Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — April 29

What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and State President Luong Cuong had separate meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Hanoi on Monday. The Japanese prime minister is paying an official visit to Vietnam through Tuesday.

Society

-- The first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City will operate from 4:30 am to 11:00 pm on April 30, with an estimated 240 trips to serve people attending the 50th anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and Reunification Day, Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway No. 1 Company Limited, the operator of the metro line, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

-- The Nha Trang Bay Management Board on Monday issued an announcement calling on tourists not to lure schools of fish with bread or instant noodles when participating in snorkeling activities in the Mun Island area.

-- Thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon damaged 131 houses, affected crops, knocked down more than 50 power poles and six transformation stations, causing blackout for 1,100 households in Phu Tan District, An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, a representative from the provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment reported on Monday.

Business

-- Da Nang City in central Vietnam aims to establish and efficiently operate the Da Nang financial center by 2030, attracting strategic partners, financial institutions, support services, and both domestic and international firms specializing in legal consultancy, accounting, and auditing, according to the municipal Party Committee Standing Board's resolution.

Lifestyle

-- Ho Chi Minh City conducted a full-scale rehearsal of a 10,500-drone light show over the Saigon River on Monday evening. The show is one of the key events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and Reunification Day.

Sports

-- The Asian Women's Beach Volleyball Championship concluded on Monday afternoon in Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province, south-central Vietnam, with the New Zealand team being the winner.

World News

-- President Donald Trump's administration will move to reduce the impact of his automotive tariffs on Tuesday by alleviating some duties imposed on foreign parts in domestically manufactured cars and keeping tariffs on cars made abroad from piling on top of other ones, Reuters reported citing officials.

-- Canadians are going to the polls on Monday after an election campaign in which U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and musings about annexing Canada became the central issue, according to Reuters.