Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — December 1

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Northern Vietnam remains cold on Monday, while central provinces sees showers and the south stays sunny, as storm Koto weakened rapidly over the sea, according to the national weather agency.

-- Storm Koto shifted course on Monday and continued to move slowly toward waters off Gia Lai–Khanh Hoa, where it is likely to weaken, forecasters said.

-- Authorities in Vietnam’s Gia Lai Province are investigating the destruction of about 95 hectares of forest in Kim Son Commune, officials said on Sunday.

-- Lam Dong Province’s construction department said the Mimosa Pass on National Highway 20, a main gateway to Da Lat, reopened to traffic at 6:00 pm on Sunday after an 11-day shutdown caused by landslides.

-- Ho Chi Minh City’s construction department has urged new safety standards and a waiver of construction permits for electric-vehicle chargers in apartment buildings, saying existing regulations do not cover them and create approval difficulties and fire‑safety risks.

Economy

-- Tay Ninh Province’s economic zone authority on Sunday filed a VND995.6-billion (US$37.76 million) proposal to upgrade the Moc Bai border gate economic zone to match infrastructure on the Ho Chi Minh City–Moc Bai expressway.

-- Vietnam accounted for about 110 tonnes of Norwegian red king crab in 2024, or roughly 27 percent of total exports to Asia, surpassing traditional markets such as South Korea and Japan and ranking second only to China, according to Åshild Nakken, Southeast Asia regional director of the Norwegian Seafood Council.

Travel

-- Vietnamese airlines have reminded passengers that from December 1, those without checked baggage must complete check-in using VNeID or self-service kiosks instead of the counter, under new rules set by a prime ministerial directive of 2025.

-- Derek Chou, director of the Taiwan Tourism Administration’s representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, said Vietnamese arrivals in Taiwan rose slightly in the first nine months of 2025 to more than 330,000, up about 15 percent from a year earlier, making Vietnam the second-largest Southeast Asian source market following a previous decline caused by visa policy changes.