Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — April 18

Check out the latest news in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Party General Secretary To Lam on Thursday highly appreciated Ambassador Olivier Brochet’s affection for Vietnam and his contributions to strengthening the relationship between Vietnam and France, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Society

-- The Fire Prevention, Fighting, and Rescue Police Department of Da Nang announced on Thursday that they had retrieved the body of a person believed to be a foreign tourist from a deep ravine in the Bai Bac area of the Son Tra Peninsula and handed it over to relevant authorities for further investigation in accordance with regulations.

-- After four days of discussions, the P4G Summit concluded in Hanoi on Thursday, with the closing ceremony marking the handover of the symbolic host emblem for the fifth summit to Ethiopia.

-- The People's Court of Quang Binh Province in north-central Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a young man to death for carrying a handgun loaded with seven bullets and 24.4 kilograms of drugs.

-- Residents and visitors in Ho Chi Minh City can enjoy fireworks displays on the evenings of April 19, 26, and 30, as well as a drone light show featuring 10,500 drones on the night of April 30, a local official said on Thursday.

Economy

-- Nearly 100 South Korean officials and business representatives is scheduled to attend an investment conference held in Vietnam on Friday morning, where discussions focus on four strategic sectors: green energy, smart cities, digital technology, and industrial parks.

-- The Vietnam International Café Show, an annual event that is part of the Café Show series held in Seoul, Shanghai, France, and Vietnam, takes place this year from Friday to Saturday at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, gathering more than 350 renowned coffee and tea brands from both Vietnam and abroad.

World News

-- "A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it boasted substantial bodies of water and potentially harbored life," Reuters reported.