Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — July 14

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Construction of Ho Chi Minh City's metro line No. 2 is expected to begin by the end of 2025, once the relocation of technical infrastructure — currently about 60 percent complete — is finished, with authorities accelerating efforts to meet the mandated schedule.

-- An underground walkway connecting the underground Opera House Station on Ho Chi Minh City's metro line No. 1 with the basement level of the Union Square shopping center has opened, offering residents a more convenient and modern transit-to-retail experience.

-- Two people were killed and three others injured after a landslide buried two homes in Xuan Ai Commune, part of the former Yen Bai Province before its recent merger into Lao Cai Province, on Sunday night.

-- A nighttime landslide sent five houses into a river in Gia Rai Ward, Ca Mau Province — formerly part of Ho Phong Ward in Gia Rai Town, Bac Lieu Province before a recent merger — on Sunday, causing an estimated VND400 million (US$15,317) in property damage, with no casualties reported.

-- Rescue teams in north-central Nghe An Province on Sunday night recovered the bodies of a boy and a man after a car crashed into two motorbikes and plunged into a river.

-- Despite a government directive urging localities to stamp out African swine fever outbreaks, new clusters of the disease continue to emerge across northern Vietnam. As of Sunday, the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment reported 386 clusters in the northern region this year, with more than 22,000 pigs infected, dead or culled, down 44 percent and 60 percent, respectively, from the same period last year.

Economy

-- CMC Corporation said on Sunday it received approval from Ho Chi Minh City's Saigon High-Tech Park management board to invest over $250 million in a large-scale data center project at the park.

-- VinSpeed, a Vietnamese high-speed rail developer backed by Vingroup, said on Sunday it is accelerating recruitment efforts to support the rollout of its proposed high-speed rail projects connecting downtown Ho Chi Minh City to the former Can Gio District and Hanoi to Quang Ninh Province.

Sports

-- "Cole Palmer produced a scintillating first-half masterclass as Chelsea demolished a flat Paris St Germain 3-0 to win a one-sided Club World Cup final at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on Sunday," Reuters reported.

-- "Jannik Sinner defeated Carlos Alcaraz 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 in a high-octane final to capture his maiden Wimbledon trophy and fourth Grand Slam crown on Sunday, avenging his loss to the Spaniard in last month's epic French Open final," Reuters reported.