Read what is in the news today:

Society

-- Many major roads in Hanoi, such as Xa Dan and Ton Duc Thang, were congested on Thursday afternoon as the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday is about to begin the following day.

-- A boy and a man fell to their deaths from the 31st floor of an apartment building in the Times City urban area and the Imperia Sky Garden apartment complex in two separate incidents in Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi on Thursday afternoon.

-- Authorities in southern Dong Nai Province have allowed the reopening of many types of large gathering businesses such as bars, karaoke, discos, and cinemas from Friday after suspending them for several months to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

-- Many people returned early to their hometowns on personal vehicles for family reunions during Tet, making gateways from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong Delta region crowded and causing congestion on several streets on Thursday afternoon.

-- Four children from 12 to 14 years old have been hospitalized after mixing unknown substances with a blender to allegedly create self-made firecrackers in northern Tuyen Quang Province on Wednesday.

-- Border guards of southern Kien Giang Province rescued six shipwrecked passengers in the sea area between Hai Tac archipelago and Ba Lua archipelago on Thursday.

Lifestyle

-- The annual Spring Flower Festival kicked off in Tao Dan Park in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday evening to celebrate Tet with the theme ‘Homeland Spring with Warm Love.’

Sports

-- Australia got a comfortable 4-0 victory against Vietnam in Melbourne on the Matchday Seven in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers on Thursday afternoon.

-- Vietnam have advanced to the quarter-finals of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 as one of the two best third-placed teams after holding Myanmar to a 2-2 draw in their Group C tie at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

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