Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - August 10

What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son have sent congratulatory messages to the leaders and people of Singapore on the occasion of this country’s 60th National Day (August 9, 1965 – August 9, 2025).

Society

-- The Vietnamese government on Friday issued a decree on a limited-term visa waiver scheme for foreign nationals in specially designated categories whose presence is deemed beneficial to the country’s socio-economic development.

-- Two Vietnamese tourists died at sea in Greece on Friday as gale-force winds confined many ferries to port, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of summer travellers, and also sparked fires, AFP cited the coastguard as saying.

-- Vice-chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Minh Thanh has officially signed a decision to rename 26 hospitals in the city following its merger with neighboring Binh Duong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau Provinces.

Economy

-- Vietnam’s customs authorities have detected and prevented multiple export shipments suspected of falsely claiming Vietnamese origin in order to be exported to the United States in January-July this year.

-- Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has submitted to the Prime Minister a set of tasks assigned to various ministries and sectors to effectively adapt to U.S. tariff policies, including continuing trade negotiations with the United States.

Education

-- All Vietnamese students participating in the 2025 International Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence in Beijing, China from August 2 to 8 won awards, including three golds, one silver, three bronzes, and one consolation prize, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Sports

-- A 3-0 victory over Indonesia in the second match of stage 2 of the 2025 SEA V.League helped the Vietnamese women's volleyball team climb to the 22nd place in the world rankings, just one spot behind Thailand.

World News

-- A crash between a bus and a truck in Brazil's center-western state of Mato Grosso killed 11 people and injured another 45 late Friday, Reuters reported, citing the toll road operator and Brazil's federal highway police.