Việt Nam News

To strengthen traffic order and safety to serve travel on the last day of the Tết holiday and the spring festive season, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has requested the police to increase personnel and patrol vehicles to monitor traffic safety in an official dispatch.

Passenger traffic through Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport reached an all-time high on Sunday (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year), with nearly 178,000 travellers passing through the country’s busiest aviation hub.

According to local leader, the identified victim was Hoàng Đức Mạnh, 11, from Lào Cai Province.

Authorities said 17 people have been rescued and are now in stable condition, while six others remain missing.

Traditional Tết serves as a meaningful occasion to strengthen bonds within the overseas Vietnamese community while fostering exchanges with local societies through culturally rich activities and diverse traditional cuisine.

Nguyễn Thành Vinh, Director of Hà Đông General Hospital, the first institution to trial the initiative, said that in the initial phase around 70 per cent of patients using on-demand services had opted for the guarantee scheme.

Tây Ninh Province is seeking to further improve the quality of new-style rural areas in a sustainable manner.

Inspecting the sites and witnessing the strong progress, the PM commended investors, contractors – particularly Đèo Cả Group – and engineers and workers for their efforts.

Service providers proactively enhanced system capacity, maintained round-the-clock technical duty, and stood ready to respond at peak traffic times.

This means the bodies of both missing victims from the boat sinking have now been found.

Under Hà Nội’s master plan to 2030, the capital city’s permanent population is projected to reach around 11 million, with an urbanisation rate of approximately 70 per cent.

Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for one remaining victim.

The Da Nang homeschool community took to the streets for a powerful cause, marking the successful launch of the city’s 1st Annual Heart Walk. The event brought together dozens of children and parents to champion heart health and raise awareness for congenital heart disease.

Đồng Tháp Province is developing specialised vegetable growing areas that are safe, sustainable, and adapted to new natural conditions.

The latest annual survey by InterNations revealed strong satisfaction levels among expats in Việt Nam, with 89 per cent expressing contentment with the local cost of living and 87 per cent reporting that their income supports a very comfortable lifestyle. It highlighted Việt Nam’s particularly competitive pricing across food, housing, transport and leisure activities.

Traffic accidents nationwide fell by more than a quarter during the first six days of the Bính Ngọ 2026 Lunar New Year holiday compared with the same period last year, although fatalities also declined by double digits, the Traffic Police Department said.

Poverty reduction efforts were prioritised, focusing on sub-projects under national target programmes for sustainable poverty reduction, new rural development and socio-economic development in ethnic communities and mountainous areas.

Traffic accidents in the capital declined significantly during the five peak days of the Lunar New Year holiday, reflecting the effectiveness of strengthened enforcement measures and improved public compliance with traffic laws.