Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – June 25

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Party General Secretary and State President To Lam commended the people’s public security force for a significant reduction in crime and positive results in fighting food safety violations and fraud during a conference of the Central Public Security Party Committee in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Society

-- Nearly 100 firefighters and many fire trucks were dispatched to several forest areas to extinguish fires in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam on Wednesday amid temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius.

-- The government has issued a decree on flight operations, introducing enforcement measures against aircraft that violate Vietnamese airspace, including interception and escort flights, as well as the deployment of military aircraft to compel the offending aircraft to land.

-- Vietnam Airlines flight VN524 from Ho Chi Minh City to Shanghai, China on Wednesday was diverted to Hong Kong International Airport for an emergency landing to provide medical assistance for a passenger who experienced health issues.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City plans to develop a mega three-level interchange to connect Ring Road No. 3, Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway, and Cat Lai - Phu Huu Interport Route.

-- A shopping, cuisine and culture festival kicked off in Lai Thieu Ward on Wednesday evening, drawing crowds of tourists and residents. The fest runs until Tuesday next week.

-- Binh My Commune officially launched its 2026 community tourism program on Wednesday, offering a variety of activities such as rowing boats, riding speedboats, picking fruit, making traditional cakes, and exploring the riverside lifestyle along the Saigon River with locals.

Economy

-- Vietnamese agricultural products have strong potential to expand their presence across the region, Chinese firms told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on the sidelines of the first Vietnam - China Agricultural Trade Connection Forum, which commenced in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.

-- The Ministry of Finance has proposed extending the zero-percent preferential import tariff and the zero-percent environmental protection tax on petroleum products until the end of September.