Copper plate/sheet and strip exports fell both YoY and MoM in June, with a 36.9% YoY decline in Vietnam.

According to data from the General Administration of Customs, domestic copper plate/sheet and strip exports reached 10,340.7 mt in June 2025, down 6.27% MoM and 9.95% YoY. As of June, cumulative copper plate/sheet and strip exports from China …

Forging Vietnam’s carbon market: from policy framework to practical action

Forging Vietnam’s carbon market: from policy framework to practical action Vietnam is laying the groundwork for a national carbon market, aligning legal, technical, and financial frameworks to meet the country’s net-zero commitment by 2050 amid growing …

Vietnam’s pharma sector advancing with focus on ESG and innovation

Vietnam’s pharma sector advancing with focus on ESG and innovation Vietnam’s pharmaceutical sector is advancing through a combination of scientific innovation, regulatory responsibility, and efforts to build a sustainable healthcare system. As a sector …

Airport Corporation of Vietnam plans significant stock dividend distribution

Airport Corporation of Vietnam plans significant stock dividend distribution The company's Board of Directors has approved the issuance of more than 1.4 billion shares as part of this dividend payout, which will be drawn from the retained earnings as …

1 confirmed dead, 4 injured due to Typhoon Wipha's effect in central Vietnam

HANOI, July 21 (Xinhua) -- One person has been confirmed dead and four others injured in central Vietnam's Nghe An province due to torrential rains and thunderstorms triggered by Typhoon Wipha, local newspaper Lao Dong (Labor) reported Monday. The …

Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam team up for trilateral disaster response training

VIENTIANE, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Military delegations from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam convened here to discuss and finalize plans for the 2025 trilateral joint disaster relief exercise. The joint exercise focused on search, rescue, and humanitarian …

Is it safe to travel to Vietnam? Latest advice as Typhoon Wipha nears country's coastal provinces

It has been a wet and miserable few days for swathes of Asia as Typhoon Wipha wreaked (and continues to wreak) havoc in Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines, and southern China.  It has left at least five dead in the Philippines, forced hundreds of flight …

Vietnam races to prepare for Typhoon Wipha as Philippines suffers storm deaths

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam braced for Typhoon Wipha on Monday as coastal provinces were placed on emergency alert and airlines canceled flights ahead of the storm’s expected landfall early Tuesday. The typhoon is forecast to bring powerful winds and …

"It took only a few seconds": survivors recount how a sudden storm drowned dozens in Vietnam

HALONG (Reuters) -The thunderstorm came so suddenly that it overturned the boat within seconds, said two survivors of the shipwreck which killed at least 35 people in Vietnam's top tourist spot of Halong Bay and left another four missing. "It had …

Updated travel advice for anyone visiting Vietnam