Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - February 27

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed ministries, agencies, and contractors to ensure that phase 1 of Long Thanh International Airport is completed within the first half of this year, stressing accountability for progress, quality, and safety.

-- A 29-year-old man from Tay Ninh Province has been praised for saving the life of a one-year-old neighbor who fell into a livestock wastewater pit and stopped breathing, local authorities confirmed on Thursday.

-- Police in Phan Rang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province said on Thursday they had received a thank-you letter from a French tourist after helping him recover a lost mobile phone during the recent Lunar New Year holiday.

-- Northern Vietnam may experience easing rainfall and rising temperatures on Friday, while the southern region will continue to face widespread unseasonal showers and thunderstorms, according to the national weather center.

-- Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province have deported a 49-year-old Kazakh national wanted internationally under an Interpol Red Notice, police confirmed on Thursday.

-- A 52-seater passenger bus overturned on National Highway 14 passing through Dong Nai Province on Thursday, leaving one person dead and two others injured.

-- Nineteen people were hospitalized on Tuesday after eating ‘banh mi’ from a local bakery in Dong Thap Province, prompting the Ministry of Health to order an urgent investigation into suspected food poisoning, local media reported.

Economy

-- Masterise Aviation Infrastructure JSC, headquartered in Bac Ninh Province, has boosted its charter capital to more than VND40.3 trillion (US$1.5 billion), an increase of approximately 25 percent in less than two weeks after being established, according to the national business registration system.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- A tragic accident occurred on Thursday when a compressed air tank at a seafood processing facility in Long Hai Commune, Ho Chi Minh City exploded, killing one worker and injuring two others.

Travel

-- The administration in Phu Quoc Special Zone, located in An Giang Province, on Thursday officially launched a Tourism Rapid Response Team alongside a 2026 Code of Conduct for tourism, aiming to better safeguard visitors and strengthen the island’s reputation as a safe destination.