Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - April 7

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s law-making National Assembly is scheduled to conduct votes on Tuesday to elect the country’s state president, prime minister, chief justice of the Supreme People’s Court, and several other top positions, according to the legislature’s official schedule.

-- Parliamentary leaders from Laos, China, and Cambodia on Monday sent congratulatory messages to Tran Thanh Man after he was re-elected chairman of Vietnam’s 16th National Assembly, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Society

-- Widespread extreme heat is forecast across Vietnam in the coming days, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, while forestry authorities warn of a nationwide red alert for forest fires amid worsening dry conditions.

-- Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province on Sunday morning successfully rescued two tourists from Ho Chi Minh City who became lost while trekking in the rugged Mui Doi mountain area, a local official said on Monday.

-- About 300 metric tons of contaminated pork was supplied to kitchens at 26 elementary schools and several private schools in Hanoi, police said on Monday after dismantling a major food safety ring that processed and distributed diseased pigs to markets and institutional kitchens.

-- The Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration on Monday announced the launch of the Vietnam Weather KTTV app that provides real-time forecasts tailored to users’ locations.

-- Authorities in Tay Ninh Province confirmed on Monday that the bodies of two children who drowned in the Vam Co Tay River were recovered after two days of searching.

-- Authorities in Quang Tri Province have destroyed 100 pigs found to be infected with African swine fever after intercepting a truck transporting them to southern Vietnam without proper veterinary papers, officials said on Monday.

Travel

-- International arrivals to Vietnam reached over two million in March, down 6.7 percent month on month, with visitors from European markets declining sharply due to Middle East tensions and rising fuel costs, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism.