Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — April 24

Check out the latest news in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 27 to 29 at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday.

-- Party General Secretary To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on Wednesday for Daniel Rosen, CEO of Rosen Partners, a privately held, industry-leading investment firm in the U.S., which plans to build a world-class amusement park in Vietnam.

-- PM Chinh on Wednesday sent a message of condolence to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over the serious terrorist attack that occurred in Pahalgam Town on Tuesday, causing many civilian casualties, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- The Vietnam Food Safety Authority under the Ministry of Health on Wednesday requested the health departments and food safety divisions of provinces and cities nationwide to recall 12 counterfeit food and nutritional products in powdered milk form.

-- Rain poured down during rush hour on Wednesday afternoon, causing traffic jams on several streets in Ho Chi Minh City.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport and Public Works has issued an urgent notice banning all types of trucks from entering downtown Ho Chi Minh City, starting from April 25, to ensure traffic safety during the 50th Reunification Day celebration (April 30).

Business

-- Minister of Industry and Trade and head of the Vietnamese negotiation team Nguyen Hong Dien on Wednesday evening held a phone call with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson L. Greer to officially launch negotiations on bilateral economic and trade issues between Vietnam and the United States.

-- As Vietnam exports just small quantities of animal products such as pork and chicken to the U.S., any hike in U.S. tariffs will have minimal impact on the domestic animal husbandry industry, Nguyen Cong Tri, chairman of the Dong Nai Animal Husbandry Association, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Wednesday.

-- Telecom giant Viettel Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Viettel Hi-Tech Data and Research Center at Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. The project will cover an area of nearly four hectares and have a total designed capacity of up to 140MW.

Travel

-- Hunan Province of China held a cultural exchange and tourism promotion program in Hanoi on Wednesday to introduce its natural landscapes and culture to Vietnamese tourists.