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Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to lead a high-ranking delegation on a state visit to Indonesia from December 21 to 23 at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widoco, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

Society

-- Police in Kien Giang Province, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, said on Friday that they had broken up an online football betting racket whose transactions accumulated VND200 billion (US$8.5 million) and arrested one suspect.

-- Three people died after a pickup truck crashed into two motorbikes along a street in Da Nang on Friday night.

-- Police in Tien Giang Province, southern Vietnam broke up a football betting and gamble ring that had handled more than VND60 billion (US$2.5 million) in bets and arrested 19 suspects on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- As part of the preparations for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Da Lat Flower Festival, which will be held on Sunday evening, tourism authorities in Da Lat have adorned the city center with 500,000 flower pots.

-- Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam will organize the country’s first National Ginseng Festival in August next year, according to the provincial People’s Committee on Friday.

Sports

-- Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, considered the best swimmer in Vietnam, was defeated by a 13-year-old competitor in the women's 50-meter backstroke category at the 2022 National Sports Festival on Friday.

World News

-- “A huge aquarium in Berlin burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres of water, around 1,500 exotic fish and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency services said,” Reuters reported on Friday.

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