Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — August 25

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Storm Kajiki, the fifth tropical storm to enter the East Vietnam Sea this year, was packing sustained winds of up to 166 kph early on Monday, with gusts reaching 202 kph. The storm’s center was located about 200 km off the coasts of Ha Tinh and Nghe An Provinces and is expected to make landfall between Thanh Hoa Province and the north of Quang Tri Province later in the day. Authorities evacuated thousands of residents overnight and urged people to stay indoors ahead of potential flooding and high winds.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday chaired a conference in Nghe An Province to coordinate emergency preparations as authorities braced for the potential impact of storm Kajiki.

-- Authorities in Khanh Hoa are investigating mass fish deaths and damaged coral discovered by divers near Hon Bac Island in Nha Phu Bay, a local official said on Sunday.

Economy

-- Automaker VinFast, a unit of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, announced it will launch the Evo Max, its first electric motorbike model eligible for battery-swapping, in October with an expected price of VND20 million (US$759).

Education

-- Vietnam won third place and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) prize at the Asia-Pacific Robocon 2025 finals held Sunday at ASA Arena in Sukhbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Travel

-- The restoration of the drum and bell tower at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Heritage Site in Hanoi has been completed, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Sports

-- Vietnam emerged as the most-watched team at the Volleyball Women’s World Championship as of Sunday, according to viewership data from Volleyball World’s YouTube channel, the official broadcaster and media partner of the International Volleyball Federation.

World News

-- France summoned the American ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging France had failed to do enough to stem antisemitic violence, Reuters quoted a French foreign ministry spokesperson as saying on Sunday.