Good morning from Vietnam!

Politics

-- Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat publicly apologized for saying that the majority of food sold in the market is safe, which hit the headlines on Sunday and met with public objection. Tainted food is one of the biggest concerns in Vietnam at the moment.

Society

-- About 2,900 street racers were recorded by traffic police in Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of 2016, raising questions about the effectiveness of the city’s measures to curb the dangerous hobby among young Vietnamese.

-- Over 2,800 four-wheeled vehicles running on Ho Chi Minh City streets are unclassified and unregistered, causing trouble for police officers and posing risks to commuters.

Business

-- Consumers in rural areas of Vietnam favor domestic brands over those owned by multinational corporations, as the former saw a growth rate of 14.3 percent in their rural market in 2015, according to a market study by Kantar Worldpanel.

-- Cattle breeders in Vietnam are like a cat on a hot tin roof when choosing a safe fodder brand for their herd, as a new law heavily punishing raisers that use banned chemicals in animal husbandry is coming into effect this July.

Education

-- A new approach to teaching English has been adopted by a high school in Ho Chi Minh City, as its students are taken to a foreigners-packed coffee shop every week to practice English.

-- Extra-curricular activities commemorating the 250^th anniversary of the birth of celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du were held at a high school in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.

Lifestyle

-- Many teenagers in Vietnam are getting hospitalized over dizziness and headache caused by a fear of getting vaccinated, doctors say.

-- Citizens in Da Nang City are welcoming its traffic police’s creative way to punish violators, making them write multiple times a promise not to break traffic safety rules again.

Sports

-- Youths in Vietnam are increasingly interested in the new sport of rock climbing, as clubs that previously trained porters working at Son Doong Cave are admitting more and more leisure trainees.

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