Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – July 30

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam's Party and state leaders consistently support and create favorable conditions for closer cooperation between the Organization Commissions under the Central Committees of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), Party General Secretary and State President To Lam said while receiving Sisay Leudetmounsone, Politburo member, Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee and Head of its Organization Commission, in Hanoi on Wednesday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- The Airports Corporation of Vietnam will pour nearly VND11.3 trillion (US$428.5 million) into a project to renovate and expand passenger terminal T1 at Da Nang International Airport in central Vietnam.

-- Authorities in Nha Trang Ward in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have launched a crackdown on foreign-language-only shop signs along several streets that were confusing Vietnamese visitors.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City chairman Nguyen Van Duoc has approved a proposal by the municipal Department of Agriculture and Environment to provide funding for 21 wards and communes to urgently repair, upgrade, and build critical disaster prevention and control infrastructure.

-- Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens attracted nearly 1.3 million visitors in the first half of 2026, up 30 percent year on year.

-- Heavy rain poured down across the city on Wednesday evening, flooding several streets such as Le Van Tho, Nguyen Van Khoi, and Pham Van Chieu.

Economy

-- National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to operate four international routes from Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai City, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, starting in December.

-- Individual customer deposits had totaled more than VND10.8 quadrillion ($411.3 billion) as of the end of May, up 4.76 percent from the end of 2025, marking the highest level on record, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

-- Honda Vietnam will recall over 6,400 motorcycles imported from Thailand and Japan over risks of crashes and fire.

Travel

-- Hanoi generated an estimated VND86 trillion ($3.3 billion) in tourism revenue between January and July, as the city welcomed more than 21 million visitors, including an estimated 5.3 million international arrivals.