Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has ordered urgent nationwide measures as Typhoon Kajiki approaches Việt Nam’s north-central coast, with forecasters warning of destructive winds, storm surges and heavy rains.

Health experts emphasised the crucial role of maternal antibody transfer and its significance in helping protect infants during the first months of life. 

Over the past 80 years, Việt Nam has undertaken extensive economic reforms, including domestic market improvements, enhanced savings rates, consumption promotion, and export market expansion.

The storm is forecast to strike between midday and late afternoon on Monday, with winds of level 12-14 and gusting to level 16, in southern Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An and northern Hà Tĩnh provinces. Surrounding provinces may experience winds of level 8-11, with dangerous gusts extending far inland.

According to the Hà Nội transport management and operation centre, the policy will be applied from August 30 to the end of September 2 on 128 subsidised bus routes across the city and two metro lines – Line 2A Cát Linh – Hà Đông and Line 3.1 Nhon – Cầu Giấy.

From modest beginnings, Vietnamese medicine has advanced to world-class standards, with surgeons now performing liver, kidney, heart and lung transplants, robotic-assisted spinal and orthopaedic surgeries, artificial heart implantations and stem cell therapies.

Cars in Hà Nội and HCM City manufactured from 2017 will need to meet Level 4 emission standards by January 2027, under a draft roadmap proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

The major industrial complex project carries an estimated initial investment of over VNĐ17.5 trillion (US$665 million) on an area of 250 hectares.

Typhoon Kajiki is expected to make landfall in central Việt Nam at around noon on Monday.

Việt Nam has become increasingly confident in promoting multilateralism, establishing strategic partnerships, and more recently, comprehensive strategic partnerships, said Professor Carl Thayer of the Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales.

The airline said it will continue to closely monitor the storm and provide regular updates through its website, social media accounts, and customer messages via phone and email.

The typhoon is strengthening and moving very quickly, with a speed of about 25km per hour, towards Việt Nam's central region.

Traffic at one of HCM City’s busiest gateways was gridlocked for hours on Sunday (Aug 24) morning after two trucks collided and overturned, blocking multiple lanes.

The suspects confessed that the sale of laughing gas was carried out in an organised process: staff would take customer orders, servers would fill balloons with N₂O and bring them to the tables, and payments were recorded via software by table.

Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân’s first official visit to Nepal coincides with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The trip is expected to inject fresh momentum into cooperation in trade, investment and tourism.

Central coastal provinces have banned vessels from going to sea as Storm Kajiki, the fifth storm in the East Sea this year, threatens Việt Nam with strong winds, heavy rains and dangerous seas.

A community-based knowledge sharing model has been run by World Vision International in Việt Nam for several years, helping primary caretakers take good care of their children.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on August 22 stressed the need to ensure equal access to education and training while chairing a national conference reviewing the 2024–2025 academic year and outlining tasks for 2025–2026.

The press centre for the exhibition on 80 years of national achievements was inaugurated in Hà Nội on August 22, a tribute to the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).