Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 16

Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Three main regions of Vietnam are forecast to undergo extreme weather for a week, with the highest temperature at 39 degrees Celsius, starting from Tuesday, according to the national weather center.

-- The Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet Expressway, which stretches 101 kilometers in Binh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam, will be opened to traffic on Friday, said Pham Quoc Huy, director of the project management board.

-- A seven-seater car rear-ended a truck while they were traveling on the main route in the Amata industrial park in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam on Monday afternoon, leaving one dead and another wounded.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has sent an urgent dispatch to district-level authorities, proposing speedy public investment disbursement for projects with allocated compensation capital as the city has seen a lower-than-expected disbursement rate in the year to date.

Tourism

-- Hoi An City, a famous tourist destination in the central province of Quang Nam, opened one more pedestrian street for tourists and non-motorized vehicles on Monday. The space for pedestrians and cyclists was expanded to Phan Chau Trinh Street.

-- The falling number of tourist arrivals in Phu Quoc City in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang prompted local authorities and stakeholders to come to the table to find ways to remove obstacles over airfares, prices, and service quality.

Business

-- Japanese investors may beef up their connectivity with Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region via a trade desk in Japan which was opened by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Can Tho branch on Monday.

-- Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai gave the green light to the Vietnam-Singapore industrial park project in Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam on Monday.

Sports

-- Vietnam beat Myanmar 2-0 in the women’s football final of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia on Monday, becoming the first team to win the gold medal for the fourth time in a row, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

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