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Business

-- Up to 1,500 Vietnamese digital tech companies have booked US$7.5 billion in revenue from overseas markets, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung revealed at a meeting with giant Vietnamese tech firm FPT on Thursday.

-- The retail prices of gasoline and oil products in Vietnam rose by between VND310 ($0.01) and VND710  ($0.02) per liter or kilogram from 3:00 pm on Thursday, according to an announcement jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Society

-- The tourism authority of Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that it has levied an administrative fine of VND30 million ($1,228) on Winner International Travel Co. Ltd. for leaving nearly 300 Taiwanese tourists stranded on Phu Quoc Island, a popular destination in the province, on the Tet holiday that provoked public controversy over the past few days.

-- A pile-up involving five cars in Soc Trang Province, southern Vietnam on Thursday afternoon caused hours-long traffic congestion and total damage worth hundreds of millions of Vietnamese dong (VND100 million = $4,090), with no casualties reported, local police confirmed the same day.

-- Lower temperatures and more rain are expected in northern Vietnam and several north-central provinces, while it could be scorching hot with mercury likely topping 35 degrees Celsius on Friday, the national weather center said.

-- Severe traffic congestion affected approximately 10 kilometers of the National Highway 1 in Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam, from afternoon to evening on Thursday. The congestion stemmed from the influx of thousands of vehicles returning to southern Vietnam for work and study following a week-long break for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

World News

-- A quarrel among several people sparked the shooting spree in Kansas City, Missouri, that killed a woman and wounded 22 people after a celebration of the city's NFL Super Bowl victory, police said on Thursday, discounting any apparent link to extremism, Reuters reported.

-- Israeli forces said on Thursday they had raided the biggest functioning hospital in Gaza as footage showed chaos, shouting and gunfire in dark corridors filled with dust and smoke, according to Reuters.

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