Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall Thursday north of Gia Lai province in central Vietnam, lashing the region with fierce winds and torrential rain after leaving more than 100 people dead and dozens missing in the Philippines.

Sarah, who is known on Reddit as u/Nicoletravels__, told Newsweek via email that she spotted the cat outside a hotel construction zone. He was beside a dumpster, underneath rusted metal. When the cat finally spotted her, he ran up to her without hesitation. And to her, that was a sign to help.

Vietnam War veterans are finding names of fallen comrades and experiencing emotional healing during visits to the Vietnam Memorial, more than five decades after the war ended.

Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms has collapsed hillsides and turned streets into rivers

When toy giant LEGO decided to open a new $1-billion factory, it picked Vietnam so as to be close to its major markets in Asia. The facility, whose construction was launched last month, will also be the company's first carbon-neutral factory.

Floods set off by record levels of rainfall have inundated a large swath of central Vietnam over the past days, with the UNESCO-listed former imperial capital Hue and Hoi An the worst hit.