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Politics

-- Vietnam’s ship 09 of the Naval Region 2's Brigade 171 arrived at a port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, marking the end of a nearly-3,000-nautical-mile journey to participate in the fifth Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo in Indonesia within 22 days.

Society

-- The government has issued a decree extending the exemption of registration fees for electric cars until February 28, 2027.

-- Young volunteers of Sai Gon Xanh (Green Saigon) and youth union members collected over 10 metric tons of garbage from Hy Vong Canal in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City in about three hours on Saturday.

-- The administration in Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam signed a decision to approve the construction of a coastal road to the west of Phu Quoc Island. The over-4.3-km-long road will carry a price tag of about VND3,200 billion (US$125.3 million), the province reported on Saturday.

-- Tien Giang Water Supply One Member Co. Ltd. in the namesake southern province has installed 23 public water taps to serve residents for free in the 2024-25 dry season. The company plans to increase the number of public water taps to 114.

Business

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, at a dialogue with Japanese businesses in Hanoi on Saturday, called on Japanese enterprises to continue placing their trust in and deepening their engagement with Vietnam, and to consider Vietnam a strategic base for expanding their investment, production, and business activities, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on U.S. businesses to promote the bilateral relationship between Vietnam and the U.S., invest in high-quality sectors, particularly in hi-tech industries, big data, and artificial intelligence, and consider Vietnam as a long-term investment hub at a dialogue in Hanoi on Saturday.

World News

-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered a new trade investigation that could heap more tariffs on imported lumber, adding to existing duties on Canadian softwood lumber and 25% tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican goods due next week, according to Reuters.

-- A crash involving two buses in Bolivia left at least 37 people dead and dozens injured in the western Potosi region, Reuters reported, citing police and local authorities on Saturday.

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