Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - August 15

What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam on Thursday held phone talks with President of the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen to discuss measures to strengthen relations between the two Parties and countries.

-- King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and the Queen of Bhutan will pay a state visit to Vietnam from August 18 to 22 at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong and his spouse, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday.

-- The U.S. Department of State's annual Human Rights Reports did not reflect Vietnam's achievements and progress in safeguarding human rights. It also continues to present unobjective assessments based on inaccurate and unverified information about the actual situation in Vietnam, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said at a regular press briefing on Thursday.

-- The Netherlands has been committed to promoting the application of its Sand Motor technology and other advanced initiatives in Vietnam to meet economic development needs while protecting natural resources and ensuring sustainable, nature-based growth, Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Kees van Baar told Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at their meeting in Hanoi on Thursday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- An MK-82 bomb weighing over 200 kilograms, located near the Se Pon River in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam, some 70 meters from the Vietnam-Laos border marker, was safely destroyed using a thermal detonation method, PeaceTrees Vietnam said on Thursday.

-- Vehicles are being banned from entering the Le Duan Boulevard section from Pasteur Street to Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street in Ho Chi Minh City until 12:00 pm on Friday for the organization of a national walking campaign to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2), and the Traditional Day of the People's Public Security Force (August 19).

-- Ho Chi Minh City and several southern provinces will experience heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next three days due to the influence of the southwest monsoon and a low-pressure trough connected to a disturbance over the central East Vietnam Sea.

-- Binh Trieu 1 Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City will be closed to cars from August 23 to November 30 for construction to raise its clearance.

Education

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training on Thursday announced a plan to recruit over 6,000 teachers for the 2025-26 academic year.