Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – July 21

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Emergency excavations at Chau Sa Citadel in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam uncovered three roof tile kilns dating back to the second and third centuries, providing further evidence that the site was once a major construction material production center of the pre-Champa people.

-- Authorities in Son Tra Ward, Da Nang City, central Vietnam will launch a campaign from July 21 to August 30 to crack down on sidewalk and roadway encroachments, as well as unauthorized street vending, along coastal roads and on Son Tra Peninsula, a local official said on Monday.

-- Nguyen Thanh Truc, a language studies student at RMIT Vietnam, represented Vietnam at the 2026 International Leadership Program held from June 17 to 20 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.

Economy

-- Qualcomm and several leading global financial institutions have expressed interest in joining or expanding operations at the Vietnam International Financial Center in Ho Chi Minh City, signaling growing international confidence in the project.

-- Vietnam's shrimp exports rose more than 14 percent year on year to US$2.3 billion in the first half of the year, driven mainly by strong demand from China, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

-- Vietnamese electric motorcycle makers are ramping up investment and expanding their product offerings to capitalize on the country's accelerating shift toward electric mobility, aiming to capture a larger share of the market long dominated by foreign brands.

-- Can Tho City in southern Vietnam aims for all vendors at its Class I and Class II markets to adopt cashless payments by 2030 under its market development plan for 2026–30.

Travel

-- Lo Lo Village in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam has been selected by the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism as one of five Vietnamese nominees for the UN Tourism best tourism villages 2026 initiative.

World

-- “Alibaba's AliExpress was hit with a record €550 million ($629 million) fine from the European Union on Monday for ‌failing to tackle sales of illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products on its platform,” Reuters reported.