Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — December 4

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on Wednesday afternoon, as part of his working trip to Laos to co-chair the 48th Meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation.

-- Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang held talks with State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Volfovich Aleksandr Grigorievich in Hanoi on Wednesday, where they signed a protocol to establish a joint working group to expand and strengthen cooperation in security, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- The tropical depression from storm Koto, the 15th storm to hit the East Vietnam Sea this year, weakened into a low-pressure area over the coastal land from Dak Lak to Khanh Hoa Provinces on Wednesday night.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City is prioritizing procedures for the development of a rail line linking Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Long Thanh International Airport in neighboring Dong Nai Province to open a more convenient travel corridor, improve passenger connectivity, and boost logistics growth across the southeast region.

-- The city is vigorously advancing a ‘dual transformation,’ pursuing both digitalization and green economic development, Ho Chi Minh City vice-chairman Nguyen Loc Ha said during the plenary session of the Intelligent Community Forum Global Summit 2025 on Wednesday.

-- Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, in collaboration with the municipal Department of Industry and Trade, will hold a seminar titled ‘Lifestyle Economy – A New Driver of Growth for Ho Chi Minh City’ at the Gem Center on Nguyen Binh Khiem Street on Friday afternoon.

-- The municipal People’s Committee has agreed to study and invest in a project to upgrade and expand Nguyen Tat Thanh Street and to build a new bridge to replace the existing Tan Thuan 1 Bridge, as proposed by the municipal Department of Construction.

Economy

-- Russia and Vietnam should prioritize their cooperation in the artificial intelligence field, Andrey Vladimirovich Yatskin, First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia's Federal Assembly, said at his working session with leaders of Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam on Wednesday afternoon.

-- Tay Ninh Province in southern Vietnam will hold the inauguration ceremony for the Tan Nam - Meun Chey (Cambodia) international border gate on December 8.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE) currently has 50 listed companies with a market capitalization of over US$1 billion, among which three exceed $10 billion.

Sports

-- Vietnam beat Laos 2-1 in their opening match at the 33rd SEA Games at Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand on Wednesday.