North Korea says tested 'super-large' rocket launchers Nuclear-armed North Korea successfully tested "super-large multiple rocket launchers", state media said on Monday, but leader Kim Jong Un was not described as commanding the drill as analysts say Pyongyang seeks to normalise its launches.

Hậu Giang raises fire danger level to the highest The Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang on Monday raised the fire danger level in the locality from “very high” (level 4) to “extreme” (level 5) due to long-lasting heat and low humidity in local forests.

S. Korea's virus infections near 1,600, new cases center on hardest-hit Daegu, church followers South Korea reported another daily spike in the number of new infections of the new coronavirus on Thursday, and more additional cases are expected to be identified in the hardest-hit city of Daegu and its neighboring regions as virus tests started on more than 210,000 members of a religious sect at the center of the rapid spread.

ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat opens, adopts declaration on fighting COVID-19

The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) officially opened in Hà Nội on Wednesday morning, under the chair of Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngô Xuân Lịch.

Southern provinces strengthen fire prevention measures during dry season Patrols will be increased and fire safety promoted by local districts in HCM City and neighboring provinces in an aim to prevent forest fires during the current dry season, the city's Fire Fighting and Prevention Police Department has said.

GBG broadens the fight against modern day financial crime with layered anti-fraud defence platform GBG broadens the fight against modern day financial crime with layered anti-fraud defence platform

PM applauds performances of central and southern military Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc inspected the combat readiness of the High Command of Military Region 5 at its headquarters in the central city of Đà Nẵng on Monday.

Việt Nam, Laos step up defence cooperation

Defence Minister General Ngô Xuân Lịch on Friday held talks with his Lao counterpart Chansamone Chanyalath, who is here for a working visit from December 19-23 and to attend the 30th All-People Defence Festival and 75th founding anniversary of the Việt Nam People’s Army.

Southern businesses are taking cybersecurity more seriously: report More and more businesses and organisations in southern Việt Nam are focusing on cybersecurity, but there are still limitations such as inadequate procedures and visibility of risks, according to a report tabled at Việt Nam Information Security Day in HCM City on Thursday (November 21).

Vietnamese defence minister calls for unity in ASEAN meeting

Vietnamese defence minister Ngô Xuân Lịch has called on ASEAN members to consolidate the bloc’s unity, foster ASEAN centrality principle in the face of “strategic competition” in the region between world’s major powers.