Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 27

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs is drafting amendments to a government decree on foreign workers that would allow the use of health certificates issued abroad and expand electronic documentation procedures to simplify work permit applications and attract high-skilled labor in strategic sectors.

-- Prolonged extreme heat in northern Vietnam has driven a rise in emergency hospital admissions, including cases of heatstroke, sunstroke, and mental disorders, with Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital reporting a 20-30 percent increase in heat-related emergency cases to about 300 patients a day, a doctor said on Tuesday.

-- Vietnam Lottery Company (Vietlott) said on Tuesday it had identified a winner of the Power 6/55 Jackpot 1 prize worth more than VND83.3 billion (US$3.16 million).

-- Police in Hung Yen Province, northern Vietnam said on Tuesday they had charged 29 people from multiple localities with online football gambling, adding that many suspects were first-time offenders with stable jobs rather than professional gamblers.

-- Vietnam recorded 44,965 dengue fever cases and five deaths between December 14, 2025 and April 18, 2026, up 1.8 times from a year earlier, while the southern region alone reported about 30,000 infections and all five fatalities before the peak transmission season, according to health authorities.

-- Hanoi will allow motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians to travel in both directions on Long Bien Bridge from Thursday after completing repairs that began in March, the city’s construction department said on Tuesday.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City’s Center for Disease Control warned on Tuesday that modern life pressures are driving a rapid rise in stress levels in Vietnam, particularly among younger people, while citing Gallup data showing about 37 percent of adults worldwide experience stress daily.

Economy

-- Many online shop owners in Vietnam on Tuesday started temporarily suspending operations on Instagram, limiting new customers or shifting transactions to other platforms after accounts were reportedly disabled following suspicious messages that triggered the platform’s automated moderation system.

Travel

-- Vietnamese airlines are expanding international routes from Europe to Northeast Asia as travel and trade demand rebound, with VietJet Air on Tuesday launching ticket sales for a Hanoi-Prague service via Kazakhstan and other carriers adding flights to Hong Kong, Seoul, and Moscow.