Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception on Tuesday for Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, who is on an official visit to the Southeast Asian country.

Society

-- Dien Bien Airport in the namesake northern province on Tuesday resumed operations following a three-day closure due to bad weather, resulting in the cancelation of 19 flights.

-- A temporary overpass is set to open to traffic this Sunday to alleviate congestion during the construction of an underpass on Tran Quoc Hoan Street in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City.

-- Vietnamese transport service operator Futa Bus Lines plans to launch two new bus routes linking Da Nang City and Hoi An City in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam starting from April 30, with tickets priced at VND35,000 (US$1.4) apiece.

-- Twenty-eight students from the mountainous district of Khanh Son in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam were hospitalized on Tuesday due to suspected food poisoning after consuming food from street vendors in front of their school gates.

-- A seventh-grade female student collapsed and then passed away while warming up for a physical education class in Buon Don District, located in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on Monday.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department on Tuesday announced the release of an 8kg yellow-headed temple turtle and 48 other wild animals, voluntarily surrendered by citizens, into the Dong Nai Nature and Culture Reserve in the namesake province.

-- Police in Da Nang City are investigating a case involving a sixth-grade female student whose face was maliciously superimposed onto a nude image of another person. This altered image was sent via the Messenger instant messaging app as a threat.

Business

-- China’s CDH Investments said on Tuesday it completed an investment for a minority interest in grocery chain Bach Hoa Xanh, a unit of Vietnam’s largest retail group, Mobile World, valued at VND1.8 trillion ($72.17 million), according to Reuters. Mobile World reported that the shares sold represented five percent of Bach Hoa Xanh's overall shares.

-- Vietnam’s state oil distribution firm PetroVietnam Oil Corp (PV Oil) said on Tuesday that it had successfully resolved the ransomware incident that brought down its information technology system last week.

Education

-- Students from Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted had the chance to delve into French cuisine and the art of dining with renowned chefs at the French Residence in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday.

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