Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — June 16

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s National Assembly is scheduled to hold a plenary session on Monday morning to vote on amendments to the 2013 Constitution and the revised Law on Local Government.

Society

-- Vietnam’s Civil Aviation Authority said it received a report from the Northern Airports Authority about unidentified drones spotted near Tho Xuan Airport in Thanh Hoa Province on Friday and Saturday, disrupting civil aviation and threatening flight safety. The drones forced three flights from Ho Chi Minh City to divert to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport on Saturday night, leading to the cancellation of three outbound flights from Tho Xuan.

-- A car crashed through a barrier, plowed across a motorbike lane and onto the sidewalk on Kinh Duong Vuong Street in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday evening, killing a woman and her daughter, with local officials saying the driver fled the scene and has not yet been identified.

-- A man in Khanh Hoa Province was killed on Sunday after being struck by a train while lying on the tracks, local authorities said.

Economy

-- Vietnam’s 27 listed commercial banks posted a combined operating income of more than VND165 trillion (US$6.3 billion) and an after-tax profit of over VND66 trillion ($2.5 billion) in the first quarter of 2025, up 9.3 percent and 15.3 percent respectively from a year earlier, Vietnam Report said.

-- Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Sunday that during the third round of negotiations on a bilateral reciprocal trade agreement held in Washington, D.C. from June 9 to 12, the Vietnamese and U.S. delegations made significant progress and narrowed differences across all areas of discussion.

-- More than 120,000 people attended the 2025 Cashless Day Festival in Ho Chi Minh City, organized for the seventh consecutive year by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, organizers said after the event ended on Sunday evening.

Travel

-- Vietnam ranks among the top six sources of medical tourists to Seoul, following countries like China, Japan, and Singapore, with most Vietnamese visitors seeking cosmetic surgery, dermatological treatment and dental care, according to the Seoul Tourism Organization.

Sports

-- Can Tho City’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, in coordination with Can Tho Stroke International Services General Hospital, held the city’s fourth annual expanded stand-up paddleboard race on Sunday, drawing nearly 500 participants.