Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – August 9

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Economy

-- Da Nang is considering plans to establish a commodity exchange within its international financial center, with coffee, pepper, Ngoc Linh ginseng, and other Vietnamese products potentially traded on one platform.

Society

-- The Government Inspectorate has called for stricter action against gold businesses involved in market manipulation, hoarding, price pushing, and profiteering, naming Bao Tin Manh Hai and Mi Hong among violators.

-- Authorities in Dong Thap Province will intensify efforts to stop individuals and groups from exploiting vulnerable people, including children, the elderly, and people with disabilities, by forcing them to beg for money, according to the provincial administration’s recent directive.

-- Contract passenger transport operators will be required to share trip data with police, tax, and customs authorities from 2028 under new regulations.

-- Gia Lai Province is urgently relocating nearly 1,000 households from dangerous areas along the lower Ba River following severe landslides and flooding triggered by the deadly typhoon Kalmaegi in 2025.

-- Northern Vietnam is forecast to experience hot weather today as temperatures climb to 35-36 degrees Celsius, while southern provinces expect heavy evening showers. Offshore, strong winds and rough seas continue despite the weakening of a tropical depression, said the national weather agency.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Search teams on Saturday recovered 18 additional sets of martyrs’ remains at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing the total number of sets of remains found at the site to 245.

Travel

-- About 50 farming households involved in community-based tourism in Dong Thap Province joined a hands-on fishing activity on Saturday, while learning photography and video skills to promote local tourism on social media.

Sports

-- The 2026 National Youth Mixed Martial Arts Championship opened on Saturday in Da Nang, bringing together 195 fighters from 15 teams competing for 44 sets of medals.

World

-- British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Saturday after thousands of people in the western Canadian province were ordered to flee ‌a fast-moving wildfire that nearly doubled in size overnight, Reuters reported.