​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – April 29

Here are todays’ leading news stories:

Politics

- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the 32nd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Singapore on Saturday following his official visit to the country from April 25 to 27.

- A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City’s high-raking officials paid tribute to fallen soldiers at the city’s War Martyrs Cemetery on Saturday on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30).

Society

- Competent authorities have initiated legal proceedings against Colonel Phung Danh Tham, general director of Thai Son Development and Investment JSC under the Ministry of National Defense, for his management oversight that led to economic wrongdoings at the firm.

- Le Kim Thai, director of state-own Bao Viet Da Nang Insurance Company, based in the central city of Da Nang, has been accused of appointing 11 of his relatives to important positions in the firm.

- Twelve people were killed and seven other injured by traffic accidents across Vietnam on Saturday, the first day of the four-day weekend holiday marking the Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labor Day (May 1).

- Police in the northern province of Hai Duong are investigating the cause of death of a nine-year-old girl whose body was found next to her mother at their home. The mother was not in a normal state of mind due to her depression at the time of the incident.

- Police in the north-central province of Nghe An are looking for a man who was caught riding a motorbike with his feet in a viral video clip.

- Two people in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu were fined VND200 million (US$8,800) on Saturday after being caught injecting a type of substance into shrimps in order to make them appear bigger and heavier, thus selling for higher price.

Business

- Many passengers missed their flights due to long queue lines at the crowded Tan Son Nhat international Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

- Authorities in tourist cities and provinces across Vietnam have prepared multiple measures to deal with traffic jams and prevent visitors from being overcharged during the long holiday marking the Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labor Day (May 1).

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