5 August – Billionaire Trinh Van Quyet is convicted by a court in Hanoi of fraud involving the overstating of the value of a subsidiary of his FLC Group by $150 million and is sentenced to 21 years' imprisonment. Two of his sisters as well as former Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange chair Tran Dac Sinh and two others are also sentenced on related charges.[14]
September
7–12 September – At least 199 people are killed and at least 800 others are injured after Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in the Quảng Ninh-Haiphong area.[15][16]
10 September – At least 48 people are killed and 39 others are reported missing in a landslide that buries the village of Lang Nu in Lào Cai province.[17]
29 September – Ten crew aboard a Vietnamese fishing boat are injured in an attack by an unidentified vessel near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam, China and Taiwan.[18] Vietnamese authorities subsequently accuse Chinese law enforcement officers of responsibility.[19]
30 September – A court in Thailand orders the extradition of Y Quynh Bđăp, a Montagnard activist convicted in absentia in Vietnam of terrorism charges over his role in the 2023 Đắk Lắk attacks.[20]
October
2–3 October – Authorities confirm an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza affecting tigers and other big cats fed with infected poultry following tests on deceased subjects from zoos in Đồng Nai and Long An provinces.[21]
17 October – Trương Mỹ Lan is sentenced to life imprisonment in a fraud case.[22]
21 October – Army general Lương Cường is selected as President by the National Assembly.[23]
