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Society
-- Police in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam have arrested three suspects for robbing South Korean tourists, sparking public concerns.
-- Ho Chi Minh City needs more than VND101 trillion (US$4.3 billion) for 120 flood control and wastewater treatment projects in the 2021-25 period. However, the city was allocated only VND17.4 trillion ($733.7 million) to develop these projects, according to the municipal Department of Construction.
-- Five teen boys, aged between 14 and 18, residing in Yen Thanh and Dien Chau Districts, Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam were detained on Saturday for throwing stones at many sleeper buses passing through Dien Chau District.
-- The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the investor of Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai Province, has proposed delaying the planned completion time of the essential facility component of the project until 2026 instead of 2025 as initially planned, as it needs an additional six months to complete the passenger terminal. The airport project, including four components, will be the largest airport in Vietnam upon completion.
-- Le Trung Chinh, chairman of the People’s Committee of Da Nang City in central Vietnam on Saturday required relevant departments and agencies to work with the immigration unit at Da Nang International Airport to cut the immigration procedure completion time and deal with taxis overcharging customers. The requirement was made after the city received tourists’ complaints.
Business
-- Vietnamese real estate firm FLC Group will weigh transferring its stake at Bamboo Airways this year, FLC chairman Le Ba Nguyen said at the group’s extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in Hanoi on Saturday. FLC currently holds a 21.7-percent stake in the airline.
Lifestyle
-- The Women's Union in Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam has mobilized private capital resources to present over 2,000 ao dai (Vietnamese traditional costume) to underprivileged women in the province on the occasion of International Women's Day (March 8).
-- Vietnam is listed among the top six best Asian destinations for a family holiday, according to the New Zealand Herald, a daily newspaper published in New Zealand.
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