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Society 

-- During a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, officials from Binh Duong Province suggested the development of Beltway No. 5 connecting with the southern provinces of Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, and Binh Phuoc, as well as the Central Highlands.

-- Police in Hanoi on Wednesday issued a decision to file charges against six former construction inspectors and police officers for their alleged role in a conflagration that engulfed an apartment block and killed 56 people in the capital city in September last year.

-- Investigators from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday detained and initiated legal proceedings against 22 people for allegedly assisting Trinh Van Quyet, former chairman of real estate developer FLC, in fraudulent practices to appropriate assets. Quyet is under investigation for allegedly manipulating the stock market and committing fraud for property appropriation.

-- The Investment and Trade Promotion Center of Ho Chi Minh City conducted 208 trade and investment promotion activities locally and abroad in 2023, soaring 63 percent from the previous year, the center reported on Wednesday.

-- Tourism authorities in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam will launch the province's biggest tourism promotion program in 2024 next month, with the participation of all tourism firms and tourist sites in Quang Nam, a local official said on Wednesday.

Education 

-- The Ho Chi Minh City administration has tasked the municipal Department of Education and Training and other relevant agencies with definitively dealing with the Apax Leaders English-language center chain's delays in pre-paid tuition fee refunds and reporting the results before Tet, specifically February 10.

Business

-- Vietnam's budget air carrier Vietjet has released its business results in 2023 with its separate and consolidated revenue surging 62 and 56 percent, respectively, over 2022.

World News

-- “Boeing has been sued by shareholders who said the company prioritized profit over safety and misled them about its commitment to making safe aircraft, prior to the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin panel blowout on an Alaskan Airlines 737 MAX 9,” according to Reuters.

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