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Society

-- A large sinkhole suddenly appeared on a street in Quang Binh Province, north-central Vietnam on Wednesday morning, posing safety threats to local residents. 

-- Dozens of households in Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam were evacuated to safer places due to severe landslides following torrential rains earlier this week.

-- A low-pressure area is forecast to enter the East Vietnam Sea on Thursday and then develop into a tropical depression.

-- Nine tiger specimens that perished after being found illegally kept in captivity at a residential house in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam last year have been donated to the Vietnam National Museum of Nature in Hanoi.

-- The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance sought approval from the Politburo on Wednesday to extend the pilot program allowing Vietnamese people to gamble at casinos in Phu Quoc Island off the coast of Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam until 2024.

-- Tourism authorities in Da Lat City, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, on Wednesday gave a nod to the trial provision of the paragliding service over the city's iconic Xuan Huong Lake.

-- A flight departing from Bangkok, Thailand landed at Phu Quoc International Airport in southern Vietnam on Wednesday, marking the maiden direct flight made between the destinations.

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh on Wednesday arrested two people and are hunting for another accomplice after they were caught red-handed stealing manhole covers in the downtown area earlier this week.

World News

-- Oil prices struggled to find their footing in early Asian trade on Thursday after a weakening global demand outlook depressed the market in the last session, Reuters reported on Thursday.

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