Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Hanoi

Vietnam Pushes Electric Motorbikes As Pollution Becomes 'Unbearable'

In Vietnam's heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through streets jammed with two-wheelers belching toxic fumes.

International Business Times

Vietnam Approves Billion High-Speed Railway Project

Vietnam greenlights billion high-speed railway project linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, set to revolutionize transportation.

Top News

Vietnam To Build $67 Bn High-speed Railway

Vietnam said Saturday that it will build a $67 billion high-speed railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, in a much-needed boost to infrastructure that is expected to drive growth and enhance its reputation among foreign investors.

International Business Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Honda's Motorcycle Sales Are So Good, It Actually Adjusted Its Projections Up

Honda's latest financial report is out, and it covers all three main segments of Honda's international business: Automobiles, Motorcycles, and Power Equipment.Of those, Automobiles and Motorcycles are the two biggest segments. Since this is RideApart, we're of course concerned with only one of these categories.So, how are Honda's motorcycle sales…

RideApart

Myanmar Battles Yagi Floods As Vietnam Begins Clear-up

Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around remote capital Naypyidaw on Friday, as Vietnam began clearing up after Typhoon Yagi.

International Business Times

Vietnam Farmers Lose Their Blooms As Floods Claim Crops

Vietnamese farmer Do Hong Yen estimates she lost tens of thousands of dollars when her valuable peach blossom crop was swamped by muddy waters in Hanoi's worst flooding in two decades.

International Business Times

Thousands evacuated from Hanoi as Typhoon Yagi death toll reaches 179

Vietnam govt estimates 179 killed and 145 missing as water level in the Red River in the capital reaches a 20-year-high.

Al Jazeera

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Hanoi River Level Hits 20-year High As SE Asia Typhoon Toll Passes 150

Typhoon Yagi hit Vietnam at the weekend bringing winds in excess of 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour and a deluge of rain that has also brought destructive floods to northern areas of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.

Latin Times

Typhoon Yagi: more than 140 dead in Vietnam as flood waters threaten central Hanoi

Residents of capital evacuated and school students told to stay at home while entire village reportedly buried by landslide in northern Vietnam

The Guardian - AU

Rescue On As Typhoon Yagi Leaves 40 Missing, 63 Dead In Vietnam

Emergency workers raced to evacuate thousands of people from severe floods Tuesday after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam, killing 63 people and leaving 40 others missing.

International Business Times

Nguyen Phu Trong obituary

Hardline general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party determined to suppress dissent

The Guardian - UK

Thousands in Vietnam mourn at funeral of Communist Party chief Trong

The 80-year-old leader’s death sets the stage for a leadership race during the National Party Congress in 2026.

Al Jazeera

Vietnam Mourns Death Of Communist Party Leader Nguyen Phu Trong

Thousands gather in Hanoi to mourn the passing of Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong. Succession struggle looms within the party.

Top News

Mourners Gather In Vietnam For Leader's Funeral

Thousands of black-clad mourners including top Vietnamese officials gathered Thursday in Hanoi for the funeral of Communist party leader Nguyen Phu Trong as two days of national mourning began.

International Business Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reason

Brickbat: No Short Kings

Saying the link between height and success is significant, the School of Management and Business at Vietnam National University in Hanoi said that this year, female students less than 1.58 meters tall (5'2") and male students less than 1.65 meters (5'3") would not be allowed to enroll. The average height…

The Conversation

Why the west shouldn’t worry about Putin’s visit to Hanoi

Shortly after his trip to North Korea last week, Russian president Vladimir Putin was greeted in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, as an old friend. His 22-hour state visit received the highest level of reception and resulted in a number of agreements on energy and science and technology. There was also…

The Independent UK

A U.S. envoy visits Hanoi days after Putin, saying US-Vietnam trust is at 'all-time high'

A senior U.S. diplomat has held talks in Vietnam and said that the trust between the two countries is at an “all-time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi

Evening Standard

Vietnam’s gun salute for ‘comrade’ Putin after lavish visit to dictator Kim Jong Um in North Korea

Russian President was welcomed by Vietnamese President To Lam to Hanoi on Thursday

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Mark Rutte set to be next Nato head after rival withdraws – as it happened

Dutch politician has long been considered to be frontrunner for role

The Independent UK

Putin in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia while Russia's isolation deepens

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Vietnam to strengthen ties with its longtime partner in Southeast Asia at a time when Moscow is facing growing international isolation because of its military actions in Ukraine

International Business Times

Putin In Hanoi After Inking N. Korea Defence Pact

Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, a day after signing a mutual defence pact with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who offered his "full support" on Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Russia and Vietnam agree to strengthen ties during Putin state visit

Vietnam’s president says two countries want to ‘push up’ defence and security cooperation as US criticises meeting

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Putin arrives in Vietnam for final stop on two-nation Asia tour

Putin hails Vietnam for backing ‘a pragmatic way to solve the crisis’ in Ukraine in an op-ed released before his visit.

Al Jazeera

Why is Russia’s Putin visiting Vietnam after North Korea?

Vietnam is a rising nation the West wants closer ties with. The visit is a signal from Russia that Putin isn’t isolated.

The Independent UK

A fire in an apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, kills 14 people and injures 6, state media say

State media say a fire in a small apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, has killed at least 14 people

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the National Assembly

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.