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Vietnamese workers are planning 9-day holiday in April simply by taking two days off

Vietnamese workers are planning 9-day holiday in April simply by taking two days off

Two public holidays in April fall just two working days apart, and millions of Vietnamese workers and students are finding ways to turn the gap into a single nine-day break.
Ho Chi Minh City helicopter tours are back

Ho Chi Minh City helicopter tours are back

Vietnam's two largest metropolises join list of world's 50 best cities

Vietnam's two largest metropolises join list of world's 50 best cities

Vingroup proposes $3.5B bridge and underwater tunnel across Ho Chi Minh City bay

Vingroup proposes $3.5B bridge and underwater tunnel across Ho Chi Minh City bay

Vingroup, Vietnam's largest private conglomerate, has proposed building a 14-km sea crossing combining a bridge and an underwater tunnel to connect two coastal areas of Ho Chi Minh City.
March 11, 2026 | 03:00 pm PT
Vietnamese doctor frees thousands from life with urinary drainage bags

Vietnamese doctor frees thousands from life with urinary drainage bags

A meeting with an American professor led Dr Do Lenh Hung to a breakthrough that freed thousands of patients from the daily burden of wearing a urinary drainage bag.
March 7, 2026 | 09:26 pm PT
Ho Chi Minh City banh mi shop sends 54 to hospital in latest mass poisoning

Ho Chi Minh City banh mi shop sends 54 to hospital in latest mass poisoning

54 people, including 11 children, were hospitalized after eating banh mi from a single street stall in Ho Chi Minh City's Vung Tau Ward on the evening of March 2, extending a wave of outbreaks that has sickened hundreds across southern Vietnam since late 2025.
March 4, 2026 | 03:14 pm PT
Thaco wants to complete HCMC–Long Thanh airport rail link by 2030

Thaco wants to complete HCMC–Long Thanh airport rail link by 2030

Automaker Thaco wants a subsidiary to begin construction of a railroad line between HCMC and the under-construction Long Thanh International Airport this year and complete it by 2030.
February 23, 2026 | 07:38 pm PT
Wuxia film mogul Zhang Jizhong, wife enjoy Tet holiday in HCMC, Phu Quoc

Wuxia film mogul Zhang Jizhong, wife enjoy Tet holiday in HCMC, Phu Quoc

Chinese director and wuxia producer Zhang Jizhong, 75, explored Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Quoc and Da Nang with his wife, Du Xinglin, who is 31 years his junior, during the Lunar New Year holiday.
February 23, 2026 | 07:30 pm PT
Vietnam's busiest airports handle over 300,000 passengers on final day of Tet, smashing all records

Vietnam's busiest airports handle over 300,000 passengers on final day of Tet, smashing all records

Vietnam's two major airports broke their all-time passenger records on the same day as the 2026 Tet holiday came to a close, with Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi Minh City alone handling nearly 180,000 travelers.
February 23, 2026 | 12:50 am PT
Ho Chi Minh City snail street, one of world's coolest, draws crowds after dark

Ho Chi Minh City snail street, one of world's coolest, draws crowds after dark

Hundreds of snail restaurants and seafood stalls line the nearly 1 km-long Vinh Khanh Street in Ho Chi Minh City, which stays busy with diners until midnight.
February 18, 2026 | 05:00 am PT
Tens of thousands pack Ho Chi Minh City's Nguyen Hue flower street for Tet

Tens of thousands pack Ho Chi Minh City's Nguyen Hue flower street for Tet

Tens of thousands of residents and visitors flooded Nguyen Hue Flower Street on Sunday night, turning the heart of Ho Chi Minh City into a sea of lights, flowers and phone cameras as the annual Tet display officially opened to the public.
February 16, 2026 | 03:52 am PT
Ho Chi Minh City turns long-vacant prime downtown land into public parks

Ho Chi Minh City turns long-vacant prime downtown land into public parks

After years of sitting vacant behind corrugated iron fences, several prime downtown sites in Ho Chi Minh City have been transformed into public parks, turning long-stalled development projects into green gathering spaces ahead of the Lunar New Year.
February 15, 2026 | 03:00 pm PT
Vietnam welcomes Year of the Horse with spectacular fireworks

Vietnam welcomes Year of the Horse with spectacular fireworks

Fireworks lit up the night sky as people across Vietnam welcomed the Year of the Horse with joy, sending wishes for prosperity, peace, and good health for their families and the nation.
February 16, 2026 | 05:44 am PT
Can Vietnam cut the 3-hour trip to Long Thanh Airport to 30 minutes?

Can Vietnam cut the 3-hour trip to Long Thanh Airport to 30 minutes?

The trip to the upcoming Long Thanh Airport from downtown Ho Chi Minh City can take up to three hours, even more under congestions, and Vietnam wants to cut that to 30 minutes.
February 15, 2026 | 12:00 am PT
Inside Ho Chi Minh City’s $390M elevated roadway for the southern gateway

Inside Ho Chi Minh City’s $390M elevated roadway for the southern gateway

A US$390 million elevated roadway planned for Ho Chi Minh City’s southern gateway is set to create a new high-speed transport axis, easing congestion while connecting major expressways, urban ports and future metro stations.
February 14, 2026 | 12:00 am PT
Emotional reunions as thousands pack Ho Chi Minh City airport to welcome overseas Vietnamese home for Tet

Emotional reunions as thousands pack Ho Chi Minh City airport to welcome overseas Vietnamese home for Tet

Thousands of people waited through the night at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport as flights from the U.S., Canada, Australia, South Korea and Japan landed one after another, bringing overseas Vietnamese home for Tet on Feb. 12.
February 13, 2026 | 02:59 pm PT
Tet congestion in HCMC slows emergency response despite sirens

Tet congestion in HCMC slows emergency response despite sirens

Sirens wailed and loudspeakers called out to vehicles to move aside but the ambulance remained stuck at the Dien Bien Phu Roundabout in HCMC even as its passenger’s conditions worsened.
February 13, 2026 | 12:05 am PT
Vietnam's two busiest airports brace for record Tet crowds

Vietnam's two busiest airports brace for record Tet crowds

Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat international airports, the two largest in Vietnam, are expected to handle record passenger volumes during the Lunar New Year (Tet), according to airport authorities.
February 12, 2026 | 04:44 pm PT
Ho Chi Minh City to pour $270M into road expansion to ease western gateway congestion

Ho Chi Minh City to pour $270M into road expansion to ease western gateway congestion

Years of gridlock at one of Ho Chi Minh City's most congested western gateways could finally ease after the city approved nearly VND7 trillion (US$270 million) to widen Vinh Loc Road, a key artery serving multiple industrial zones.
February 11, 2026 | 02:59 pm PT
 
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