Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — December 5

What you need to know today:

Politics

-- The Thai Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City hosted a ceremony on Thursday evening at Le Méridien Saigon Hotel to mark Thailand’s National Day and the 98th birth anniversary of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 

Society

-- Bach Ma National Park in Hue City has just been officially recognized as an ASEAN Heritage Park, alongside four other national parks and conservation areas in Vietnam.

-- Da Nang police have arrested three South Korean nationals wanted by Interpol for operating a scam network in Cambodia and, on Thursday evening, handed them over to South Korean authorities in coordination with the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Foreign Affairs for extradition.

-- Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Construction has called on relevant units to step up inspections and strictly handle cases of double-decker buses using prohibited routes or picking up and dropping off passengers in violation of regulations.

-- In just one day, flooding in Lam Dong (the former Binh Thuan area) inundated 3,300 homes and left one person dead, while roads in many areas were severely eroded and damaged, local authorities said on Thursday.

Economy

-- Japan’s Kokuyo Group plans to acquire up to 65.01 percent of Thien Long Group’s charter capital through a combination of share purchases from major shareholders and a public tender offer.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and Grab Vietnam signed a cooperation agreement on Thursday to boost destination promotion and enhance visitor experiences through a digital service ecosystem.

World News

-- Australia’s Internet regulator said a ban on teens using social media would mark the first domino in a global effort to rein in Big Tech, as Meta began blocking hundreds of thousands of Instagram, Facebook and Threads accounts ahead of next week’s deadline, Reuters reported.