Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- The state-owned Vietnam Expressway Corporation has proposed a VND7.25-trillion (US$288.5 million) investment to expand the 121km Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway to four lanes and VND2 trillion ($79.6 million) to widen the 50km Cau Gie-Ninh Binh Expressway to six lanes.

-- Two new sections of the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway, passing through Binh Chanh District in Ho Chi Minh City and Nhon Trach District in Dong Nai Province, have been opened to traffic starting from Thursday noon.

-- Traffic police spent three hours redirecting vehicles to National Highway 1 on Friday morning to alleviate a long traffic jam on the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay-Phan Thiet Expressway as people began returning home for Tet.

-- Police in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang announced on Thursday that they have fined four restaurants a total of VND525 million ($20,891) for discharging untreated wastewater into the environment.

-- The Office of the People’s Committee of Nghe An Province announced on Thursday that the north-central province had issued nearly VND9 billion ($358,139) in administrative fines for traffic violations by students between December 21, 2023, and December 21, 2024.

Business

-- The World Bank projects Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 6.3 percent in 2026, the highest in the Asia-Pacific region, in its newly released ‘Global Economic Prospects’ report.

Lifestyle

-- The 45th Ho Chi Minh City Spring Flower Festival celebrating the 2025 Tet holiday will officially open at Tao Dan Park in District 1 on Friday afternoon.

Sports

-- Cong An Ha Noi FC secured a thrilling 3-2 victory over Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur FC on Thursday night, clinching a spot in the 2024-25 ASEAN Club Championship semifinals with a match to spare.

-- The Vietnam national football team will play at Binh Duong Stadium in the namesake southern province, instead of My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, during the FIFA Days in March and October for international matches, following approval from Binh Duong Province on Thursday.

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