Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — June 18

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Eighteen Vietnamese citizens living and working in Iran have been evacuated to a third country amidst the ongoing escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran, the Vietnam News Agency quoted Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran Nguyen Luong Ngoc as saying on Tuesday afternoon (local time).

-- The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel has advised the Vietnamese people living there to proactively prepare and seek ways to leave the country via land border crossings, especially toward Jordan or Egypt, when security and safety conditions allow.

-- Ho Chi Minh City chairman Nguyen Van Duoc met with Singapore Consul General Pang Te Cheng and a delegation of Singaporean businesses on Tuesday.

Society

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control has warned of a potential dengue outbreak starting mid-June after reporting 404 cases from June 9 to 15, a 35-percent increase compared to the previous four-week average.

-- COVID-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh City have declined sharply, falling by 66 percent compared to the peak week, the city’s health department said on Tuesday.

-- Ho Chi Minh City’s Civil Judgment Enforcement Department and other authorities on Tuesday destroyed more than 500kg of narcotics seized in connection with 63 criminal cases.

-- Police in Hanoi on Tuesday detained a taxi driver for an investigation into property extortion after he allegedly extorted VND4.2 million (US$161) from two ethnic minority passengers for a 22-kilometer ride.

-- Police in Binh Duong Province are searching for the driver of a car involved in an incident where a male passenger exited the vehicle and pushed a female motorbike taxi driver to the ground after she scolded him for littering, authorities said on Tuesday.

-- Authorities in Quang Binh Province have deployed drones to spray pesticides in an effort to contain a locust outbreak that damages crops.

Travel

-- Tourists crowded Da Nang’s beaches on Tuesday despite large amounts of common water hyacinth washing ashore following the impact of storm Wutip.

Sports

-- The Vietnam Football Federation said on Tuesday it will not rush naturalizing players to achieve quick success, instead focusing on developing youth training systems and the national professional league to build a stronger foundation for the national team.