Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - February 22

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Party General Secretary To Lam returned to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Saturday evening, concluding his three-day trip to Washington, D.C., for the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace at the invitation of President Donald Trump, who is also the Board’s Founding Chairman, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- The Traffic Police Department on Saturday evening announced a plan to temporarily close outbound lanes from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in order to prioritize vehicles returning to the cities on expressways as the Lunar New Year holiday ends.

-- A Norwegian tourist came to a police station in Bac Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province to hand over a wallet picked up along Luong Son Pass on Friday, an officer said on Saturday.

-- Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market is valued at US$8 billion per year, with per capita spending increasing by 12-15 percent annually. The industry’s compound annual growth rate ranks second in Asia, after India, according to a recent report from the Drug Administration of Vietnam.

-- Rescuers in Tuy Hoa Ward, Dak Lak Province saved two tourists who were swept offshore by waves while swimming at Tuy Hoa Beach on Saturday afternoon.

-- Traffic police in Da Nang City have imposed a total administrative fine of VND127.5 million ($4,980) on the driver and the owner of a passenger bus for carrying 17 more passengers than the permitted capacity.

Travel

-- Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam welcomed over one million tourists during the seven peak days of the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, generating more than VND2 trillion ($77 million) in revenue.

-- Fashion magazine Vogue has officially listed Con Dao Island, administered by Ho Chi Minh City, among the world’s most ideal honeymoon destinations for 2026, underscoring its strong potential in capturing the high-end resort market.

Economy

-- Vietnam shipped tilapia worth over $53 million to the United States in 2025, skyrocketing 173 percent year on year.