Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News - November 9

Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- The King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 12 to 13 at the invitation of State President Luong Cuong, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Society

-- As of Saturday afternoon, the number of people suffering food poisoning after eating 'banh mi' from a street stall on Nguyen Thai Son Street in Hanh Thong Ward, Ho Chi Minh City had risen to 162.

-- Power companies in Gia Lai and Dak Lak Provinces, central Vietnam had restored electricity to more than 1.19 million customers as of 6:00 pm on Saturday, accounting for nearly 72.5 percent of the total number of clients who lost power due to storm Kalmaegi, which made landfall in the region on Thursday.

-- Downpours hit Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday afternoon, causing heavy flooding on Dang Thuy Tram Street in Binh Loi Trung Ward and Cong Quynh Street in Ben Thanh Ward. Many commuters had to walk their motorbikes and seek higher ground to avoid the floodwaters.

-- A source from Da Nang International Airport in the namesake city told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday that a drone illegally operated near the airport and disrupted the operations of several flights on Thursday.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged extra efforts to open the entire expressway linking the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang to the southernmost province of Ca Mau on December 19.

-- Nearly 1,000 railway workers have been mobilized to repair some sections of the North–South railway in Gia Lai and Dak Lak Provinces after storm Kalmaegi.

-- Thousands of residents of Ly Son Island, Quang Ngai Province on Saturday night gathered at Ben Dinh Port to welcome home three locals who had drifted at sea for two days, as far as 100 kilometers away, during storm Kalmaegi’s landfall.

Economy

-- The stock market liquidity has plunged nearly 50 percent in just three months, falling from a record-high average of over VND49.5 trillion (US$1.9 billion) per session in August to around VND25 trillion ($950 million) in the first week of November.

-- Many international organizations have continued to provide positive and optimistic assessments of Vietnam’s economic situation, forecasting that in 2025 Vietnam will be one of the countries with the highest growth in the Southeast Asian region and the world, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son told the government’s regular press conference on Saturday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

World News

-- Bipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the federal shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Saturday, with lawmakers working on deals to temporarily reopen the government and introduce three longer-term funding bills for some agencies, according to Reuters.

-- A tornado accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain struck the southern Brazilian state of Parana, killing six people, Reuters reported, citing the state government on Saturday.