Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 24

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam and Bulgaria have signed a joint declaration to establish a strategic partnership during the official visit of Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam to Bulgaria from Wednesday to Friday.

-- Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong hosted a state banquet in Hanoi on Thursday for visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Hanoi on Thursday, where both sides agreeed to enhance market access for each other’s goods to boost bilateral trade.

Society

-- Vietnam’s aviation authority said domestic airlines that operated on schedule accounted for only 64.6 percent of flights in the first nine months of the year, with more than 74,400 flights delayed or canceled.

-- A new tropical depression entered the East Vietnam Sea on Thursday afternoon but quickly weakened under the influence of a strong cold spell, causing only rough seas, authorities said.

-- High tides flooded several streets in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday evening, forcing many commuters to wade through deep water on their way home.

-- Ho Chi Minh City police have charged the general director of Vung Tau Cable Car Tourism JSC with ordering the dumping of waste to fill more than 4,400 square meters of land at the Hon Nguu Aquarium project site without a permit.

-- A heart from a brain-dead woman was successfully transplanted into a 61-year-old man with severe heart failure in a 127-minute operation, marking the first heart transplant at Thong Nhat Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City with support from Cho Ray and Hue Central Hospitals, the hospital said at a news conference on Thursday.

Economy

-- Vietnam will continue increasing purchases of U.S. goods, particularly high-tech products such as aircraft and semiconductors, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son said during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper on Thursday.

-- Thailand’s aromatic coconut exports are facing a sharp price drop after China shifted its import preference to Vietnam, the Nation Thailand reported on Thursday.

Travel

-- Authorities in Xuan Huong-Da Lat Ward, Lam Dong Province, said on Thursday they had closed the Tran Quoc Toan pedestrian street after more than a year of operation due to low visitor numbers and traffic congestion in surrounding areas.