Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- A police agency in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday imposed an administrative fine on a 28-year-old New Zealander as he was caught vandalizing a property along Nguyen Du Street with graffiti. The man was also required to restore the original condition of the facility’s roll-up door.

-- Seventeen households living near the National Highway 14 section passing through Gia Nghia City in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have sent requests for help to local authorities, expressing their fear that the aftermath of severe landslides and fissures which hit the route nearly one year ago could pose a threat to their safety, said an official on Saturday.

-- A three-hour-long downpour and powerful winds lashed many locales of An Giang Province, southern Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, uprooting lots of trees, damaging several homes, and left four residents injured.

Business

-- The Hanoi Children’s Hospital project’s phase one, which spans an area of over 67,8000 square meters in Ha Dong District, is scheduled to commence operations on October 10 this year. The new facility is expected to ease overcrowding at the Hanoi-based Vietnam National Children’s Hospital and those in neighboring provinces.

Lifestyle

-- Sparkling fireworks lit up the night sky over the Han River in Da Nang City, central Vietnam on Saturday, marking the opening of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2024, scheduled to take place between June 8 and July 13 in this coastal city.

-- Residents of Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday flocked to a green fair, an annual event hosted by the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, to exchange their recyclable trash and items for gifts like plants, eco-friendly tote bags, and stationery.

World News

-- Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government, according to Reuters.

-- Thousands of dead fish have blanketed the surface of a lagoon in Mexico's northern state of Chihuahua, and local officials are blaming an intense drought, Reuters reported.

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