Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – October 15

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Vietnamese scientist Ha Thi Thanh Huong won first prize in the mid-career category of the 2026 ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women at an awards ceremony in Da Nang City, central Vietnam on Wednesday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- Police in Ninh Binh Province, northern Vietnam have charged an 18-year-old university student for handing his motorbike to a friend without a driver’s license, who later crashed into another motorbike, killing its rider, authorities said on Wednesday.

-- Police in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a 46-year-old man who was accused of producing and selling large quantities of counterfeit fertilizer, earning billions of dong in illicit profits since 2023. [VND1 billion = US$38,610]

-- A powerful explosion rocked a residential area in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam on Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least two people injured and raising suspicions of illegal firecracker production, a local official confirmed the same day.

Economy

-- Nghe An Province in north-central Vietnam aims to attract $6-8 billion in registered foreign direct investment from 2026 to 2030, with disbursed capital targeted at $5-6.5 billion, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City Social Security has released the names of 100 companies that have delayed social insurance contributions for at least six months, with debts totaling more than VND842.9 billion ($32.5 million). Some firms have failed to pay for over a decade.

-- A café owner in the city’s Dong Thanh Commune voluntarily handed over an elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) to local police after finding it crawling across a road on Wednesday morning.

-- Tu Du Hospital in the city has officially been authorized by the Ministry of Health to perform fetal cardiac interventions, a highly advanced medical procedure, starting October 12, following 17 successful procedures by teams from two local hospitals.

Travel

-- Two foreign tourists from Germany and the United States were rescued in Da Nang after losing their way while camping in Ba Na forest, local police confirmed on Wednesday.