Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - February 24

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam on Monday sent a congratulatory message to General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un on his re-election as the WPK chief at the ninth Party Congress.

Economy

-- Vietnamese conglomerate Truong Hai Group, or THACO, inaugurated three new factories on Monday and marked the 2026 Lunar New Year with the export of nearly 500 containers of goods from Chu Lai International Port in Da Nang to global markets.

Society

-- Widespread heat is forecast to continue across southern Vietnam on Tuesday, while northern provinces experience drizzle, fog, and occasional showers, according to the national weather agency.

-- Hanoi Metro reported more than 243,000 passenger trips on its two urban railway lines during the recent nine-day Tet holiday, marking a 32-percent increase compared to the same period in 2025.

-- A chain collision involving five vehicles on the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway in Lam Dong Province on Monday night caused heavy congestion stretching for kilometers as large volumes of traffic headed toward Ho Chi Minh City, authorities said, with no serious injuries reported but significant vehicle damage.

-- A major explosion at Vietnam Yellow Phosphorus Company in Tang Loong Industrial Park, Lao Cai Province at noon on Monday killed one worker and damaged part of the facility, local officials confirmed.

-- Traffic police fined a passenger bus driver and the vehicle owner a total of VND60 million (US$2,290) after the bus was found carrying eight more passengers than permitted on the Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet Expressway passing through Lam Dong Province on Monday evening.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City’s Tet Book Street Festival 2026 attracted more than one million visitors and generated nearly VND8.2 billion ($315,000) in revenue during its eight-day run, organizers announced.

-- Ho Chi Minh City recorded a sharp decline in traffic fatalities during the nine-day Tet holiday, with deaths down 43 percent compared to the same period in 2025, police reported on Monday.