Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 26

Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Two residents in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday voluntarily handed over a total of eight peafowl, including seven Indian peafowl and one green peafowl, to forest rangers.

-- Project Management Unit 85 under the Ministry of Construction on Monday reported the theft of materials and lighting equipment at phase 1 of the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway project in southern Vietnam. Part of the lighting system was put into operation and maintenance service on April 29.

-- Although the Long Thanh International Airport project in Dong Nai City, southern Vietnam is entering its final sprint, it is facing a shortage of about 27 percent of the workforce needed for construction, equivalent to around 2,400 workers, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam.

-- As of Monday afternoon, 75 people had been hospitalized with suspected food poisoning symptoms after eating banh mi from the L.H. bakery on Hung Vuong Street in Quy Nhon Dong Ward, Gia Lai Province, according to the provincial food safety agency.

-- Since the beginning of 2026, Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam has received 44 Vietnamese citizens repatriated or deported by foreign countries for illegally entering, residing, working abroad, or violating local laws, the local police reported.

-- Hailstones as large as fingers fell in Trang Bom Ward, Dong Nai City on Monday, Nguyen Phuoc Huy, director of the municipal Hydrometeorological Station, confirmed the same day.

Economy

-- Vietnam’s electric vehicle maker VinFast Auto Ltd. has announced the appointment of Pham Nhat Quan Anh as chairman of the company’s board of directors, replacing Le Thi Thu Thuy.

-- Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has sent an official letter to China’s General Administration of Customs, sharing information about the country’s agricultural product traceability system for domestic consumption and export purposes.

Travel

-- Over the past few days, scorching weather in central Vietnam has turned Phong Nha Cave and cool streams originating from limestone mountains into popular destinations, attracting large numbers of local residents and tourists.