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Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend ASEAN Summits with partners including China, South Korea and the United Nations, within the framework of the 40th, 41st ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Friday.

Society

-- A fire broke out on a yacht traveling on the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday night, destroying and sinking the vehicle but leaving no casualties.

-- Police in Ca Mau Province, southernmost Vietnam, arrested a 58-year-old man for assaulting his lover to death at a local hotel on Thursday.

-- A fire engulfed a library, a reading room, and a medical room at a secondary school in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam, on Friday night, destroying most of the properties but causing no injuries.

-- Police in Hanoi are hunting for a 28-year-old man who intentionally caused injury by cutting off another man's leg over money disputes.

Lifestyle

-- American singer, Babyface, will take the stage at the Hozo International Music Festival on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, from December 8 to 11.

-- Authorities in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam, will organize a crab festival on December 23 with the aim to promote the region’s delicacy.

Education

-- The Aptis exam by the British Council in Vietnam has been approved to resume as normal, two days after the organization postponed its IELTS and Aptis examinations, following the country's Ministry of Education and Training’s order.

World News

-- Australia on Saturday formalised a new cyber-policing model in a stepped-up effort to "hunt down" cyber criminal syndicates, following recent hacks impacting millions of Australians, Reuters reported.

-- The United States will keep in place the public health emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing millions of Americans to still receive free tests, vaccines and treatments, two Biden administration officials said on Friday, according to Reuters.

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