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Read what’s in the news today, March 17! Society -- Former Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, who was in office from 1997 to 2006, passed away in the early hours of Saturday at his home in Ho Chi Minh City at the age of 85. -- Thousands of Roman Catholics gathered outside the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening for the funeral of late Archbishop Paul Bui Van Doc, who passed away in Rome on March 7 during an Ad Limina visit. -- Vietnam is on course to make electronic toll collection (ETC) technology available at all toll stations on its lifeline cross-country National Highway 1A by the end of 2018. -- The Ho Chi Minh City administration has called on the central government to give it a mechanism that would grant the city more autonomy in approving local projects to develop wastewater treatment facilities and sewer systems. -- A construction company under Vietnam’s state-owned oil and gas giant PetroVietnam has finished shipping … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – March 17

Read what is in the news today, March 14! Politics -- On this day 30 years ago, China conducted a military offensive to invade Vietnam’s Gac Ma (Johnson South), Co Lin (Collins) and Len Dao (Lansdowne) Reefs in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands of the East Vietnam Sea, killing 64 Vietnamese naval soldiers. -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during his official visit to New Zealand on Tuesday expressed his strong belief that the countries would soon upgrade their relations from comprehensive partners to strategic partners. Society -- Vietnam’s lawmaking National Assembly is mulling over a comprehensive revision of the country’s law on higher education, including the amendment of over half of the law’s existing articles and the addition of two new ones. -- Nine former Hanoi officials charged with construction violations that led to repeated problems with a major water pipeline in the capital city have been sentenced to between 12 … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – March 14

Check out the news you should not miss today, March 15: Politics -- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will sign a joint statement on establishing the Vietnam-Australia Strategic Partnership during the former's March 14-18 visit to Australia. -- Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung received visiting Deputy Foreign Minister of Finland Elina Kalkku in Hanoi on Wednesday, telling his guest that the Vietnamese capital welcomes Finnish enterprises to invest in the city's garbage and wastewater treatment sector. Society -- Nearly 500 war veterans met in the south-central province of Phu Yen on Wednesday to recall the Gac Ma battle, where 64 naval soldiers sacrificed their lives to defend the namesake reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago 30 years ago. -- The Japanese government will provide more than US$403,600 worth of non-refundable aid to five projects in healthcare and education in Vietnam, pursuant to agreements signed Wednesday … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – March 15

Check out the news you should not miss today, March 12: Politics -- Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse and a high-level delegation left Hanoi on Sunday for a four-day official visit ending March 14 to New Zealand, at the invitation of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Society -- Financial aid worth VND20 billion (US$878,000), raised from auctioning a ball and a jersey with autographs of all members of Vietnam's U23 football team, the runners-up of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship, was handed over to 20 deprived districts of 12 provinces during a ceremony in Hanoi on Sunday. -- A three-year-old boy was found dead apparently after falling off an apartment building in the northern province of Nam Dinh on Sunday. -- More than 5,000 young people, including football stars and celebrities, joined a parade around the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi on Sunday, in response to the “Good Deeds Day,” an initiative that encourages local youth to contribute … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – March 12