Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — May 13

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam welcomes a recent proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to resume direct peace talks with Ukraine, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on Monday.

-- Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra will lead a high-ranking delegation to pay an official visit to Vietnam and co-chair the fourth Vietnam–Thailand Joint Cabinet Meeting from May 15 to 16 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

-- Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko agreed to elevate bilateral ties to a strategic partnership during talks held on Monday, as part of the former’s state visit to Belarus on Sunday and Monday.

Society

-- Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City reported on Monday that it had received four patients involved in an accident in neighboring Dong Nai Province, where a tourist bus carrying 24 people collided with a truck while traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to the central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Travel

-- Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam on Monday welcomed the first flight of Red Wings Airlines which carried nearly 400 passengers from Kazan City, Russia to Cam Ranh International Airport. This is the fifth Russian airline to operate flights to Khanh Hoa.

Economy

-- From May 18 to August 24, 2025, Hyundai Thanh Cong Vietnam is expected to provide free maintenance for over 1,200 Hyundai vehicles, with inspection items including tires, brakes, batteries, engine oil, and windshield washer fluid.

-- Vietnam’s dairy firm TH Group on Sunday inaugurated one of the largest fresh milk processing plants in Russia, with the attendance of Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

World News

-- The United States and China reached a better-than-expected deal to temporarily slash tariffs, sending stocks and the U.S. dollar sharply higher, as the world's two biggest economies seek to end a damaging trade war that has stoked fears of recession, Reuters reported.