Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - April 8

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Leaders from Laos, China, Cambodia, Cuba, Russia, and India have sent messages of congratulation to Vietnam’s newly elected key leaders, following the elections by the country’s National Assembly.

Society

-- A critically endangered white-eared night heron has been recorded again at Ba Be National Park in northern Vietnam for the first time in more than a decade, according to researchers.

-- Vietnam’s top labor body said on Tuesday it will seek feedback from workers, including via social media, on proposals to swap compensatory days off around the Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1) holiday to create a longer break.

-- Authorities in central Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam and U.S. defense agencies held a ceremony on Tuesday marking the 25th anniversary of a 2001 helicopter crash that killed 16 people, including Vietnamese officials and U.S. experts, during a mission to search for American personnel missing from the American war.

-- Da Nang authorities will strictly handle youths gathering and causing disturbances on the streets in the early morning, with the city chairman directing police to take comprehensive measures to address the issue, an official said at a Tuesday press briefing.

-- Da Nang plans to convert an unused restaurant and marina complex south of the Han River port into a public space after years of inactivity due to legal issues faced by the investor, a city official said at a Tuesday press briefing.

-- A 56-year-old woman gave birth to IVF-conceived twins weighing 2.9 kg and 2.4 kg via cesarean section at Hanoi Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital, the facility said on Tuesday.

Economy

-- FTSE Russell, a global index provider owned by the London Stock Exchange Group, said early Wednesday it had maintained its plan to upgrade Vietnam’s market from frontier to secondary emerging status following its March interim classification review.

-- PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV Gas) said it has completed raising the regasification capacity of its Thi Vai LNG terminal to 288 tonnes per hour to help meet peak electricity demand during the dry season.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City authorities have issued a plan to inspect compliance with food safety regulations at facilities supplying food and meals to schools this month.