Let us begin your Sunday with brief news items on Tuoi Tre News today.

Politics

-- Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday expressed great concerns and censure against the terrorist attacks which broke out in France, Tunisia and Kuwait on Friday. The attacks claimed dozens of lives and injured some hundred people.

Society

-- Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, chair of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council and a National Assembly delegate, said during her two meetings with electors on Saturday that the council may request that local competent agencies not collect road fees from motorbike riders next month.

-- Leaders of the People's Supreme Court in Hanoi on Saturday told the press that they will pay the entire sum of VND7.2 billion (US$333,100) in damages to Nguyen Thanh Chan, who suffered miscarriage of justice, by the end of this year. Chan, a 54-year-old man from the northern province of Bac Giang, was released in 2013 after serving 10 years in jail on murder charges under a life sentence wrongfully imposed on him in 2004.

-- The entire Ho Chi Minh Road, or the former National Highway No. 14, was opened to traffic on Saturday, cutting travel time from Ho Chi Minh City to the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to less than eight hours from the previous 12 hours. The road, which took over 18 months to build, spans 663 kilometers from Kon Tum Province, also in the Central Highlands, to southern Binh Phuoc Province.

-- Representatives of Son Hai, a Vietnamese group based in the central province of Quang Binh, which is the contractor of a project to expand National Highway No. 1, announced on Saturday they will give VND50 million (US$2,289) in reward to those providing tips-off about the identity of those who sabotaged many sections in Quang Binh of the road with chemicals on Tuesday and Wednesday.

-- A delegation from the Australian Political Exchange Council on Saturday paid a visit to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City. The council helps develop young Australian political leaders by providing opportunities to gain insights into the political systems and cultures of countries with which the council has offered exchange programs, according to its website.

Business

-- Vietnamese lychees, which have been exported for the first time starting this year, are facing tough competition from the Chinese fruits, which fetch lower prices.

-- The Mekong Delta Trade and Tourism Exhibition and Fair on Saturday kicked off in Cai Rang District, located in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. The event boasts 1,030 stalls from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, 13 delta provinces and countries of the Mekong Sub-Region. It is part of the 2015 Mekong Delta Green Tourism Week, which is running until Friday next week.

Lifestyle

-- Radio the Voice of Vietnam, the country’s national radio station, has now become a radio-television station after digital service provider VTC was merged with it on Saturday. 

-- The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on Saturday handed over the prime minister’s decision to recognize Oc Eo-Ba The, an archeological site located in Thoai Son District in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, as a special national relic. The relic will be turned into a major tourist attraction, according to the provincial People’s Committee.