Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 7

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and State President To Lam held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday, during which the two countries agreed to elevate their relations to an enhanced comprehensive strategic partnership in the spirit of ‘shared vision, strategic convergence, substantive cooperation.’

-- Party chief and State President Lam on Wednesday delivered a policy speech at the Indian Council of World Affairs under the theme ‘Vietnam-India Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in a New Era: Shared Vision, Strategic Convergence, and Substantive Cooperation,’ as part of his ongoing state visit to India.

-- The top Vietnamese leader and Indian PM Modi witnessed the exchange of various cooperation agreements between both countries’ ministries and agencies in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Society

-- Under the government’s newly-signed directive, from 2026, people will be entitled to free periodic health check-ups or screening at least once a year.

-- Thunderstorms are forecast to hit the southern region late on Thursday afternoon, while a cold air mass is expected to bring rain to the northern region in the evening, according to the national weather center.

-- Turkey is willing to cooperate with and support Vietnam in the defense industry and to transfer technology to the Southeast Asian country, heard a meeting between Turkish Minister of National Defense Yasar Guler and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang on Wednesday on the sidelines of the SAHA 2026 Defense and Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul.

-- A four-year-old girl has died after suffering 99 percent injuries following prolonged abuse by her stepfather and biological mother in a rented room in Hanoi.

-- One person has died while five others are receiving intensive treatment in a suspected food poisoning case linked to wild mushroom soup in Phieng Pan Commune in Son La Province, northern Vietnam.

Economy

-- Chemetall, the surface treatment global business unit of BASF Coatings, has opened its first application laboratory in the southern province of Tay Ninh, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City.

Culture

-- The Ponagar Tower Festival officially kicked off in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam on Wednesday night, drawing crowds of locals and tourists. The fest runs until May 11.