Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – October 8

Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Panama is ready to help Vietnam access markets and supply chains in the Americas and welcomes Vietnamese businesses to invest in key infrastructure projects and cooperate in agricultural production and processing, visiting Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said during meetings with Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man in Hanoi on Wednesday, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

-- The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday at the Vietnam–Panama Business Forum in Hanoi, in the presence of visiting Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, to strengthen trade and investment cooperation between the two countries, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- The Ca Mau Department of Public Security on Wednesday initiated a criminal case against 40-year-old Tran Chi Cong, a resident of Hamlet 3, Nam Can Commune, Ca Mau Province, for allegedly killing a six-year-old girl and seriously injuring her mother, a 39-year-old elementary school teacher, and her 11-year-old sister in a knife attack at their home on Monday.

-- The Traffic Police Division under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security on Wednesday issued a list of 122 flood-prone locations across Ho Chi Minh City, including 83 areas vulnerable to heavy rain and poor drainage and 39 affected by high tides, and advised residents to monitor weather, tide and traffic updates and avoid flooded roads.

-- Hanoi authorities and the Hanoi Housing Development and Investment Corporation (HANDICO), along with several partners, on Wednesday inaugurated the HANDICO Hanoi healthcare complex at 5 Thanh Cong Street in Giang Vo Ward, combining medical care, elderly residential care, and rehabilitation in a VND600 billion (US$23 million) facility designed as a model to ‘bring the hospital home’ for older people.

-- Torrential rain during rush hour on Wednesday evening caused severe flooding and serious traffic congestion on Pham Van Dong Boulevard, Nguyen Thai Son Overpass, Phan Van Tri and Le Quang Dinh Streets, and the Go Vap Six-Way Intersection in Ho Chi Minh City, with many vehicles stalled and traffic descending into chaos, according to Tuoi Tre (Youth) online newspaper's observations.

Business

-- Vietnam and the U.S. have essentially completed negotiations on their reciprocal trade agreement, with only a few technical issues left to clarify, Ngo Chung Khanh, deputy director general of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Department of Foreign Market Development and Multilateral Trade, said at the ministry's regular press conference in Hanoi on Wednesday.

-- Bui Quoc Hung, deputy director of the Electricity Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, said on Wednesday that the ministry was considering establishing a national strategic power generation corporation by merging strategic multi-purpose hydropower plants to help fund investment in strategically important power projects.

Sports

-- Ho Chi Minh City Police FC were held to a 1-1 draw by Thailand's Ratchaburi FC on Wednesday night after conceding an equalizer in stoppage time in their Group A opener at the 2026-27 ASEAN Club Championship (Shopee Cup) in Thailand.