Here are today’s leading news stories in Vietnam:
Society
-- All 11 crew members of a Vietnamese cargo ship were brought to safety as the vessel was about to sink off south-central Binh Thuan Province early on Friday morning.
-- An officer of a bank branch in south-central Khanh Hoa Province has been identified as the driver in a hit-and-run that killed one person and injured two others on March 3.
-- A 43-year-old man from central Thua Thien-Hue Province was killed in an accident that occurred during a boat race in a local village on Wednesday, authorities confirmed on Thursday.
-- The People’s Committee in Ho Chi Minh City confirmed it had convened a working session with Tien Phong Environmental Technology JSC to listen to the firm’s proposal on building public toilets in the city.
-- A married couple went missing while going fishing along a river in north-central Quang Tri Province on Wednesday night. Local authorities were still unable to find them as of Thursday evening.
Lifestyle
-- The first Banh Mi Festival in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to take place at the city’s Youth Culture House from March 30 to April 2, the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association said at a press conference on Thursday.
Business
-- The tourism and entertainment stock group saw a hike after the Chinese government decided to add Vietnam to a list of countries to which China’s group tours can be conducted starting on March 15, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
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