After more than a month since its launch, the Asian Hackathon for Green Future 2026 technology innovation competition has received strong interest from students and young innovators across Asia.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have raided several locations housing foreign nationals suspected of involvement in online fraud operations as part of an ongoing 45-day crackdown aimed at “cleaning up” the city.

A baby elephant that fell into a pit about 3 meters deep in Dong Nai was successfully rescued after authorities deployed excavators and tractors to create an escape route.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed that neighborhood residential groups in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City should have at least 700 households, while villages in the two cities would need a minimum of 500 households.

Hanoi has proposed doubling fines for a range of violations including illegal parking and the use of sidewalks for business activities, with some repeat or serious offenses facing penalties of up to VND30 million ($1,175).

The Hanoi Emulation and Commendation Board has announced a public consultation process regarding a proposal to award the second-class Labor Order to Vu Dai Thang, chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee.

Vietnam’s Politburo has ordered strict punishment for leaders who show irresponsibility, loosen leadership and oversight, or obstruct the detection and handling of corruption, wastefulness, and misconduct cases.

U17 Vietnam learned their group-stage opponents for the FIFA U17 World Cup 2026 following the official draw held at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on the evening of May 21.

Vietnam spent more than $4.5 billion importing fuel products in the first months of 2026 amid Middle East supply concerns and domestic market changes.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on May 20 held a phone conversation with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.

Vietnam’s prime minister has ordered local authorities to complete comprehensive restructuring plans for villages and residential groups before June 10.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has called for sweeping reforms to unlock idle national resources and support Vietnam’s long term double digit growth ambitions.

Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra has pledged to register for organ donation to help spread the message that “giving lives on forever.”

The Ministry of Justice has released appraisal documents for a draft decree regulating the functions, duties, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung met US Deputy Trade Representative Rick Switzer on May 20, with both sides pledging efforts to soon finalize a bilateral trade agreement.

The Foreign Ministry said Vietnamese authorities are coordinating with relevant agencies after a Vietnamese citizen participating in a humanitarian flotilla toward Gaza was detained in Israel.

Vietnamese students won two gold medals and four silver medals at the 2026 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad, helping the country rank second overall.

Taking advantage of natural streams and a valuable indigenous duck breed, Luc Van Nam in Thanh Hoa has created a duck farming model, generating a stable annual income of hundreds of millions of dong.

In the early months of 2026, lowering interest rates is becoming one of the biggest policy priorities of the economy.

Persa Place achieved a complete sellout on launch day, reinforcing Springville’s growing appeal in Nhon Trach’s booming property market.

Resolution 80 affirms that investment in culture is investment in the country’s future and sustainable growth, while calling for a fundamental shift in the mobilisation of resources for cultural development, with the State taking a leading role.

As modernisation threatens to wash away traditional culture, artisan Nguyen Huu Hoa and his wife, Meritorious Artisan Nguyen Thi Oanh, are holding the line for Dong Ho folk painting.

Phuoc Tich, a village more than five centuries old set along the O Lau River roughly 40 km north of Hue, holds a quiet, weathered beauty that captures the stamp of traditional north-central Vietnamese rural life.

A humble bo bia vendor in Hanoi has become an unlikely social media sensation, drawing long queues of customers willing to wait more than an hour for a snack.

Known locally as “lich,” the wild-caught creature is considered a seasonal specialty across parts of central and southern Vietnam.