Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Brazil considers Vietnam as a close friend and an important partner in Asia, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is visiting Vietnam from Thursday to Saturday, said during a meeting with Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam in Hanoi on Friday.

-- Leaders of the Vietnamese state, government, and National Assembly, on Friday extended their condolences to Thai leaders, while Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son extended his sympathy to his Myanmar and Thai counterparts following a magnitude-7.7 earthquake that rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand earlier the same day.

Society

-- There has so far been no reports on Vietnamese nationals in Myanmar and Thailand affected by a magnitude-7.7 earthquake in central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Business

-- Work has started on the An Huy urban area project, covering an area of 120 hectares with a total investment of VND3.8 trillion (US$148.6 million), in Long An Province, southern Vietnam.

-- A real estate company has rented 1,000 VinFast electric cars to promote green tourism in Da Nang City, central Vietnam through an electric car rental model.

-- Vietnam should focus on improving the investment environment and enhancing the consistency of policies to ensure the smooth investment capital flow into the country, foreign investors said at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- Throngs of residents and tourists in Ho Chi Minh City have flocked to the Food Festival Saigontourist Group 2025 to enjoy dishes from across Vietnam and learn the recipes for traditional dishes. The festival is open to the public from Thursday to Sunday.

World News

-- A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking infrastructure across a wide area, including a skyscraper under construction in neighbouring Thailand, Reuters reported.

-- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was open to carving out deals with countries seeking to avoid U.S. tariffs but those agreements would have to be negotiated after his administration announces reciprocal tariffs on April 2, according to Reuters.

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