Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development plans to release 44,000 broodfish and a number of freshwater species such as shrimp and crab into the Saigon River on April 1 to regenerate aquatic resources.

-- The People’s Committee of Hue City in Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam organized a ceremony on Sunday evening to inaugurate Hai Ba Trung Pedestrian Street, the third promenade in the city.

-- A warhead explosion in Kon Tum Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, killed two people and injured three others, local authorities said on Sunday.

-- National carrier Vietnam Airlines held a ceremony on Sunday to welcome the first direct flight from Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan to Da Nang after a long suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

-- Maltese-flagged cruise ship Mein Schiff 5 docked at Ha Long international port in Quang Ninh Province on Sunday, carrying 2,191 European visitors to the northern Vietnamese locality, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Business

-- Vietnam moved one place to 10th in the 2023 Emerging Markets Logistics Index compiled by Agility, one of the world’s top freight forwarding and contract logistics providers, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Sports

-- Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam lost 0-5 to world defending champion Nikhat Zareen of India in the final match of the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi on Sunday evening, bringing home a silver medal.

-- “Antonio Conte’s increasingly fractious relationship with Tottenham Hotspur came to an end with the Premier League club announcing they had parted ways with the Italian on Sunday,” Reuters reported.

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