State broadcaster VTV aired footage of families moving after authorities ordered them to relocate to temporary shelters, as well as fishing vessels being secured with ropes in several provinces.

HANOI—Vietnam began evacuating more than 118,000 people in northern provinces Friday as the country prepared for the arrival of Typhoon Rammasun, which killed at least 54 people in the Philippines.

Vietnam is planning to reduce the number of provinces by half and slash commune-level authorities by up to 70%, further expanding a streamlining drive that aims to cut billions of dollars from state ...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's foreign ministry published a map defining its baseline claim in the Gulf of Tonkin, where it shares a maritime border with China, which it said on Friday was to help ...

Vietnam is preparing to reduce its number of administrative units from 63 cities and provinces to 34 as part of a government reform aimed at streamlining its apparatus, Communist Party General ...

The reforms are part of a drive to make the country’s political system “lean, compact, strong, efficient, effective, and impactful.” The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has approved a radical ...

National Assembly deputies have proposed merging smaller provinces to optimize resources, with a target of reducing the total to around 40. Hau Giang is one of Vietnam’s 10 least populated provinces, ...

Ho Chi Minh City now has the highest population, Lam Dong covers the largest area, Phu Tho borders the most provinces, and Hanoi boasts the highest average income. Ho Chi Minh City now has a ...

HANOI: Vietnam is planning to reduce the number of provinces by half and slash commune-level authorities by up to 70 per cent, further expanding a streamlining drive that aims to cut billions of ...