) on many Vietnamese goods to 20%. Before this, Trump had threatened a higher tax of 46%. In return, he said American products could enter Vietnam without any tax, but […]
Trump Announces Trade Deal with Vietnam to Avoid High Tariffs Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he has made a new trade deal with Vietnam. Under this deal: Vietnamese products will face a 20% tax (tariff) when entering the U.S. Goods sent through Vietnam from other countries (especially China) will face a 40% tax. In […]
Wutip made landfall in southern China at the weekend with winds gusting up to 128 kilometres per hour (80 miles per hour) before downgrading to a tropical storm. Seven people have been killed, 100 houses damaged and almost 60,000 hectares (148,000 acres) of crops submerged in central Vietnam, according to an update on Monday from […]
The country banned couples from having more than two children in 1988, but a family’s size is now a decision for each individual couple, Vietnam News Agency said. The country has experienced historically low birth rates in the last three years. The total fertility rate dropped to 1.91 children per woman in 2024, below replacement […]
The accident happened Monday at a mine operated by the Hon Gai Coal Company, a unit of Vietnam’s state coal miner Vinacomin, VNExpress news site said. Early Tuesday morning a rescue team pulled out the bodies of the miners, who were aged between 23 and 47 years old. According to disaster authorities, heavy rainfall was […]
The global manufacturing hub saw an expansion of 6.4 percent in January-June, compared to 3.7 percent over the same period of 2023, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a statement. The upswing was the result of “several measures” taken to improve supply chains, the foreign exchange market, and public investment, the GSO said. Industrial […]
Vietnam’s Health Ministry announced Saturday that it had detected a highly transmissible new variant of the coronavirus that has helped fuel a recent wave of infections in the vietnam. Genetic sequencing indicated that the new variant was a mix of the coronavirus strains first detected in the United Kingdom and India, said Health Minister Nguyen […]
