Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Five helicopters from Vietnam’s Air Force Regiment 916 flew over 1,500km south on Friday to participate in the parade marking the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and the National Reunification (April 30, 1975).

Society

-- After days of drizzle and humidity, air pollution has recurred in Hanoi, with air quality on Friday classified as poor and under a red warning.

-- A large fire broke out at the Binh Phuoc intersection on National Highway 13 in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday morning, destroying several houses, with authorities working to extinguish the blaze.

-- Ho Chi Minh City has 474 apartment buildings built before 1975, including 16 deemed dangerous, and aims to complete their renovation and reconstruction by 2035.

-- Fishermen in Ly Son Island District, Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam, caught a 200kg mackerel shark on Friday.

-- A Vietnamese man who carried a Chinese woman with severe abdominal pain on his back to help her find a taxi for emergency medical assistance at a tourist site in Guizhou Province, China, has received widespread praise from both countries.

Business

-- Standard Chartered Bank forecasts the State Bank of Vietnam will raise interest rates by 50 basis points in the second quarter of 2025 to combat rising inflation.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged Vietnamese and Chinese enterprises to implement high-level agreements through specific programs and projects with tangible outcomes during a dialogue with Chinese companies in Hanoi on Friday.

Education

-- The Politburo announced on Friday that all tuition fees will be waived for students in public schools nationwide, effective from the 2025-26 academic year.

Sports

-- Vietnamese shuttler Nguyen Thuy Linh advanced to the semi-finals of the 2025 German Open on Saturday after her Indian opponent, Tasnim Mir, retired in the quarter-finals.

World News

-- “Microsoft on Friday announced it was retiring Skype, the online voice and video call pioneer that the tech titan acquired in 2011,” AFP reported.

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