Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - May 10

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with top leaders from various countries attended the military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory of Great Patriotic War (1945–2025), held at Red Square in Moscow, Russia on Friday morning (local time).

-- As part of the ninth session of Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly, the law-making body is scheduled to convene on Saturday morning to discuss amendments to the Advertising Law, including new legal obligations for celebrities and influencers who promote products and services.

Society

-- Rainy weather is forecast to return across Vietnam today, with some areas experiencing heavy downpours as a cold air mass moves into the northern and central regions, according to the national weather agency.

-- Ho Chi Minh City will commence work on the Xuyen Tam Canal renovation project today, aiming to restore the long-polluted waterway after two decades of delay and transform it into a key piece of urban infrastructure.

-- Severe thunderstorms swept across northern Hoa Binh Province and north-central Vietnam on Friday evening, bringing heavy rain and over 42,000 lightning strikes, according to national weather authorities.

-- A 35-year-old delivery man in Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam was struck by lightning while riding home from work on Friday afternoon, leaving him in a coma with a brain hemorrhage, local authorities confirmed the same day.

-- A car struck three moving motorbikes and then plowed into three parked ones on Kim Giang Street in Hanoi’s Thanh Tri District on Friday evening, leaving two people injured and hospitalized. Initial accounts and citizen-provided footage suggest the car driver may have been under the influence of alcohol.

-- A 56-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh City suffered sudden cardiac arrest and died while playing pickleball on Thursday afternoon, Thong Nhat Hospital confirmed on the following day, urging the public to exercise cautiously based on their health conditions.

Economy

-- Vietnam's state utility EVN announced a 4.8-percent increase in average retail electricity prices on Friday, raising the rate from VND2,103.11 ($0.081) to VND2,204.06 ($0.085) per kWh (excluding VAT), effective today.

-- Vietnam’s stock market reached over 9.88 million trading accounts by the end of April, with domestic individual investors continuing to open new accounts at a record pace despite sharp volatility and persistent foreign outflows, according to the latest data from the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation.

World News

-- China and the United States start their first major Trade War Two meeting on Saturday to pull back from what analysts describe as a lose-lose situation for their economies, without much clarity on what a win would look like for either side, according to Reuters.

-- Gunmen shot dead at least 30 travellers in an attack in Nigeria's southeastern Imo state, Amnesty International said on Friday, raising fresh concerns about violence in a region rife with insecurity, Reuters reported.