Swimmers rush into the water at the start of the 2026 Ly Son Cross Island swimming race in Ly Son Special Zone, an island destination administered by Quang Ngai Province in central Vietnam, June 7, 2026. Photo: Van Ngo
Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:
Politics
— Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone and Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão arrived in Hanoi on Sunday afternoon, beginning their official visits to Vietnam and attendance at the third ASEAN Future Forum at the invitation of their Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung.
Society
— Police across wards in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province have launched a campaign to conduct widespread drug testing in hotels, residential areas, and among foreign nationals as part of Vietnam’s national anti-drug month.
— Quang Ngai Province is experiencing its most intense heatwave of the year, with temperatures in some eastern lowland areas forecast to reach 41 degrees Celsius on Monday.
— A fire that broke out in a coastal protection forest in Quang Ngai Province was brought under control on Sunday afternoon after more than six hours of firefighting, as the central province endured its hottest days of the year with mercury levels touching 41 degrees Celsius.
— Police in Ha Tinh Province have uncovered a major interprovincial network producing and trafficking illegal military-grade weapons, leading to the dismantling of two large-scale factories in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai City. Thousands of orders were reportedly shipped domestically and abroad, authorities said on Sunday.
— A sleeper bus rear-ended a tractor-trailer on the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway in Lam Dong Province in the early hours of Sunday, leaving about 19 passengers injured.
— Seven flights were delayed at Noi Bai International Airport on Sunday after pilots reported spotting a kite near the runway during take-off.
Ho Chi Minh City
— More than 120,000 people attended the 2026 Digital Finance Day held from Saturday to Sunday in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, where organizers reported over 20,000 new accounts opened, upwards of 80,000 direct interactions at experience zones, 2.5 million online engagements across digital platforms, and more than 40,000 gifts distributed during the event.
Sports
— More than 800 athletes from Vietnam and abroad competed in the 2026 Ly Son Cross Island swimming race in Quang Ngai Province on Sunday, with 400 participants taking on a challenging five-kilometer open-water course between Ly Son’s two islands.
