Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 1

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man held an official welcome ceremony in Hanoi on Tuesday for Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power and President of the Council of State, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

-- Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam and State President Luong Cuong on Tuesday sent congratulatory messages to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

-- The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday signed memoranda of understanding with the Lao Front for National Construction Committees of Vientiane and Champasak to strengthen people-to-people diplomacy between the two countries during the 2025–30 period.

Society

-- Traffic in Hanoi was thrown into chaos on Tuesday evening as heavy flooding submerged streets and power outages hit several areas. In the former Ha Giang Province, now part of the expanded Tuyen Quang Province, floodwaters in some places rose above head height.

-- A woman was rescued unharmed on Tuesday afternoon after becoming trapped in an elevator that plunged into a flooded basement at a lakeside building in Hanoi, authorities said.

-- Vietnam’s state-run lottery company Vietlott said a player won the jackpot in the Power 6/55 lottery draw held on Tuesday night, taking home VND179.06 billion (US$6.77 million) with the winning numbers 17-23-34-39-46-52.

Education

-- The Hanoi Department of Education and Training announced on Tuesday afternoon that students would be excused from school on Wednesday, while several universities continued online classes due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rain.

Economy

-- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday raised its forecast for Vietnam’s economic growth in 2025 to 6.7 percent, up from 6.6 percent projected in April, while lowering its 2026 growth estimate to six percent from a previous forecast of 6.5 percent.

-- Da Nang signs financial center cooperation deal with Frankfurt Main Finance at an investment promotion conference in Germany on Tuesday.

Entertainment

-- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Tuesday selected ‘Red Rain’ to represent Vietnam in the preliminary round of the Best International Feature Film category at the 2026 Oscars.