Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 16

Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of ASEAN SOM of Vietnam Dang Hoang Giang and Deputy Secretary of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Grahame Morton co-chaired the 33rd ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Thursday and Friday, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- The heat wave is forecast to ease across the country on Saturday, while moderate to heavy rain may hit many areas later in the afternoon and evening.

-- Vietnam Social Security has issued a dispatch outlining health insurance policies for individuals performing international duties. If they are officially recognized as national contributors, they will be entitled to full coverage of medical examination and treatment costs under health insurance regulations.

-- A large branch from a tree on Phan Chu Trinh Street in Hanoi suddenly broke off and fell onto several motorcycles parked along the sidewalk on Friday afternoon.

-- Border and police forces in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Friday handed over 33 Chinese nationals who had violated Vietnamese law to Chinese authorities.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- Ho Chi Minh City and Laos’ Vientiane on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their cooperation in new fields during the 2026-30 period.

-- Ho Chi Minh City police have received 18 Vietnamese citizens deported from Cambodia.

-- The southern metropolis has established five water supply companies capable of supplying 800,000 cubic meters of water per day to around three million people in the Binh Duong area.

Economy

-- Over 80 domestic and international consulting firms joined a roadshow on a consultancy bidding package for the feasibility study report of Vietnam’s North-South high-speed railway project on Friday.