Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - April 9

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Leaders of countries and political parties of Cuba, North Korea, the United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Palestine, and Nicaragua have sent telegrams, letters, and messages of congratulation to Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on their recent elections, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

-- Vietnam welcomes the ceasefire agreement reached on Tuesday between the U.S. and Iran, an important step to ease tensions and move toward restoring peace, stability, security, and safety in the Middle East, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on Wednesday.

-- Tran Cam Tu, Politburo member and Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, left Hanoi on Thursday morning, leading a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation on official visits to Laos and Cambodia.

Society

-- Many localities across the country are forecast to continue experiencing intense heat, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius on Thursday.

Ho Chi Minh City

-- A prime 13,000-square-meter land plot in Vung Tau Ward, Ho Chi Minh City has been planned for development into a public park.

-- A consortium of three enterprises has registered to develop the Can Gio International Transshipment Port project, with a total investment of US$5 billion.

-- Children’s Hospital 2 in the city announced on Wednesday evening that it had successfully treated a 13-year-old girl with a giant ovarian tumor weighing nearly four kilograms.

Economy

-- The People’s Committee of Tay Ninh Province in southern Vietnam granted investment approvals and certificates for three industrial parks and issued decisions to establish three industrial clusters in the province at the Tay Ninh Business Connectivity Forum 2026 on Wednesday.

Travel

-- Da Nang International Airport in Da Nang City, central Vietnam will introduce a dedicated lane for passengers using accounts of VNeID, the national ID system, to complete boarding procedures, starting from Friday.