Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 12

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Vietnam's General Department of Taxation has issued an official directive instructing tax authorities in provinces and cities to guide and support citizens with procedures for tax and land rent exemptions, reductions, and extensions as measures to address the aftermath of storms Bualoi and Matmo.

-- Quang Tri General Hospital in the namesake north-central province announced on Saturday that a 35-year-old patient of Lao nationality — a victim of a serious traffic accident last month — had been discharged after five surgeries and more than 20 days of intensive treatment.

-- Ho Chi Minh City accounts for approximately 10-12 percent of the country’s total cancer deaths and is seeing a shift from infection-related cancer, such as liver and cervical cancers, to cancer associated with lifestyle and aging, including breast, colorectal, thyroid, and prostate cancers.

Economy

-- The private business community proposed many initiatives and projects to the government at the inaugural Vietnam Private Economic Landscape Program 2025 in Hanoi on Friday, which was attended by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

-- OpenAI has just expanded its ChatGPT Go service, its most affordable subscription plan, to 16 new countries in Asia, including Vietnam, aiming to make the latest GPT-5 technology more accessible to users.

-- Twenty cooperatives from Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam on Saturday signed agreements to supply mud crabs to mainland China, Taiwan, and Singapore.

Education

-- Vietnamese students can now enter undergraduate programs in New Zealand directly, instead of completing the first year of university in Vietnam or participating in a foundation or vocational certificate course, according to a representative from Education New Zealand at the New Zealand Education Fair held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

Travel

-- Dong Nai Province in southern Vietnam aims to attract around 5.2 million visitors and generate over VND4 trillion (US$151.7 million) in tourism revenue this year, and more than 11 million visitors with nearly VND12 trillion ($455.2 million) in revenue by 2030.

World News

-- President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the U.S. government as he followed through on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown, Reuters reported.