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Business

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a large-scale social housing project in northern Vinh Phuc Province on Sunday. The project’s first phase, set for completion before 2030, will feature 38 apartment buildings with over 5,300 units, covering 17 hectares with a total investment of over VND7 trillion (US$275 million).

Society

-- A significant flock of 23 Sarus cranes, one of the world's tallest flying birds, has returned to the Phu My Species and Habitat Conservation Area in southern Kien Giang Province, marking the largest recorded group since March 11, the conservation management authority said on Sunday.

-- Firefighters managed to rescue all six victims, including two children, in a hotel fire in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday afternoon, authorities confirmed the same day.

-- Dong Nai Province led the southeastern region in the number of blood donations contributed to Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital in 2024, with more than 38,250 units of donated blood, according to data released at a recent conference hosted by the hospital.

-- A 41-year-old female driver of a Mercedes-Benz caused a major chain-reaction crash at Thu Duc Intersection in Ho Chi Minh City late on Sunday afternoon, slamming into 10 motorcycles at a red light and leaving at least five people injured. Authorities reported that her blood alcohol concentration exceeded 0.4mg per liter of breath, far beyond Vietnam’s zero-tolerance limit for driving under the influence.

-- A male driver from southern Tien Giang Province has been fined VND5 million ($195) and had four points deducted from his 12-point driver’s license after he was caught on video holding his phone outside the window while recording the roadside scenery along the My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway on Saturday night, police confirmed on Sunday.

World News

-- Cuba reconnected its national electrical grid and restored power to the majority of the capital Havana by late on Sunday, energy officials said, nearly two days after an island-wide outage knocked out power to 10 million people, according to Reuters.

-- Fire ripped through a packed and unlicensed nightclub early on Sunday in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, killing 59 people and injuring more than 150, officials said, after sparks ignited the roof as a live band performed, Reuters reported.

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