Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Business

-- Authorities in Kien Giang Province held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday for key infrastructure projects that will serve the upcoming 2027 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting. The projects, located on Phu Quoc Island, include major upgrades to air, sea, and land transportation networks, along with the development of a multi-functional APEC complex spanning 57 hectares.

-- U.S.-based Pacifico Energy is surveying and developing large-scale offshore wind projects to contribute to Vietnam’s long-term energy security, said Pacifico Energy's founder and CEO Nate Franklin during his Friday meeting with Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam in Hanoi.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged Airbus to ramp up investment and deepen its engagement in Vietnam’s aviation industry, supporting the country’s push to expand international air routes and build a robust aviation ecosystem during his meeting with Wouter Van Wersch, executive vice president of Airbus International, in Hanoi on Friday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has officially allowed electric sightseeing cars to resume operations until June 30 this year, following recent regulatory adjustments, Saigon Public Transport Co. Ltd., the operator of these electric tourist vehicles, confirmed on Friday.

Society

-- Authorities in Hanoi announced on Friday that they had approved a plan to demolish the iconic Ham Ca Map (Shark Jaw) building adjacent to Hoan Kiem Lake before April 30, 2025, to make way for the 12,000-square-meter Dong Kinh-Nghia Thuc Square.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Transport Department has proposed an urgent cleanup of the Saigon River near Bach Dang Wharf, a key tourist attraction in District 1, as part of efforts to enhance the city’s environment ahead of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and National Reunification Day (April 30).

-- A 23-year-old female truck driver from Nam Dinh Province has been fined VND133 million (US$5,200) and is subject to a deduction of four points from her 12-point driving license for running red lights seven times within two weeks, a local traffic police division said on Friday.

World News

-- Ex-central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as prime minister of Canada on Friday and immediately said he could work with U.S. President Donald Trump, who is promising tariffs that could devastate the Canadian economy, Reuters reported.

-- The death toll from a militant hijacking of a train in Pakistan's southwestern mountains has risen to 31 soldiers, staff and civilians, the military said on Friday as it accused India and Afghanistan of backing the insurgents, according to Reuters.

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