Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — June 20

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- All 168 wards, communes, and special zones of the newly expanded Ho Chi Minh City — which will incorporate Binh Duong and Ba Ria–Vung Tau Provinces — are ready to begin operations under its new two-tiered local government structure on July 1, officials said on Thursday.

-- Hanoi began demolishing the inconic ‘Shark Jaw’ building in the city center on Thursday evening as scheduled.

-- The Southern and Central Highlands Hydro-Meteorological Station said the southwest monsoon is expected to strengthen, combined with other weather patterns, bringing heavy rain to southern Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City from Friday through Monday.

-- After more than a month of intensive training, 19 officers from Vietnam’s fire and rescue police force are set to compete at the 2025 World Police and Fire Games in Birmingham, the United States from June 27 to July 6, the Vietnam Fire and Rescue Police Department said on Thursday.

Economy

-- Tasco Joint Stock Company, a major player in electronic toll collection in Vietnam, has announced plans to raise up to VND1.785 trillion (US$68.3 million) in its upcoming share offering, with more than VND385 billion ($14.7 million) earmarked for investing in a showroom network to distribute Geely vehicles.

-- Vietnam’s first balcony solar power project will be piloted at the Diamond Lotus Riverside building in Ho Chi Minh City, developers said at the launch ceremony for the Balcony Solar Systems for Vietnam (BSS4VN) initiative on Thursday. The project is backed by Phuc Khang Mitsubishi Corporation Holding (PKMC), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Phuc Khang Group and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation.

-- The People’s Committee of Binh Duong Province on Thursday announced the approval of an investment policy for a 786-hectare specialized mechanical industrial park with total capital exceeding VND75 trillion ($2.8 billion).

Education

-- Compared with 2019, the number of preschool children in Ho Chi Minh City decreased by 26,445 as of June 2025, the local Department of Education and Training said on Thursday.

Sports

-- A source told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that Hanoi Police FC and Brandon Ly, a Vietnamese-origin player currently with U21 Burnley in the UK, have completed negotiations for Ly to join the Vietnamese top-tier V.League 1 club ahead of the 2025-26 season.