Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - July 13

What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Society

-- The chairman of the administration in Gia Lai Province, central Vietnam has requested a clear identification of 650 fishing vessels that do not meet operational requirements and has assigned local authorities to strictly manage them and prevent them from going out to sea.

Economy

-- As of Friday, Pham Nhat Vuong, chairman of Vietnam's leading private conglomerate Vingroup, had a net worth of about US$11.5 billion, marking a new personal record with a $1 billion increase in just one day, Forbes reported on Saturday.

-- Kinh Bac City Development Holding Corporation has just submitted a report to the State Securities Commission of Vietnam regarding one of its subsidiaries – Hung Yen Investment and Development Corporation – which has contributed 99 percent of the charter capital of Trump International Vietnam Joint Stock Company.

-- Vietnam’s state-run lottery company Vietlott announced on Saturday the winner of the American-style Power 6/55 jackpot, which is worth over VND344.9 billion ($13.2 million), the highest-ever jackpot prize in Vietnam.

-- The merger of Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces into Ho Chi Minh City to form a mega-urban area is expected to spark a surge in real estate investment opportunities, especially in the northeastern area, which has a high concentration of industrial zones, experts said at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

Lifestyle

-- The Yen Tu – Vinh Nghiem – Con Son, Kiep Bac monument and landscape complex in northern Vietnam was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage Site on Saturday, during the 47th session of UNESCO held from July 6 to 16 in Paris.

Travel

-- Vietnam is among the countries growing increasingly attractive to tourists from emerging markets, becoming a popular travel destination, especially for beach tourism, according to a recent report by advertising technology company Yango Ads.

World News

-- President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on August 1, after weeks of negotiations with the major U.S. trading partners failed to reach a comprehensive trade deal, according to Reuters.

-- A preliminary report depicted confusion in the cockpit shortly before an Air India jetliner crashed and killed 260 people last month, after the plane's engine fuel cutoff switches flipped almost simultaneously and starved the engines of fuel, Reuters reported.