Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – June 18

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Le Minh Hung met with staff of Vietnamese representative agencies and members of the Vietnamese community in Kazan on Wednesday, while he was visiting Russia to attend the ASEAN - Russia Commemorative Summit marking the 35th anniversary of ASEAN - Russia relations.

-- The Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership serves as a crucial driving force and foundation for elevating nuclear energy cooperation into a long-term strategic pillar of bilateral relations, PM Hung told a meeting with Alexey Likhachev, director general of Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) on Wednesday.

Society

-- Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on Wednesday stressed that Vietnam’s development vision for 2030-2130 must continue to embody the nation’s aspirations for growth and prosperity, while being grounded in theory and practical experience and long-term strategic thinking.

-- The traffic police division of the Department of Public Security in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam announced on Wednesday that it was verifying an incident in which a woman lay down in the middle of an inter-commune road, blocking a car.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City plans to transform 17 industrial parks and export processing zones, covering nearly 3,800 hectares, into smart industrial hubs that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), heard the ‘Industry 4.0 and Smart Supply Chain - A New Driving Force for Ho Chi Minh City’ forum held on Wednesday.

-- The Embassy of Poland in Vietnam organized the Vietnam - Poland business networking forum on green development in the southern metropolis on Wednesday, bringing together 12 Polish companies seeking opportunities for partnership with Vietnamese firms in the fields of green technology and sustainable development.

Economy

-- Interest in real estate across Vietnam’s two largest markets shifted noticeably during the first five months of 2026, with Ho Chi Minh City accounting for nearly 50 percent of nationwide real estate interest, up 8.5 percentage points year on year. Meanwhile, Hanoi’s share fell to 27.6 percent, down 5.9 percentage points from the same period last year.

Entertainment

-- mess., a Vietnamese indie artist, will perform at Tomorrowland, one of the world’s leading electronic music festivals, in Belgium in July.

Sports

-- Harry Kane struck twice while Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford delivered the knockout blows as England survived a back-and-forth battle to beat Croatia 4-2 on Wednesday and launch their World Cup campaign in a heavyweight clash that lived up to its billing, Reuters reported.