Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - June 22

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Tianjin and pay a working visit to China from June 24 to 27 at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Society

-- People passing through the Cienco 5 road in Thanh Oai District, Hanoi were surprised to discover thousands of lipsticks dumped by the roadside on Saturday.

-- Guangzhou Metro Group Co. Ltd. from China stated that it is ready to fully share its experience and support the development of urban areas following the TOD (Transit-Oriented Development) model in Ho Chi Minh City during a recent meeting with municipal authorities.

-- Authorities in Binh Hung Hoa Ward, Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City are investigating a case involving a truck illegally dumping waste near Sa Bridge.

-- Vietnam is witnessing a 38-percent increase in the rate of overweight and obesity, placing it among the countries with the fastest-growing obesity rates in Southeast Asia, according to the National Institute of Nutrition.

Economy

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh City Police have just busted a ring implicated in the trading of nearly 10,000 counterfeit perfume bottles of famous brands, such as Chanel, Bvlgari, and YSL, smuggled from China, with an estimated value of over VND10 billion (US$382,789), the police reported on Saturday.

Lifestyle

-- Surpassing 42 other contestants, Nguyen Hoang Phuong Linh from Ho Chi Minh City was crowned Miss Cosmo Vietnam 2025 during the pageant’s finale held in south-central Khanh Hoa Province on Saturday evening.

-- More than 10,000 spectators at the 2025 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival grandstand and hundreds of thousands of locals and tourists turned their eyes to the sky over the Han River in Da Nang City to admire two world-class fireworks displays from Portugal and the United Kingdom on Saturday evening.

World News

-- Eight people were killed after a hot-air balloon carrying 21 passengers, including the pilot, crashed on Saturday in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, Reuters reported, citing state officials.