Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – June 2

Here are today’s leading news stories:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Laotian counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith vowed to work for a breakthrough in bilateral trade during their meeting in Hanoi on Saturday.

-- Minister of National Defense Ngo Xuan Lich joined talks with defense ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, France, and Mongolia on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday.

Society

-- Police in the north-central province of Quang Binh on Saturday broke up an illegal ring that smuggled narcotics from Laos into Vietnam, arresting a Laotian suspect and confiscating 100,000 pills of synthetic drugs.

-- The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in the central city of Da Nang has imposed fines totaling VND630 million (US$27,090) upon nine local hotels for violations relating to their environmental impact assessment reports.

Business

-- The construction of a nearly-VND3 trillion ($130.4 million) wind power plant with a capacity of 50MW began in Vinh Hau A commune in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on Saturday.

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) will strive to become one of the world’s 10 biggest telecoms firms by 2025, during a ceremony marking Viettel’s 30th founding anniversary in Hanoi on Saturday.

Lifestyle

-- The annual Southern Fruit Festival kicked off at Suoi Tien Theme Park in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, featuring a wide variety of specialties, as well as giant fruits, coming from southern Vietnamese provinces. The event will last until August 31.

-- The Da Nang International Firework Festival 2019 (DIFF2019) commenced in the namesake central city on Saturday evening with a showdown between Vietnam and Russia.

Education

-- Nearly 200,000 ninth-grade students began their 10th grade entrance exam for the 2019-2020 school year in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday morning.

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