Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Business

-- Vietnam has attracted an accumulated amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) of nearly US$500 billion to date, according to data released at an investment promotion conference held on Friday in Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam.

Society

-- Many locations in Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam experienced power outages caused by fallen trees and electrical poles as a result of hailstorms and whirlwinds on Friday, the state-owned Vietnam Electricity’s Quang Ninh Power Company said the same day.

-- A teenager in Phu Yen Province, south-central Vietnam has been fined over VND3.7 million ($149) for riding a motorcycle with his legs on the handlebar and without wearing a helmet, a local police officer confirmed on Friday.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City administration has passed a plan to tighten air pollution control in the 2024-25 period, during which the city is set to well control greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and reduce transportation-related air pollution by 85 percent by 2025.

-- Passenger cars with more than 30 seats, sleeper buses, tractor-trailers, and six-axle trucks will be banned from entering the Cam Lo-La Son Expressway, which links Quang Tri Province with Thua Thien Hue Province in central Vietnam, from April 4, the Department for Roads of Vietnam announced on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- Thousands of visitors and local residents gathered at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam on Friday evening to enjoy a carnival featuring stunning music and dance performances. The carnival is part of the on-going Amazing Binh Dinh Festival held in the city between March 22 and 31.

World News

-- Canada's Niagara region has proactively declared a state of emergency ahead of a rare total solar eclipse on April 8 that is expected to gather massive crowds to areas in and around the region's popular waterfalls, Reuters reported.

-- Immediate action is needed to "prevent widespread death and total collapse of livelihoods and avert a catastrophic hunger crisis in Sudan," a United Nations-backed global authority on food security warned on Friday, according to Reuters.

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