Thousands of people packed the centers of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of September 2, gathering to celebrate and watch fireworks marking the 81st anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2, 1945–2026).

Tran Van Thuan, a deputy health minister who oversaw major hospitals and key areas of Vietnam’s healthcare system, has been arrested in an expanded bribery investigation.

With just a few days remaining until the September 2 holiday, public travel demand is surging sharply.

Ho Chi Minh City is bringing culture closer to everyday life by transforming public spaces, heritage and the arts into engines of creativity, community engagement and sustainable development.

Vietnam is demonstrating a pioneering role through strong political commitments and decisive action to protect its youngest citizens online, said UNICEF's representative in the country.

The Prime Minister on August 31 issued an urgent dispatch to address the aftermath of a passenger vehicle rollover in the central province of Gia Lai, which left four people dead and many others injured.

A VR experience in Da Nang will transport visitors back to Ba Dinh Square on September 2, 1945, when President Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam’s independence.

Experts say the goal of developing 1,200km of urban rail by 2050 is highly ambitious, and the master plan needs to clarify its ability to mobilize funding and set out a feasible roadmap to avoid putting pressure on the city’s financial structure.

"Young people do not fear marriage or want to avoid responsibility; they are simply weighing the values of marriage against the pressures and risks of modern life," Trinh Phuong Thao from Hanoi National University of Education has said.

Thousands of people visited Phuoc Tuong Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City for Vu Lan, a season of gratitude marked by prayer, family remembrance and acts of kindness.

Hanoi police have dismantled a large-scale network accused of trafficking and repackaging liquid containing the drug Etomidate as vaping products, with transactions through related bank accounts totaling about $3.8 million.

A large, dark cloud with a tornado-like shape appeared off the Ninh Binh coast for about 30 minutes, accompanied by strong winds but causing no reported damage.

Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested three South Korean nationals wanted under Interpol Red Notices and handed them over to South Korean authorities at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

The second nationwide “Marching Forward with Vietnam” event on August 30 brought together 1,774,268 people across all 34 provinces and cities.

Traffic on 15 North–South expressway sections surged nearly 60% at the start of the five-day National Day holiday, with more than 321,000 vehicle trips recorded on August 29, according to the Department for Roads of Vietnam.

The 12th Festival of Vietnamese Youth and Students in Europe – Nexus Camp 2026 opened in Rome, Italy, on August 28, bringing together nearly 100 young Vietnamese representatives and students from countries across Europe and Vietnam.

Ministries and northern localities have been ordered to urgently clear bottlenecks and accelerate construction and capital disbursement for expressway projects, particularly those scheduled for completion this year.

There was a time when getting married before age 30 was considered an inevitable milestone for everyone. But that view is changing rapidly.

A British tourist fainted during rush hour in Quang Ninh, prompting traffic police to use a patrol motorcycle to rush her to hospital through heavy traffic.

When a peacock weighing around 5 kilograms flew into his family’s duck enclosure, Trieu Minh Tam, 48, of Cai Rang Ward in Can Tho City, contacted police to hand over the bird rather than accept offers of about $190 to sell it.