Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – October 4

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Police in Hai Phong City discovered a 92-year-old man wandering at night while carrying seven taels of SJC gold bars and VND2 million (US$77) in cash, before safely returning him and his belongings to his family, authorities confirmed on Saturday.

-- Police in Lam Dong Province on Friday night arrested a 19-year-old suspect just five hours after he allegedly robbed a gold shop in D’Ran Commune, near Da Lat.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City is expected to face several more days of heavy rainfall, with thunderstorms and flooding risks increasing as a tropical convergence zone intensifies around next Monday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

-- Eight more sets of martyrs' remains were recovered at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, sending the total number of remains found at the site to 713 individual sets.

Economy

-- Vietnam now counts 1,233 individuals with assets of $30 million or more, placing the country among the fastest-growing super-rich populations worldwide, according to data released at a finance-themed forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

-- Quang Ngai Province has set an ambitious goal of attracting between $4.35 billion and $5.35 billion in investment from 140-150 projects during the 2026-30 period, leveraging the Dung Quat Economic Zone and its expanding industrial park network.

Sports

-- Vietnam’s campaign at the 20th Asian Games in Japan ended with 25 medals, including three golds, three silvers, and 19 bronzes, short of the four-gold-medal target set before the competition.

-- Malaysia captain, Dion Cools, has left the national team ahead of its FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 third-place playoff against Vietnam on Monday due to an urgent family matter, interim coach Tan Cheng Hoe confirmed on Saturday.

Travel

-- Vietnam welcomed 17.7 million international visitors in the first nine months of 2026, up 14.5 percent year on year, with strong growth from Russia, Southeast Asia, India, Australia and several European markets putting the country closer to its 25-million-visitor target for the year, the Vietnam News Agency reported.