Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 10

Politics

-- Vietnam appeals for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel - Hamas conflict zone, Pham Thu Hang, spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular press briefing in Hanoi on Thursday. 

-- Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General To Lam and Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Sen. Lieut. Gen Kurenkov Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich agreed on the urgent need to step up coordination between the two countries to improve the efficiency of firefighting and search and rescue operations during their talks in Hanoi on Thursday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

-- Vietnam's State President Vo Van Thuong will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week 2023 in San Francisco at the invitation of U.S. President Joe Biden, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affaris said on Thursday. Thuong's trip is scheduled to last from November 14 to 17.

Society

-- Eight people have been arrested after settling conflicts with a gun in Ho Chi Minh City. They were on their way to escape to Cambodia when they were captured.

-- About 166 Vietnamese are stranded in conflict-hit zones in Myanmar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.

-- UNICEF has teamed up with the government of Japan to support Vietnam's Ministry of Health to transform digital health information for children, the UN agency said in a joint press release on Tuesday. The shared goal to ensure the availability of a comprehensive set of data for every child, where critical real time information on immunizations, health challenges, child and maternal health information is consolidated in one compatible digital system, regardless of the child’s location or even of the lost paper records, UNICEF added.

-- Ho Chi Minh City's first metro line is expected to start commercial operation in July 2024, Nguyen Trung Hieu, deputy chief of the metro line management board, said at a press conference on Thursday.

Business

-- Vietnam's lawmaking National Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday, setting the target of a 6-6.5 percent GDP growth rate for next year.

-- Vietnam's retail electricity price has gone up 4.5 percent to VND2,006.79 per kWh, exclusive of value added tax, since Thursday, according to a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Sports

-- Vietnamese bodybuilder Pham Van Mach, 47, on Thursday won a gold medal in the men's 55kg category at the 14th WBPF World Bodybuilding And Physique Sports Championships in South Korea. The championships will conclude on Saturday.

World News

-- "China's ambassador to the United States said Sino-US relations have shown positive signs of stopping a decline and stabilising but still faced challenges, as the leaders of both countries prepare for an expected highly-anticipated meeting this month," Reuters reported on Friday.

-- "Indian scientists plan to seed clouds for the first time to trigger heavy rain in some areas of New Delhi, hoping this will be enough to tackle the smog gripping the world's most polluted capital for a week, the project's head said on Thursday," according to Reuters.

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