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Human trafficking syndicates operating across Southeast Asia are increasingly laundering their profits through cryptocurrency, a shift that reflects how swiftly these networks are scaling up and exploiting the ease of mo...

Vietnam’s leader To Lam was re-elected Friday as the general secretary of its ruling Communist Party, securing a new five-year term in the country’s most powerful position and pledging to rev up economic growth in the e...

Hanoi is urging residents, especially seniors, children and people with respiratory issues, to limit outdoor activity and wear masks as the capital slips deeper into its latest air-pollution spell.

The death toll from major flooding in Vietnam has risen to 90, with 12 more people missing, the environment ministry said on Sunday after days of heavy rain and landslides.

At least 43 people died in Vietnam after a barrage of torrential rain caused more flooding and landslides in the central regions of the country.

Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 188 people in the Philippines and five in Vietnam, according to the latest figures from the two countries.

After several hours over the sea, Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces in central Vietnam at 7 p.m. Thursday, bringing winds of 118–149 kph, blowing off roofs and uprooting trees across the are...

Flooding since Oct. 26 has killed at least 14 people in central Vietnam, leaving eight missing and submerging more than 128,000 homes in 90 communes.

Floodwaters swept through central Vietnam this week after record-breaking rains, leaving at least 10 people dead and five missing, officials said, as cities, farmland and transport networks were battered by the onslaught...

Vietnamese authorities have barred a BBC journalist from leaving the country and ​subjected them to days of interrogation, in a press freedom case that comes to light during a high-profile visit by Vietnam’s leader to th...

Heavy rains have caused major flooding in central Vietnam, with rivers swelling and inundating homes and farmland, and submerging tourist destinations including the historic cities of Hue and Hoi An.

Many streets in the beach town of Nha Trang, including 2 Thang 4 Street (pictured), were nearly half a meter underwater at 9 a.m. Thursday, after three hours of torrential rain submerged many roads by 35–60 cm.

Record floods submerged streets and inundated homes in Vietnam on Wednesday (Oct 8), leaving tens of thousands of people stranded, with at least eight killed this week.

A section of the Bac Khe 1 hydropower dam in Lang Son Province in northern Vietnam burst on Oct. 7, unleashing torrents of water and sparking fears of flooding in nearby villages.

Typhoon Bualoi tore through Vietnam's coast on Monday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 46, the government said, while accompanying strong winds and rains damaged homes, snapped power links and flooded roads.

Huge clear-up operations were under way in southern China and Hong Kong on Thursday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa battered the region, causing widespread flooding and damaged roads.

Typhoon Kajiki and the flooding it triggered have killed eight people, including one in Thailand and seven in Vietnam, authorities said on Wednesday, with the Vietnamese government warning of more flash floods and mudsli...

Typhoon Kajiki killed at least three people and injured 10 others in Vietnam, authorities said on Tuesday as they warned that heavy rains could cause flooding and landslides.

Typhoon Kajiki brought torrential rains to Vietnam's north central coast on Monday, felling trees and flooding homes, despite wind speeds tapering off from earlier in the day.

Flooding triggered by heavy rain has left at least 14 people dead or missing in Vietnam's northern province of Dien Bien, state media reported on Friday.