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Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in Bangkok on December 8 as part of his ongoing official visit to Thailand.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Belarusian counterpart Roman Golovchenko witnessed the signing and handing over of co-operation documents between the two countries on the morning of December 8 after the conclusion of their talks.

A poor elderly ill couple in the northern province of Bac Kan will have a new home thanks to Dantri readers.

Hanoi has approved the planning of a second airport with the construction expected to be started in 2040 and completed in 2050.

Nearly three million people have used the Lao Cai-Hekou International Border Gate since early this year, including tens of thousands of Vietnamese tourists who have visited Yunnan Province.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a decision promulgating a training and certificate granting programme for foreigners teaching English language at foreign language and information technology centres in Vietnam.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines opened a direct flight service between Ho Chi Minh City and the Australian city of Perth on the early morning of December 8.

Many markets in Hanoi have been abandoned.

Direct flights between the southern central province of Binh Dinh and South Korea will be reopened following a four-year suspension.

An explosion at a toy shop in the northern province of Ninh Binh on Thursday afternoon left two people dead.

The central city of Danang will hold a Christmas-themed market with 60 stalls on December 8-12 in Ngu Hanh Son District.

Asian markets mostly rose Friday as traders tried to track a Wall Street rally ahead of crucial US jobs data, while Tokyo took a hit from an extended yen rally on bets Japan will drop its ultra-loose monetary policy.

Some 11 fishing boats were burnt in a fire at a shipbuilding yard in the southern province of Phan Thiet on Thursday afternoon.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 8 morning hosted a welcome ceremony for his Belarusian counterpart Roman Golovchenko who is paying an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-9.

The recently unveiled Programme for International Student Assessment 2022 results from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reveal a decline in rankings for Vietnamese students.

Asian markets fluctuated Friday as traders tried to track a Wall Street rally ahead of crucial US jobs data, while Tokyo took a hit from an extended yen rally on bets Japan will drop its ultra-loose monetary policy.

The Consulate General of Belarus in Ho Chi Minh City was inaugurated at No 2/6, Road 31, Binh An Ward, Thu Duc city, on December 7.

Vietnamese and international artists are gearing up for the BridgeFest 2023 music festival which is scheduled to take place at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City on December 9.

Many restaurants in Hanoi have reported falling numbers of customers after more drink-driving checkpoints have been set up during the year-end festive season.