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Society

-- A part of Ho Xuan Huong Street stretching from Cach Mang Thang Tam to Ba Huyen Thanh Quan Streets in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, will be turned into a night market, the local People’s Committee announced at a meeting on Friday.

-- The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting on Friday said the current extensive hot spell is expected to continue hitting the northwest region and central coastal provinces with temperatures ranging from 35 to 38 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature some places could suffer is 39 degrees Celsius. The heat could last in the next three to five days.

-- The Department of Natural Resources and Environment of the central province of Quang Binh on Friday announced their plan to hire divers to check the unusual phenomenon that fish had died en masse under the sea after local fishermen reported it a day before.

-- The association of enterprises in Hai Chau District in the central city of Da Nang has recently developed an application which allows smartphone users to search for all information about free restrooms around the city. The free toilets have a smiley face logo and the slogan “Comfort as Home.”

-- Le Viet Chung from the marketing department of the Hanoi-based Tran Anh electronics store has recently been fined VND40 million (US$1,786) for running an advertising campaign which flouted Vietnamese cultural customs. Earlier, the store caused a stir over social media after its customers shared photos showing a number of girls in two-piece swimwear greeting visitors and introducing air-conditioning products.

Business

-- Besides establishing a hotline to help fishermen affected by the massive death of fish in central provinces, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has also requested enterprises to help consume safe fishes caught by local fishermen, the ministry said in a regular press conference on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- More than 100 students in 4th and 5th grade from Cu M’Gar District in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Friday took a trip to the Dak Lak Museum in Buon Ma Thuot City, where evidence of deforestation was displayed. The display aimed to raise people’s awareness of protecting the environment, said H’Loan Adrong, acting director of the museum.