Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — September 5

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Leaders of countries such as the United Kingdom, Belarus, Germany, Italy, Spain, Egypt, as well as the United Nations secretary general and the president of the European Council, have sent congratulatory messages, letters, and notes to the leaders of the Party, the state, and the people of Vietnam as the Southeast Asian nation celebrated its 80th anniversary of National Day on September 2.

Society

-- Nearly 30 million students and 1.7 million teachers across Vietnam participated in a ceremony for the opening of the 2025-26 academic year on Friday morning.

-- The development of nuclear energy must be identified as a long-term strategic goal with a key role in socio-economic growth and national defense and security, Party General Secretary To Lam said at a working session with the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute under the Ministry of Science and Technology in Hanoi on Thursday.

-- Five to seven storms and tropical depressions may form in the East Vietnam Sea from now until the end of 2025, potentially affecting areas from central Vietnam to the southern region, Hoang Duc Cuong, deputy head of the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration, told a regular press briefing on Thursday.

-- A pile-up involving a motorbike, a bicycle, and a passenger bus occurred on the Tri Binh-Dung Quat Port route in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam, leaving two people dead and one injured on Thursday evening.

-- Two residents in Cu Chi Commune, Ho Chi Minh City have voluntarily handed over two rare yellow-cheeked gibbons to forest protection officers for care and reintroduction into the wild over the past two weeks.

Economy

-- The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index remained above the 50.0 no-change mark in August and signalled a second consecutive monthly improvement in the health of the manufacturing sector, according to the S&P Global report released on Wednesday.

-- The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged rice exporters to stockpile the grain to help stabilize prices during the Philippines’ suspension of rice imports.

Sports

-- The PPA Asia-Vietnam Open 2025 kicked off on Thursday morning, featuring 354 local and international pickleball players competing at entertainment and sports complex The Global City in Ho Chi Minh City.