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Society

-- Twenty-one students at an elementary school in Tra Vinh Province, southern Vietnam suffered gas poisoning following their exposure to gas emitted from balloons of unclear origin on Wednesday morning, local police confirmed on Friday.

-- Police in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam announced on Friday evening that they have pressed charges against three suspects for allegedly trafficking illegal drugs, as well as seized 16 kilograms of drugs in this ring.

-- An around-30-minute hailstorm battered Sop Cop District in Vietnam’s northern Son La Province on Friday afternoon, blowing off the roofs of two schools and around 40 houses, causing fallen trees and traffic disruptions in the area, a local official said the same day.

Business

-- The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been requested by the Chinese customs authority to inspect 30 China-bound shipments of Vietnamese durian, whose concentration of cadmium was found to have exceeded permissible limits set by China.

-- The luxurious Essence Grand Halong Bay Cruise 2 is scheduled to be launched in Bai Tu Long Bay of Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam in early May on a trial basis. The cruise ship is among the 62 new travel products and services that the province will offer this year to attract more visitors to the bay.

Lifestyle

-- About 2,200 runners from 38 nations have joined the Vietnam Ultra Marathon 2024, which opened in Mai Chau District, Hoa Binh Province, northern Vietnam on Friday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

World News

-- Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, said on Friday she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy after tests taken after she had major abdominal surgery in January revealed that cancer had been present, Reuters reported.

-- At least 40 people were killed and 145 wounded on Friday when camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire on concertgoers near Moscow, with Islamic State claiming responsibility for what was one of the deadliest attacks on Russia in decades, according to Reuters.

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