Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — November 17

What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- State President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception for Governor of California Gavin Newsom on Wednesday (local time) as part of the Vietnamese leader's trip to attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week and bilateral activities in the U.S., according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- Sawaco, which is Ho Chi Minh City's water supplier, has said parts of Binh Chanh District and District 8 will suffer a water outage from 9:00 pm on Saturday to 5:00 am on Sunday.

-- An expert has said rains will start decreasing in intensity in central Vietnam from Friday, leading to less flooding in the region.

-- A firefighting robot was deployed for the first time ever in a drill on Thursday at An Duong Market in Le Chan District, Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam.

-- The Christmas decoration market in Ho Chi Minh City looks bleak now given the ongoing economic downturn.

Business

-- Ho Chi Minh City collected VND4,370 billion (US$180 million) in lottery tax in January-October, up 7.3 percent year on year, according to the municipal taxman.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City branch of state-run Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development is poised to auction off a debt worth 210 taels of gold, or VND14.3 billion ($588,708), on Friday to recover a loan it granted 20 years ago, the bank said in a notice.

Sports

-- Vietnam defeated hosts the Philippines 2-0 at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila in their opening match in the World Cup 2026 qualifiers on Thursday.

World News

-- "An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the Myanmar-China border region on Friday, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said," Reuters reported.

-- "IBM on Thursday said it has stopped advertising on X due to a report its ads were shown next to pro-Nazi posts at the platform formerly known as Twitter," AFP said.

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