A senior U.S. official said Trump will discuss with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy how to end the war.

On the morning of the 5th local time, at the invitation of the Vietnam Navy, a People's Liberation Army Navy task force including the frigate Qi Jiguang and the amphibious ship Kunlunshan arrived in Ho Chi Minh City for a port visit. In recent years the two navies have expanded ship exchanges and joint patrols.

MinebeaMitsumi will invest JPY 58 bln (about $360m) to expand precision-bearing capacity for AI data-center cooling equipment and storage devices, raising total capacity roughly 30% to over 500 mln sets/month. The company plans investment at Southeast Asia production bases and to install advanced equipment expected to boost production efficiency by about 60%. Construction is expected to begin this year; earliest production is fiscal 2028, Nikkei reports.