Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- On Wednesday, the fifth day of the 2025 Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holiday, 56 traffic accidents occurred nationwide, resulting in 17 deaths and 45 injuries. Traffic police across the country addressed 3,980 violations, impounded nearly 1,400 vehicles, revoked 115 driver’s licenses, and deducted points from 493 driver’s licenses.

-- The Ministry of Health has proposed a new Population Law that would extend maternity leave from six months to seven months for female workers giving birth to a second child.

Business

-- Khanh Hoa Province, home to the popular beach city of Nha Trang in south-central Vietnam, welcomed 531 tourists from Poland on Wednesday. The group arrived at Cam Ranh International Airport on flight U5 2297 of SkyUp Airlines from Warsaw International Airport.

-- On Wednesday, My Tho Cruise Port in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang welcomed over 170 international tourists from countries including the U.S., the UK, and Australia. The tourists arrived aboard the 5-star Viking SaiGon cruise ship, which had just completed a route between My Tho City and Cambodia.

Sports

-- “Manchester City came from behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 and secure their place in the Champions League playoffs, as big guns Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain also won to progress, while AC Milan and Juventus will join them despite both losing on Wednesday,” Reuters reported.

-- “Demand for tickets to see the Kansas City Chiefs battle the Philadelphia Eagles for an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl title is outpacing every NFL championship matchup since 2019, according to ticket resale platform StubHub,” Reuters reported.

World News

-- Microsoft has made Chinese startup DeepSeek’s R1 artificial intelligence model available on its Azure cloud computing platform and GitHub tool for developers, Reuters quoted the U.S. company as saying on Wednesday.

-- “Meta Platforms beat Wall Street expectations for fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday but predicted sales in the current first quarter may not meet forecasts, sending mixed signals about how its bets on pricey artificial intelligence-powered tools are paying off,” Reuters reported.

-- Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo announced on Wednesday it plans to expand testing of its autonomous driving technology in over 10 new cities in 2025, according to Reuters.

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