Briefs of some of leading news stories published on Tuesday (April 28) in Tuoi Tre Newspaper that will be carried today on Tuoitrenews.vn:
Society:
-- Da Nang International Fireworks Contest 2015 will kick off today evening by the Han River in the central city. Five teams from South Africa, the US, Australia, Poland, and host Vietnam will showcase their works in two days on April 28-29.
-- Over 1,000 families in Thu Duc District of Ho Chi Minh City will be protected from flood water thanks to a 6km dike whose construction was completed after 18 months with an investment of VND380 billion (US$17.6 million).
-- Ho Chi Minh City will change the time to let off fireworks for the 40th celebrations of the Reunification Day from 10:00 pm to 9:45 pm on April 30.
-- On April 30, the Thu Thiem Tunnel crossing Saigon River will open for motorbikes from 4:00 am to 8:30 pm instead of from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm as current schedule.
-- A series of ATM machines in Ho Chi Minh City stopped working on April 27, one day earlier than when banks had previously announced they would begin their holidays.
-- More than five million tourists have visited Hung Temple in the northern Phu Tho Province in the last five days to commemorate Hung King, the founder of Vietnam. His death anniversary is held annually on the tenth day of the third lunar month. This year it falls on April 28.
Business:
-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to continue applying the ceiling price of milk for children under six till the end of 2016 instead of May this year.
-- The industrial production index in Ho Chi Minh City increased 9.4 percent in the first four months of this year.
-- In a meeting with representatives of Vietnamese automobile companies on April 27, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said it will have favor for domestic firms in the coming time, after the firms asked for a tax cut.
-- Two hundred companies are taking part in the Mekong Expo 2015 in Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta, which opens from April 27 to May 2.
Sports:
-- Nguyen Truong Tai of the VUS – HCMC team won the Yellow Jersey of the 2015 Ho Chi Minh City Television Cup cycling race which will wrap up on April 30.
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