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Society

-- Traffic congestion on some busy streets in Ho Chi Minh City was worse than usual on Wednesday night, owing to a rapid hike in the number of personal vehicles on already crowded commuting routes.

-- Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to award the Medal of Courage to Thai Ngo Hieu, a 33-year-old police captain, for saving four young people from drowning on a southern Vietnamese beach on April 10.

-- A police officer from Binh Duong Province has been suspended from work for 30 days following video footage of him assaulting a man and a woman in Thuan An City on Monday.

-- Lien Hoa, a well-known brand name for banh mi in Da Lat, has been fined VND92 million (US$4,019) and suspended from operation for three months after causing a mass food poisoning incident that caused hundreds of people to be hospitalized.

-- A Vietnamese vessel on Wednesday rescued a Georgian crew member of a cargo ship off Nha Trang City who was in a coma caused by a head injury, according to the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center.

Business

-- During a meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan on Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper said that Vietnam and the U.S. have had wonderful agricultural cooperation, including the protection of Mekong River resources.

Lifestyle

-- Google Doodle, a temporary logo on the Google homepage, on Thursday featured Son Doong Cave, the largest known cave in the world, located in the heart of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the north-central province of Quang Binh, to commemorate the grotto's discovery on this day in 2009.

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