Man damages imperial throne, a national treasure in former capital

The People’s Committee of Huế City called this incident "extremely rare and unprecedented," and announced that the Centre for the Conservation of Huế Monuments has ordered the relocation of the throne to a secure storage facility at the Royal Antiquities Museum.

Organ donation saves lives in Quảng Ninh

Working through Thursday night into the early hours of Friday, local doctors, with support from Việt Đức Friendship Hospital specialists, retrieved the heart, lungs, liver, two kidneys and two corneas from a 37-year-old male donor.

Continuing peace

The 2025 McCain Global Leaders visited the John McCain Memorial during their trip to Việt Nam this week, as the two countries mark their 30th anniversary of diplomatic normalisation (1995-2025). This statue by Hà Nội's Trúc Bạch Lake once stood as a landmark for Vietnamese forces’ capture of the late US pilot turned senator, but with time and efforts from both Việt Nam and the US, it is now a symbol of war reconciliation.

Joint fast transport policy set to help organ transplant surgeries

The central city’s General Hospital, in cooperation with the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company (VIAGS), has agreed a joint-action plan in giving top priority on organ tissue transport for transplantation cases.

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