Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — November 12

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- The Vietnam-India Bilateral Exercise 2025 (VINBAX 2025) opened at the National Military Training Center 4 in Hanoi on Tuesday to strengthen coordination and training between the two countries’ engineering, military medical, and search-and-rescue units ahead of future UN peacekeeping deployments.

Society

-- A Hanoi hotel received more than 27,000 one-star reviews on Google Maps after a video of a female tourist being refused a prepaid room for arriving late went viral on social media.

-- Vietnam’s health ministry has approved phase-3 clinical trials for Pembroria, a Russian-made cancer drug containing pembrolizumab.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- The number of people treated for food poisoning after eating ‘banh mi’ from two Co B. ‘banh mi’ shops in Ho Chi Minh City rose to 299 as of Tuesday afternoon, the city’s health department said, adding that most patients were in stable condition and had been discharged.

-- Thunderstorms with lightning hit Ho Chi Minh City early on Wednesday due to a weak continental high-pressure ridge and light wind convergence, the Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Center said.

-- Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Home Affairs estimates that around 30,000 job openings will be available in the city ahead of the 2026 Lunar New Year.

Economy

-- Vietnam’s total trade in goods reached US$762.44 billion in the first ten months of the year, with exports rising to $391 billion and imports to $371.44 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of $19.56 billion, according to the latest data from the Customs Department.

-- Vietnam’s Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held the eighth round of ministerial talks on a reciprocal trade agreement in Washington on Monday, ahead of technical discussions set for Wednesday to Friday.

-- PetroVietnam Chemical and Services Corporation (PVChem) and Germany’s Messer SE & Co. KGaA signed a joint venture on Tuesday to establish Cai Mep Industrial Gases Co. Ltd., a $37 million industrial gas plant in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cai Mep Industrial Park with an annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes, scheduled to start construction at the end of 2026 and begin operations by the end of 2028.

Travel

-- The international cruise ship Piano Land, carrying about 1,000 passengers mostly from mainland China and Hong Kong, docked at Cam Ranh International Port in Khanh Hoa Province on Tuesday, marking the 20th international cruise ship call at the port this year.