Ms. Pham Thu Huong has become the richest woman in Vietnam – Photo: VIC
Billionaire Pham Thu Huong enters the top 1,000 richest people in the world for the first time.
According to the latest update from Forbes , the net worth of Ms. Pham Thu Huong, Vice Chairman of Vingroup , is approximately $4.5 billion. With this amount of assets, Ms. Huong currently ranks 965th in the real-time ranking of the world’s billionaires.
This also marks the first time Ms. Huong has entered the top 1,000 richest people in the world since Forbes included her in the list of USD billionaires in March of this year.
Compared to when Forbes published its 2026 list of the world’s billionaires, Ms. Huong’s wealth has increased significantly.
Specifically, as of March 10th, Forbes valued her assets at $3 billion and ranked her 1,406th in the world. Thus, after about half a year, Ms. Huong’s assets increased by approximately $1.5 billion, equivalent to 50%, while her ranking rose 441 places.
With $4.5 billion, Pham Thu Huong is currently the richest female billionaire in Vietnam according to Forbes data . Another Vietnamese female billionaire, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, currently owns assets worth approximately $4 billion and ranks 1,099th in the world according to the latest Forbes update .
Vinasun Taxi unexpectedly reports losses.
The 2026 semi-annual financial report of Vinasun Corporation (VNS) shows a significant decline in the taxi company’s business results compared to the same period last year.
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In the first six months of the year, Vinasun recorded nearly 420 billion VND in revenue, a decrease of about 7% compared to the same period in 2025. Gross profit reached approximately 72 billion VND, also a significant decrease compared to a year earlier.
After deducting expenses, Vinasun recorded a net loss of nearly 14 billion VND in the first half of 2026, compared to a profit of approximately 24 billion VND in the same period last year.
The return to a loss-making state is noteworthy because Vinasun went through a particularly difficult period during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to that, the company recorded eight consecutive quarters of losses, before recovering its business.
Vinasun is one of the long-standing traditional taxi companies in the market, operating mainly in Ho Chi Minh City and some southern provinces and cities. In recent years, the company has faced increasingly fierce competition from ride-hailing platforms.
Nearly 9 million people in Ho Chi Minh City still need health checkups by the end of the year.
According to information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on September 6th, after more than 3 months of implementing the health check-up plan for the city’s residents (from May 25th to September 6th), the cumulative number of people examined has exceeded 4 million, reaching 31% of the city’s population.
Reaching over 4 million people is a significant milestone, but there’s still a long way to go. The city’s target is over 12.7 million people, while current results are only just over 31%. This means nearly 9 million more people need to be reached, examined, and screened.
Residents of Binh Quoi ward (Ho Chi Minh City) wait for free health check-ups – Photo: Xuan Mai
Behind the figure of over 4 million people examined lies the silent effort and responsibility of the local authorities at the ward, commune, and special zone levels; health stations; public and private hospitals; clinics; and medical staff over the past three months.
In particular, this result would not have been possible without the support and cooperation of the city’s residents.
According to the plan for “150 days and nights of nationwide health check-ups in Ho Chi Minh City in 2026,” in September, the Ho Chi Minh City health sector will expand health check-ups to businesses and schools; in October, it will continue to review and conduct supplementary check-ups for residents throughout the city.
The Department of Health aims to complete health checkups for 100% of the city’s residents by December 15th.
The Department of Health urges every citizen to proactively participate in health check-ups, not only to show concern for their own health but also to contribute to the city’s efforts to gradually build a more comprehensive community health database, serving long-term health management and care.
Ho Chi Minh City is stepping up efforts to review cases of unregistered births.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has recently issued a document on strengthening state management in civil registration in the city.
Accordingly, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City requested departments, agencies, and localities to continue implementing various solutions to strengthen state management in this field.
The Department of Justice is tasked with continuing to guide and urge the People’s Committees of communes, wards, and special zones to review, verify, and resolve cases of unregistered births; ensuring that birth registration is carried out promptly, accurately, and in accordance with regulations.
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Simultaneously, strengthen inspection of civil registration and management; preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies and units to promote the dissemination of laws on birth registration in a diverse manner, tailored to each target group.
The city police are tasked with directing commune-level police to coordinate with civil registration agencies in reviewing and verifying information on residence, personal details, and population data for cases where birth registration has not been completed or where personal information is inconsistent. They are also responsible for providing and exchanging information within their jurisdiction as prescribed, to facilitate verification and resolution of civil registration procedures.
Ho Chi Minh City prioritizes controlling flooding, heavy rain, high tides, and landslides.
According to a report by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee for the period 2021-2025, natural disasters in the city caused 11 deaths, 24 injuries, 22 houses to collapse, 1,265 houses to have their roofs blown off or damaged, and 363 houses to be flooded; causing damage to approximately 1,439 hectares of rice fields, 4,355 hectares of perennial crops, 109 hectares of aquaculture farms, and causing landslides along nearly 1,395 meters of embankment and dike, about 5,638 square meters of land, and many other structures.
The types of natural disasters identified as posing a risk to the city include storms, tropical depressions, storm surges, landslides and land subsidence, heatwaves, droughts, saltwater intrusion, tornadoes, lightning, hail, heavy rain, flooding due to heavy rain, flood releases and storm surges, strong winds at sea, fog, and natural forest fires; in addition to the risk of earthquakes and tsunamis. Among these, flooding, heavy rain, storm surges, and landslides continue to be the risks that need to be prioritized for control.
The row of rental rooms and houses in alley 789, Provincial Road 43, Tam Binh Ward (formerly Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City) were heavily flooded after the heavy rain on May 10th – Photo: MINH HOA
During the period 2026-2030, the city aims to enhance its capacity for forecasting, warning, and disseminating information about natural disasters; build a database to support synchronized, interconnected, online, and gradually real-time guidance and management. Key and vulnerable areas will receive increased monitoring, surveillance, and warning systems.
The goal is to ensure that 100% of the workforce involved in disaster prevention and control receives the necessary training and equipment. For fishing vessels operating in offshore and inshore areas, 100% will be equipped with monitoring systems and maintain communication.
In addition, priority should be given to non-structural solutions such as improving policies, enhancing the capacity of local emergency response forces, organizing drills, developing risk maps and evacuation plans, improving forecasting and warning capabilities; and promoting the application of artificial intelligence, big data, remote sensing, GIS, and IoT in disaster risk management.
Investing in and upgrading dikes, embankments, erosion control structures, reservoirs, tidal control gates, pumping stations, urban drainage systems, storm shelters, and forest protection works.
Ho Chi Minh City focuses on disseminating information about the Law on Beliefs and Religions for the period 2026-2031.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has just issued a plan for implementing the Law on Beliefs and Religions in the city.
Accordingly, the city will intensify the dissemination of new provisions of the law, the rights and obligations of agencies, organizations, communities, and individuals related to religious activities; and introduce administrative procedures in this field.
Notre Dame Cathedral is illuminated during the Christmas season – Photo: VAN TRUNG
Propaganda work is carried out in various forms such as organizing conferences and dialogues with religious leaders and officials; creating special features, programs, news articles on mass media, and promoting propaganda in the digital environment.
The target audience for the outreach program will be religious dignitaries and officials, representatives of religious groups, and representatives and management boards of religious establishments in the city. The outreach activities will be implemented during the period 2026-2031, focusing on the end of 2026 and the beginning of 2027.
The city will also organize intensive training courses to improve the professional skills of leaders and specialists in state management of beliefs and religions for officials in departments, agencies, and those in charge of this field at the People’s Committees of communes, wards, and special zones; and compile question-and-answer documents and guidance materials on new points of the law and guidance on handling situations arising in practice.
Athletes in Ho Chi Minh City may receive a salary of 150,000 VND per day.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee is currently soliciting feedback from organizations and individuals on the city’s electronic information portal regarding the draft Resolution stipulating policies for training, fostering, and utilizing talented individuals in arts and sports in Ho Chi Minh City from September 3rd to September 12th.
According to the draft resolution, athletes with athletic talent will receive a daily wage based on the actual number of days spent in training camps. Specifically, youth team athletes will receive 150,000 VND per person per day, and talented athletes will receive 110,000 VND per person per day.
Regarding nutrition, during training camps in Vietnam, young national team athletes receive 250,000 VND per person per day, while talented national team athletes receive 190,000 VND per person per day.
For individuals with artistic talent, the draft proposes a support payment of 2 million VND per person per session for domestic experts and lecturers, with one session equivalent to four class periods. If there are teaching assistants, the payment will be 600,000 VND per person per session.
The draft also stipulates support for travel, accommodation, and meal expenses for experts and lecturers. For domestic experts, these expenses will be covered according to the regulations of the law on travel and conference expenses. For foreign experts and lecturers, the amount for accommodation, meals, and travel expenses will be determined by the training institution based on agreement, ensuring it is appropriate to the lecturer’s qualifications and the allocated budget.
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