Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - May 2

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae arrived in Hanoi late on Friday, starting her three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.

Society

-- Southern Vietnam is expected to face hot daytime weather today, with evening thunderstorms likely in the eastern provinces. Northern Vietnam will see scattered showers, while central Vietnam may experience heat in the western highlands, according to the national weather agency.

-- Health officials in Quang Tri Province reported that the number of people hospitalized with food poisoning symptoms after eating ‘banh mi’ from a local shop had risen by 18 to 64 as of 3:00 pm on Friday, prompting authorities to suspend the business.

-- Authorities in Da Nang confirmed that two teenage boys died after a car burst into flames while refueling at a gas station in Thang Dien Commune on Friday afternoon.

-- Rescue teams in the northern port city of Hai Phong successfully saved a tourist who fell into a basement about four meters deep in Cat Hai Special Zone on Thursday night.

-- Four tourists from Hanoi, including a child, were rescued after being swept about 40 meters offshore by strong waves while swimming at Cua Tung Beach in Quang Tri Province on Friday, local authorities said.

-- Authorities in Quang Tri Province late on Friday afternoon recovered the body of a 46-year-old Hanoi tourist who went missing after saving his child from being swept away by waves while swimming at a local beach.

Economy

-- Meiyijia, China’s biggest convenience store chain, has officially expanded into Southeast Asia, opening its first outlets in Vietnam and Malaysia under a new brand name, Ohmee.

Travel

-- Quang Ninh Province, home to UNESCO-listed Ha Long Bay, welcomed about 600,000 visitors and generated an estimated VND1.86 trillion (US$70.5 million) in tourism revenue during the first two days of the four-day holiday marking Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1), officials said.