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Internationally-acclaimed pop star Rori of Belgium will wow local audiences with two performances in Hue and Hanoi this December as part of her busy Asia this year.

The southernmost coastal province of Ben Tre will reclaim land from the sea by between 9-18 kilometres in different locations, according to the province's plan by 2030 with a vision to 2050.

Asian stocks rose Wednesday after a tepid start to the week as data pointing to a softening US labour market restoked hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in the new year.

High demand for rice has prompted the export price of Vietnamese rice to rise to a record high of US$663 per tonne, the highest in the world at present.

Seventeen people were killed when a passenger bus careered off a road and plunged down a mountain in the central Philippines, an official said Wednesday.

Two people were killed in a house fire in HCM City's Tan Binh District on Tuesday evening.

The New Year's Day holiday will be longer this year as it falls over the weekend from December 31 to January 2 next year.

Joining in United Nations peacekeeping operations since 2014, Vietnamese peacekeepers fulfilled their duties well, and the female officers of the military and police forces have contributed substantially to these achievements.

A poor woman in the northern province of Phu Tho is seeking community support to save her son who needs a bone marrow transplant.

Environmental change hits the poorest the hardest, experts say, and in India's toxic smog-filled capital that includes the air people breathe.

Vietnam will set up a support fund to encourage and lure strategic investors and multi-national groups, making it more attractive in attracting foreign direct investment.

The death toll from a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 22 after nine more bodies were discovered, a search and rescue agency official said Tuesday.

The northern region has been forecasted to face a stronger cold front with temperatures of below 11 degrees centigrade.

The first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam parliamentary summit opened Laos on December 5 the with participation of more than 350 delegates representing the NA, ministries and localities of the three countries.

An out-door exhibition entitled “Tay Nguyen – Gia Lai Paradise” displaying antique artifacts of local ethnic people opened in Pleiku city in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on December 5.

Vietnam and Cambodia have officially launched a bilateral cross-border QR payment link, allowing their peoples to scan QR codes to make payments in each other’s country using their local currency.

Several tour operators in Russia have unveiled plans to organise tours aimed at bringing more Russian tourists to visit the country this winter.

Stocks fell Tuesday, extending the sell-off seen on Wall Street, with analysts warning November's rally fuelled by bets on interest rate cuts may have gone too far, forcing traders to take a step back.

The Ministry of Transport has increased ceiling airfares for domestic flight routes of over 500km by VND50,000-250,000.