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Society

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday required completing Nhon Trach Bridge, the largest and fastest-progressing bridge on the Beltway No. 3 project in Ho Chi Minh City, by April 30, 2026, two months earlier than the initial plan. The bridge, which connects Ho Chi Minh City with Dong Nai Province, is now 85 percent complete.

-- Most ways leading to Hanoi were crammed with people and vehicles returning to the capital city from their hometowns on Saturday while the Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet will not end until Sunday. Similarly, Dau Giay – Phan Thiet and Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressways were heavily congested as thousands of people returned to Ho Chi Minh City.

-- Police in Nha Trang City, south-central Khanh Hoa Province have summoned a woman for questioning after a video went viral on social media showing her black car swerving, veering into the wrong land, and being driven recklessly on the roads with a loud exhaust noise, causing public outrage.

-- Four investors, including two foreign investors, have expressed interest in the Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai Expressway project, which connects Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring Tay Ninh Province, according to a report by the administration in Ho Chi Minh City.

-- Authorities in Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province, northern Vietnam said they were verifying a video showing a group of people brutally assaulting a car driver for not allowing them to cut in line at a ferry terminal on Saturday.

World News

-- “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China starting on Tuesday and declared that they would remain in place until a national emergency over the drug fentanyl and illegal immigration to the U.S. ends,” according to Reuters.

-- “At least seven people died when a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday, including six Mexicans aboard the plane and one person who was on the ground,” Reuters reported, citing Mexico's president and Philadelphia's mayor.

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