Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Acting State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, law-making National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son have sent congratulatory messages to their counterparts in Laos and Cambodia on the occasion of the Bunpimay Festival of Laos and the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival of Cambodia.

Society

-- Prime Minister Chinh approved five consecutive days off for the upcoming Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1) following the proposal of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs, according to an announcement released by the government office on Friday.

-- Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam will break ground for an airport project in June, and will put it into operation in late 2026, Vo Van Hung, chairman of the provincial administration announced on Friday.

-- Tien Giang and Long An Provinces are assessed as the most affected and exposed localities to salt intrusion in southern Vietnam this year, heard a conference held in An Giang Province on Friday.

Business

-- Tien Giang Province, southern Vietnam will hold a fruit festival in June in a bid to boost fruit sales and build fruit brands.

-- All fresh bananas displayed for sale at over 90 AEON stores in China’s Hong Kong are imported from Vietnam, as they have replaced the fruit supplied by Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines, heard a discussion ‘Vietnam International Sourcing 2024’ held in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.

Education

-- A South Korean company had awarded scholarships worth US$1.08 million to over 3,250 university students in Vietnam as of 2023.

World News

-- Five years after a devastating fire, the restoration of Notre-Dame cathedral is nearing completion as the world's eyes turn to Paris for the Olympic Games. On the evening of April 15, 2019, the cathedral's roof burst into flames, reported Reuters.

-- Canada plans to ease a housing shortage by leasing public land to developers for construction of affordable houses under a plan unveiled by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday that aims to build nearly 3.9 million houses by 2031, according to Reuters.

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