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Society

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Sunday issued a decision to begin the construction of a 53-kilometer road project that connects the two cities of Can Tho and Rach Gia in the Mekong Delta. The project is estimated to cost VND6.7 trillion (US$298.8 million).

-- The Ministry of Transport has issued a circular stating that the maximum speed of automobiles in populated areas in Vietnam has been increased by 10kph. The circular will come into effect on March 1.

-- Police officers in the central city of Da Nang on Sunday carried out inspections of several high-capacity motorcycles and penalized nine vehicle owners for failing to present driver’s licenses, registration documents, license plates, and riding in groups that obstructs traffic.

-- Tran Van Don, chairman of the Red Cross Society in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, on Sunday announced that the organization had installed 18 communication devices free of charge on the fishing boats in the locality.

-- Tests for motorbike driving licenses in Vietnam will be monitored and judged by sensors installed underground instead of by a board of examination staff as usual. This new testing system will come into force on July 1.

Business

-- Dinh Quang Tri, deputy general director of state-owned power supplier Vietnam Electricity (EVN), has asserted that the corporation has no plans for increasing the electricity bill in 2016.

Lifestyle

-- Thousands of people gathered on Ly Son Island, administered by the central province of Quang Ngai, on Sunday morning to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, which will be built on Mount Thoi Loi on the island.