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Vietnamese media mix gritty everyday hustle — 15-hour ride-hailing shifts, hospital crowds, sinking streets, ghost-company scams — with heartwarming tales of soldiers' graves and a YouTuber's humble meal, while foreign coverage fixates on football defeats and Ronaldo's Saudi buyout.
  1. In Ho Chi Minh City, ride-hailing drivers work 13-15 hours straight with no days off or social benefits and lose bonuses if they refuse rides, paying a high price for the dream of autonomy and flexible working hours. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  2. The fact that the top 20 companies account for 62% of taxes paid among the top 200 shows Vietnam has developed large corporations, but according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), risks may still lurk. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  3. For months, US oil industry leaders warned that a prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would cause a fuel crisis, and now it has happened. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  4. Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is among a group of five investors preparing to bid for control of Saudi club Al Nassr from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF). (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  5. Vietnamese YouTuber Khoai Lang Thang says he cannot forget the kindness of a fan in a poor countryside who used up all the family's rice to serve him a simple meal of vegetables and salt. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  6. In Da Nang, Vietnam, a man named The happened to pass by an area where earth was being cleared for a radio station, found many fallen soldiers' remains in a bunker, and decided to exhume, rebury, and worship them. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  7. In Ho Chi Minh City, Dao Minh Tho and Trinh Trac Nhien are accused of setting up over 100 ghost companies, illegally selling invoices worth over 6,000 billion dong, and pocketing tens of billions in illicit profits. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  8. The US oil industry warns of a fuel crisis. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  9. Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo plans to buy Saudi club Al Nassr. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  10. Vietnamese YouTuber Khoai Lang Thang says a poor family's meal, using up all their rice, left a lifelong impression on him. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  11. A person has spent 40 years caring for the graves of 17 unidentified fallen soldiers in Vietnam. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  12. 100 ghost companies illegally traded invoices worth more than 6,000 billion Vietnamese dong. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  13. Crowds gather from dawn to wait for medical examinations at Cho Ray Hospital in Vietnam. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  14. Experts say Ho Chi Minh City needs a response plan for land subsidence of 2 cm per year. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  15. In Da Nang, Vietnam, a man named The happened to pass by an area where earth and rocks were being dug up for a radio station, discovered many remains of fallen soldiers inside a bunker, and decided to personally exhume, rebury and worship them. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  16. The brain is not a warehouse. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  17. A Vietnamese man has spent 40 years caring for the graves of 17 unidentified fallen soldiers. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  18. A representative of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry says state budget revenue is concentrated in a small number of businesses. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  19. Vietnamese club Hanoi Police FC lost 1-4 to hosts Gamba Osaka of Japan in their opening qualifying match of the 2026-2027 AFC Champions League Elite. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)
  20. In Ho Chi Minh City, following parents' outrage over live (undercooked) chicken wings found in boarding school lunches, Hồ Văn Long Lower Secondary School acknowledges the issue and says it has terminated its contract with the supplier. (VnExpress, 2026-09-15)