Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – July 9 A copy of the July 9, 2015 issue of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper is seen in this photo taken in Ho Chi Minh City. Tuoi Tre News  Here are the top news stories about Vietnam in brief for you to read today: Politics -- Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh and David Shear, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding regarding United Nations peacekeeping in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Society -- An ambulance carrying four people burst into fire after it crashed into a motorcycle in the southern province of Ben Tre on Wednesday, killing the child patient on the vehicle and the motorcyclist. -- A young man was arrested by police after he stopped an on-duty firefighting truck and swore at the firefighters on a street in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Wednesday. -- The SJC Tower project, which is situated at a prime location in downtown Ho Chi Minh City and is reportedly worth US$100 million, has come under scrutiny after its developer failed to start construction after receiving the investment license in 2004. -- The central city of Da Nang will earmark VND236 billion ($10.84 million) from its budget to build a 200-bed heart hospital, the local administration said Wednesday. Business -- Three hundred Thai businesses will participate in the Thailand Week, running from July 9 to 12 in Ho Chi Minh City.  -- State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Binh is scheduled to grant a letter of acceptance, in principle, for U.S. lender Citibank to set up a wholly foreign-owned subsidiary in Vietnam on Thursday (Vietnam time). The event will take place in Washington, D.C., and will be witnessed by Communist Party of Vietnam chief, Nguyen Phu Trong, who is on a landmark visit to the United States. -- Fifty-eight filling stations in the southern province of Dong Nai have been caught cheating customers, the province’s science and technology department said Wednesday, citing results from its two-month inspection. -- FPT, a leading Vietnamese telco, has become the first foreign player in Myanmar’s telecom market after obtaining an investment license on Wednesday. -- The northern Vietnamese province of Vinh Phuc has pulled the plug on a $200 million electronics plant developed by Foxconn as the Taiwanese firm failed to start construction as committed. Lifestyle -- Antigone Rising, a four-member all-female rock band from New York, had a free show in front of 1,000 audience members in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday night, as part of a series of activities held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam-U.S. diplomatic ties. TUOI TRE NEWS