Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Dien Bien Airport in the eponymous province, located in northern Vietnam, will close for eight months for an expansion and upgrade starting April 15, according to a decision issued by Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang on Tuesday.

-- A teacher who had suffered a serious traumatic brain injury after her motorbike hit a stray dog in northern Phu Tho Province earlier this month was able to make her very first communication and limb movements on Tuesday after two weeks of intensive treatment.

-- Authorities in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City said on Tuesday that they had fined a local woman VND64 million (US$2,713) for fostering 82 dogs in her 2.6m-wide house, causing environmental pollution.

-- The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has recognized a house built at an altitude of about 1,500m in south-central Khanh Hoa Province, where Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin used to live and work from 1891 until he passed away in 1943, as a national relic site.

-- A crane truck crashed into two motorbikes and broke a power pole, killing two people and leaving more than 6,400 households without power supply in Nhon Trach District, southern Dong Nai Province on Tuesday.

-- There will be high tides in the southern coastal area from Wednesday to Friday, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

-- Vietnam is ranked 65th, up 12 places from 2022, in the World Happiness Report 2023 prepared by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Business

-- The 10 most popular apps in Vietnam in 2023 are Facebook, Messenger, Zalo, YouTube, TikTok, Shopee, MoMo, Gmail, Instagram, and Grab, according to a report by market research firm Q&Me.

Sports

-- Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam beat Botswana athlete Modukanele Lethabo Bokamoso in the Round of 16 of the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals.

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