Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – September 5

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, his spouse, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation will pay a state visit to Russia and an official visit to France, and attend the International Space Summit in Paris from September 7 to 12, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

-- Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on Friday, beginning their three-day official visit to Vietnam.

Society

-- The seats at a bus shelter on Pasteur Street in central Ho Chi Minh City are covered with graffiti, marring the cityscape as the city continues to invest in and upgrade its bus infrastructure.

-- The Border Guard Command of Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam, in coordination with relevant agencies and units, received 86 Vietnamese citizens handed over by Cambodian authorities through the Xa Mat International Border Gate on Friday. The citizens had been detained by Cambodian authorities on suspicion of involvement in online scam operations in Cambodia.

-- The flood peak in upstream areas in Vietnam's Mekong Delta is likely to occur in the first half of October, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Economy

-- Indian airline Akasa Air on Friday launched a direct route between Mumbai and Hanoi, marking its first entry into the Vietnamese market, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

-- More than 206,000 businesses were established or resumed operations, while nearly 157,400 temporarily suspended operations, were awaiting dissolution, or completed dissolution procedures in January-August 2026, according to the National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance.

Sports

-- After five days of competition at the 2026 Heineken Pickleball World Cup in Da Nang City, central Viettnam, Vietnam topped the medal table with 106 gold medals, followed by South Korea with 10 and the United States with nine.

Travel

-- Authorities in Tri Ton Commune, An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, have ordered the immediate removal of unauthorized motorbike taxi services carrying tourists to Dai Mountain, citing potential safety risks.