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Two Indonesian soldiers have been given a seven-month jail term for having gay sex, which is banned by the nation's military as "inappropriate behaviour".

Vietnam will have an effective match against German football club Borussia Dortmund, heach coach Park Hang Seo stated at a press conference in Hanoi on November 29, a day before the friendly match.

Son Tra Peninsula in the central province of Danang is still struggling with dozens of landslide spots caused by heavy rains in mid-October.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has inscribed the art of pottery making of the Cham people on the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

Dozens of seaside villas at major tourism projects in the central city of Danang have been badly deteriorating as investors failed to complete them due to legal problems for many years.

The music video for hit single "Gặp May", “Lucky” in English, by Vietnamese singer Wren Evans is set to vie in the Best music video category at the 27th Asian Television Awards, which will take place this December.

Efforts have been made by the Government to boost sustainable fishing, conservation of marine resources and tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the Vietnamese NA's delegation arrived in Canberra on November 29 evening (local time), starting an official visit to Australia from November 30 - December 3.

An additional 558 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours in Vietnam, and the country has so far administered over 264 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday.

Six of the 12 swans originally settled at Thien Quang Lake in Hanoi have died.

A big green sea turtle has been released into the wild after being caught by a fisherman in the central province of Quang Tri.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of US$10.6 billion during the past 11 months of the year, while the consumer price index recorded annual growth of 3.02%.

Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper has just transferred over VND106 million to a poor family with four ill members in the central province of Ha Tinh.

A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after all its holy men failed drug tests and were defrocked, a local official said Tuesday.

Police in the central province of Quang Nam have reported the discovery of 21 kilos of drugs found at local beaches to the Ministry of Public Security.

Around 98 percent of residents in HCM City have been found to carry antibodies against Covid-19, according to a survey of 839 random people.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue left Hanoi on November 29 morning, beginning his official visits to Australia and New Zealand from November 30 to December 6.

Nearly 597,000 foreigners have visited Vietnam in November, bringing the total number of international tourists to the country in the first 11 months of this year to 2.95 million.

Vietnam received US$25.1 billion in foreign investment in the first 11 months, up 0.5 per cent month-on-month but down 5 per cent year-on-year, the Foreign Investment Agency has said.