Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — February 5

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Northern Vietnam sees temperatures rise on Thursday with scattered morning rain giving way to sunshine, while the central region has light rain and the south remains hot, according to the national weather agency.

-- Hanoi has adopted a new resolution offering generous incentives to attract and retain medical talent, including one-time, tax-free payments of up to 1,000 times the regional minimum wage for top medical professionals, along with housing, education, and healthcare benefits.

-- Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta has issued a health strategy targeting 19 doctors and 33 nurses per 10,000 people by 2030, full health insurance coverage, and policies to attract skilled medical staff and develop geriatric healthcare services.

-- A 79-year-old Chinese patient admitted in severe cardiogenic shock from an acute heart attack was saved by doctors at Vinmec Nha Trang General Hospital in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam.

-- Frankfurt prosecutors have charged a driver with negligent homicide and speeding over a July 2025 crash in the city that killed two Vietnamese twin brothers and seriously injured another passenger, according to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Germany.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- A fire broke out early on Thursday in an alley off To Ky Street in Ho Chi Minh City’s Dong Hung Thuan Ward, killing a woman and her two children, local authorities said.

-- The branch 2 of Gia Dinh People’s Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City treated 217 foreign patients in January, up 88.7 percent from December 2025, the city’s health department director Tang Chi Thuong said on Wednesday.

Economy

-- The Vietnamese government has ordered local authorities to accelerate the launch of a gold trading exchange before February 10 and to prepare intervention measures to stabilize the market if necessary.

-- Lam Dong Province on Wednesday approved revised investment plans for Vietnam National Coal–Mineral Industries Group to expand two alumina projects, with total investment of VND59.855 trillion (US$2.3 billion) and new capacity of 2.4 million tonnes a year, slated to begin operations in 2030.

Education

-- Authorities in Da Nang’s Hai Chau Ward welcomed a group of students from Uiwang in South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province for a student exchange and cultural program on Wednesday.