Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - May 25

What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-level delegation of Vietnam landed in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night, beginning an official visit to Malaysia and their attendance at the 46th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings.

-- Leaders of Laos, China, Cambodia, Cuba, and Russia have sent messages and letters of condolence to Vietnam over the May 20 passing of former State President Tran Duc Luong, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Society

-- The Vietnam Airlines check-in area at the newly inaugurated Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, which has an investment of VND11 trillion (US$423.56 million), continued to suffer from leaks, with water streaming down onto the floor during Saturday's afternoon rain.

-- A border guard station in Ha Tinh Province, north central Vietnam said on Saturday that it had initiated a criminal case for 'illegal possession of military weapons' to investigate a suspect who brought a firearm from Laos into Vietnam.

-- Police in Long An Province, southern Vietnam reported on Saturday that they, in coordination with the provincial market management force, had discovered and seized nearly 25 metric tons of suspected counterfeit powdered milk.

-- A flash flood swept away many belongings of residents in a commune in Ha Tinh Province on the night of Saturday and the early morning of Sunday, a local official said on Sunday.

-- Authorities in Da Nang City, central Vietnam promptly rescued a foreign national who was attempting to jump off the Thuan Phuoc Bridge at midnight on Friday.

Economy

-- Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) has added Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund Board to its list of shareholders holding more than one percent of its charter capital. This foreign fund currently holds over 45.6 million ACB shares, equivalent to 1.021 percent of the bank’s charter capital.