Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Vietnamese rescuers, who had been earlier detached to Turkey to help with relief efforts following deadly earthquakes there, on Saturday approached a location of victims which was under a collapsed building in Adıyaman City. The collapsed building was believed to trap 15 people. The earthquakes which happened on Monday have so far killed some 24,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

-- The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line, the first of its kind in Hanoi, on Saturday morning faced a problem with its recorded signal warning system, which took an hour to be solved, Vu Hong Truong, general director of Hanoi Metro, the operator of the metro line, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

-- ChatGPT Plus, an upgraded and paid version of the AI chatbot ChatGPT, has been made available in Vietnam, but users have yet to be allowed to make payments for new account registrations.

Business

-- Ho Chi Minh City plans to gather a group of large enterprises so that they can propose solutions to develop the metropolis, municipal chairman Phan Van Mai said at a meeting with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday. The city set a Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) growth target at 7.5 to eight percent this year.

-- With a large industrial land bank, traffic systems, social housing, and local authorities’ support, Binh Duong Province in southern Vietnam has attracted nearly US$39.7 billion in foreign investment so far, ranking second in the country, following Ho Chi Minh City with over $56.2 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Lifestyle

-- Ho Chi Minh City bans all vehicles from entering several streets in downtown areas on Saturday night and early Sunday morning to serve the VnExpress Marathon Ho Chi Minh City Midnight 2023.

-- Many local residents and tourists have flocked to Nam O Beach in Da Nang City, central Vietnam to take photos as rocks there are coated with moss, creating a stunning landscape.

-- A long-tailed monkey has been seen in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, causing troubles to local residents. It has climbed on the roofs of houses and telecom cables, and entered local households to seek food.

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