Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — July 16

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong received Cho Hyun Sang, chair of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) 2025 and vice-chairman of the Republic of Korea’s Hyosung Group, along with ABAC members representing the 21 APEC economies on Tuesday.

-- Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of National Defense, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Hien met with Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy Admiral Jirapol Wongwit in Hanoi on Tuesday.

Society

-- Vietnam’s national weather agency has forecast that six to eight storms and tropical depressions could form in the East Vietnam Sea between now and October, with two to three expected to affect the country.

-- Market monitors in Ho Chi Minh City have suspended a food stall at Ben Thanh Market for three days after it charged VND1 million (US$39) for four bowls of bun mang vit (Vietnamese rice vermicelli duck noodle soup with bamboo shoots), a portion of boneless duck, and a plate of salad, they said on Tuesday.

-- A section of provincial road DT 755B, a key route connecting Dong Nai and Lam Dong Provinces, was hit by a large landslide following prolonged heavy rain, authorities said on Tuesday.

Entertainment

-- An Indian film titled SILAA, with a production budget of around $4 million, will be shot at multiple locations in Vietnam, including Son Doong Cave, which was previously part of the old Quang Binh Province before it was merged with Quang Tri Province, Le Minh Tuan, director of the Quang Tri Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said on Tuesday.

Sports

-- The Vietnam People’s Public Security II team defeated Cambodia’s Police team in the final in Hanoi on Tuesday night to claim the title at the ASEAN Police Football Open 2025.

World News

-- “A wildfire in tinder-dry forest on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon grew around 50% on Tuesday after it destroyed dozens of buildings, prompting public outrage that it was left to burn for a week before firefighters tried to fully extinguish it,” Reuters reported.

-- “Two men were each jailed for over four years on Tuesday for cutting down Britain’s ‘Sycamore Gap’ tree, a much-loved and well-known global landmark whose dramatic silhouette had featured in a Hollywood movie,” Reuters reported.