Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — July 30

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met separately on Tuesday with Park Chang Dal, special envoy of South Korea’s president, who is on a visit to Vietnam from Monday to Sunday.

-- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held a meeting with Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Sangiampongsa in Bangkok on Tuesday.

-- Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on Tuesday urged parliaments to find common ground, bridge differences, and work together toward a future of peace, justice, and prosperity, during a general debate at the sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva, accoridng to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- Madame Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of Vietnamese Party chief To Lam, attended the inauguration of Ho Chi Minh Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday.

-- Hanoi on Tuesday announced a zoning plan for the 44.1-hectare Quang An Peninsula in Tay Ho Ward, featuring a 13,000-square-meter opera house to be built on Dam Tri Lake.

-- Can Tho City has announced a fireworks display to mark Vietnam’s National Day on September 2.

Economy

-- The State Securities Commission of Vietnam has fined construction consultancy firm Hung Thinh Incons JSC VND470 million (US$17,922) for multiple violations, including failure to disclose mandatory information or disclosing it inaccurately, the regulator said.

-- Sales on Vietnam’s four e-commerce platforms Shopee, Lazada, Tiki, and TikTok Shop in the first half of this year reached VND202.3 trillion ($7.8 billion), according to smart data platform Metric.vn.

Travel

-- Da Nang Downtown, formerly known as Asia Park, will include a 70-story tower on a 1.6-hectare plot within the nearly-77-heatare site, designed as a modern architectural landmark for the city, according to a new report by the Da Nang Department of Agriculture and Environment.

Sports

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday evening praised the Vietnam U23 men's national football team for their 1-0 victory over Indonesia in the final of the 2025 AFF U23 Championship, securing their third consecutive regional title.