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Domestic gold prices continued to surge on the morning of December 26, hitting a record high of nearly VND80 million per tael.

Mount Fansipan, Vietnam's highest peak in the northern province of Lao Cai, was left hoar frost-covered on December 26 as local temperatures dropped to minus three degrees Celsius due to the effect of a strong cold wave.

Vietnamese workers will no longer need to go to other countries for skill tests before working in Japan following a recent meeting between the two governments.

Hanoi authorities are considering plans to collect fees on pavement and road usage from January next year.

Domestic enterprises imported a total of 9.4 million tonnes of petrol, oil, and other petroleum products worth US$7.8 billion over the past 11 months of the year.

Additional vaccines will be added in the national expanded programme on immunisation by 2030 to offer free vaccination to children, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

A total of US$41 million in carbon credit sales is the first forest proceeds from six north central provinces from the emission reduction agreement with the World Bank.

Passengers have been advised to arrive at Tan Son Nhat International Airport earlier than usual during the coming New Year or Tet Lunar New Year holidays to avoid congestion.

The Vietnamese Government always places importance to the Mekong - Lancang Cooperation and will continue joining hands with China and other Mekong nations to boost the strong, effective, and sustainable development of this cooperation mechanism.

The second Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Buddhist Summit opened on December 25 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Hanoi recorded an estimated 24 million tourist arrivals this year, reflecting a remarkable annual increase of 27%, according to the municipal Tourism Department.

Floods caused by intense rainfall have affected tens of thousands of people in Thailand's deep south, officials said Monday, with some roads and railway lines forced to close.

Twins who are both suffering from cerebral palsy in Hanoi's outlying district of My Duc have received nearly VND 200 million in donations to cover hospital treatment after their story was published in Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper.

WB official said Vietnam's economy remains resilient in 2023 meanwhile ADB Country Director points to three main growth drivers of Vietnam's economy in 2024.

Authorities in Bac Lieu Province have announced that they were still searching for three crew members who remained missing after their fishing boat sank off the neighbouring Tra Vinh Province.

Many passengers have been given Christmas gifts at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

The Opera House in the capital is set to host the Hanoi concert on January 1 in celebration of the New Year.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, a prisons official said Monday.

Thousands of people flocked to central streets and churches in Hanoi and HCM City to enjoy the bustling atmosphere and beautiful decorations during Christmas Eve.