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• Vietnam buries 731 Tet Offensive victims

  Vietnam conducted a solemn burial ceremony for 731 individuals believed to have died during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Thousands of mourners lined city roads carrying white flowers as excavations unearthed bones, weapons, ammunition, and personal belongings from Le Thi Rieng Park using DNA analysis. The site was identified through an eight-year investigation by architect Nguyen Xuan Thang, who utilized a 1968 Associated Press photograph of a water tower to locate the trenches.

• Vietnam and EFTA set to sign free trade deal in Hanoi

  Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association are set to sign a free trade deal in Hanoi, with Swiss Economy Minister Guy Parmelin attending as Switzerland holds the rotating EFTA presidency. Negotiations concluded in July after being relaunched last year amid global tensions over US tariffs.

• Hanoi acid attack suspects arrested in Bangkok

  Thai police arrested a Vietnamese couple in Bangkok who fled Hanoi after committing an acid attack in July 2025. The suspects admitted to the crime, which was allegedly ordered by a third person still at large, leading to their detention and revocation of stay permits.

• "Vietnam could lose winter by 2100 as major cities face 100 more hot days, scientists warn - VnExpress International"

  Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment projects severe urban warming in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, with temperatures potentially rising up to 4.2 degrees Celsius by century's end. The report warns of significantly more hot days and longer heatwaves, particularly affecting dense urban cores under high-emission scenarios.