Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — March 11

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung and his South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun discussed measures to further promote cooperation between Vietnam and South Korea during their phone talks on Tuesday.

Society

-- Northern Vietnam sees sunny but cold weather on Wednesday, while southern regions are expected to be hot during the day with unseasonal evening rain, the national weather agency said.

-- Doctors at Ha Dong General Hospital in Hanoi successfully removed an 18-cm metal pestle from the rectum of a 15-year-old patient during emergency treatment, the hospital said.

-- Hanoi will install construction barriers on Nghi Tam Street and reorganize traffic on Au Co Street to support work on a component of the Tu Lien Bridge project and its approach roads, city authorities said.

Economy

-- The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade raised retail gasoline prices while cutting kerosene prices in its latest fuel price adjustment on Tuesday, with E5RON92 capped at VND26,570 (US$1) per liter and RON95-III at VND29,120 ($1.1) per liter, as authorities used the petroleum price stabilization fund and implemented emergency pricing measures amid Middle East tensions.

-- Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD may soon introduce its Flash Charging ultra-fast charging system in Vietnam, its local chief executive Vo Minh Luc said in a Facebook post, though the company has not yet made an official announcement. According to the firm, under suitable conditions, the technology can charge a battery from 10 percent to 97 percent in about nine minutes.

-- The price of Vietnam’s SJC gold bars rose to VND186.1 million ($7,094) per tael on Tuesday, up VND2 million ($76) from the previous day’s close.

Sports

-- “Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal struck from the penalty spot with the final kick of the game to salvage a 1-1 draw with Newcastle United in the first leg of their Champions ‌League last 16 tie on Tuesday, cancelling out a late strike from Harvey Barnes,” Reuters reported.

-- “Mario Lemina’s early diving header handed Galatasaray a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday, ‌leaving the tie finely balanced after a compelling contest in which both sides saw goals disallowed,” Reuters reported.