Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — May 1

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- World leaders have flooded Vietnam with congratulatory messages as the country is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975–2025).

Reunification celebrations

-- Ho Chi Minh City moved up its planned drone show featuring 10,500 drones from Thursday evening to Wednesday evening as part of the celebrations marking the April 30 celebrations, the local Department of Culture and Sports said.

-- A 3D mapping show projected onto the façade of the Da Nang Museum at 42 Bach Dang Street in Da Nang City has drawn large crowds of residents and tourists over three nights — Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — as part of the April 30 celebrations.

-- Some 30,000 tourists arrived on Phu Quoc Island on Wednesday alone during the five-day holiday marking the 50th anniversary of national reunification, the Kien Giang Department of Tourism said.

Society

-- Tan Son Nhat Airport on Thursday launched a free shuttle bus service operating on the tarmac to transport passengers connecting the new T3 terminal to T1 terminal.

-- Police in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on Wednesday said they had launched legal proceedings against and temporarily detained a 1987-born local woman for providing false information and defrauding hundreds of people seeking overseas labor opportunities.

Economy

-- Up to 97 percent of popular car models in Vietnam could be discontinued by 2030 if stricter fuel consumption regulations are enforced, a study found.