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The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's island of Java this week has risen to 321 as rescuers found more bodies on Sunday, the national disaster mitigation agency said.

The Vietnamese stock market struggled last week as the benchmark VN-Index fluctuated in a large range. Experts said that there are more positive signals supporting the index to recover to the 1,000 point-level.

Two tragic accidents occurred during the weekend, leaving six people, including a pregnant woman, dead.

Business woman Hoang Thanh Nga will be the Vietnamese representative competing at Mrs Universe 2022, which is scheduled to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from January 30, 2023, to February 5, 2023.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is set to pay official visits to Australia and New Zealand from November 30-December 6, announced the NA Foreign Relations Committee.

Seven outstanding software projects by Vietnamese students are in the finale of the 2022 Coolest Project Malaysia in December along.

An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern India in protest at what he called New Delhi's attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi, a language mostly spoken in the north, police said Sunday.

The Federation of ASEAN Economic Associations (FAEA) is holding its 45th Conference themed "Economic recovery and growth in ASEAN countries after the Covid-19 pandemic and in the context of great fluctuations in the international economy" in Hanoi from November 25-26.

The Vietnam Trade Office in the United States, working in tandem with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), sent a business delegation to study and survey the US market from November 20 to December 1, with the

Vietnam and Laos expect to achieve USD2 billion in two-way trade in the near future, given that the figure surged 28.2% annually to USD1.4 billion in ten months of this year, heard a forum held in Vientiane

HCM City Labour Federation has planned to spend roughly VND140 billion (USD5.6 million) to hold activities for workers during the coming Tet Lunar New Year.

An additional 427 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Saturday in Vietnam, raising the national tally to over 11.51 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

The number of young people catching HIV has seen an upward trend recently, with 50% of new cases being under the age of 29.

Many bus shelters in Hanoi are being illegally used for business services.

Three 10th graders from Hanoi won nine medals at the world final round of the Tournament of Champions at the World Scholar’s Cup 2022 which took place at Yale University in the United States earlier this week.

Ha Giang Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism have warned tourists about online hotel reservation scams.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience the first strong cold snap this year.

More than 500 Vietnamese alumni who have studied in Australia joined the Aussie Alumni Reunion in Hanoi.