Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — April 20

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Prolonged heat has sharply lowered water levels, placing nearly 20,000 hectares of forest in the U Minh Ha area of Ca Mau Province under the highest wildfire warning level, according to authorities.

-- Police in Dong Nai Province on Sunday arrested a man and launched an investigation after uncovering the illegal dumping of more than 500 tonnes of waste that caused environmental pollution.

-- Authorities in Cua Lo Ward, Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam plan to auction and operate a system of 15 newly built public freshwater shower stations along the beach, with fees expected to be charged to visitors during the 2026 tourism season, a local official said on Sunday.

-- A whale about five meters long was seen swimming a few hundred meters off the coast of Mui Ne in Lam Dong Province on Saturday, drawing attention from tourists and locals who recorded and shared the rare sighting on social media.

-- Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has warned that the SAT1 strain of foot-and-mouth disease in animals could enter the country as it spreads across the Middle East and West Asia and has recently been detected in China, urging tighter controls and preparedness measures.

-- Vietnam’s food safety authority on Sunday ordered a review and recall of certain HiPP baby food products and urged consumers to stop using them after Austrian authorities warned of possible rodenticide contamination.

Economy

-- Vietnam’s property market slowed in the first quarter as high mortgage rates of around 12–14 percent curbed housing demand despite rising supply, while industrial real estate in the southern region entered a more strategic growth phase driven by expanding infrastructure and investor focus on quality assets, industry reports showed.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating waste-to-energy projects after expanding its administrative boundaries to include former Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces, which has raised daily household waste volumes to about 14,000 tonnes, with a target of processing more than 90 percent of the waste through such plants by 2030, a city official said.

Sports

-- “Treble-chasing Bayern Munich secured their 35th German league title on Sunday after beating VfB Stuttgart 4-2 to open up an unassailable lead with four games to play,” Reuters reported.