Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Hanoi will organize a countdown party at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square from 7:00 pm on December 31 to 1:00 am on January 1 to usher in 2024.

-- Vietnam sold 10.3 million forest carbon credits worth US$51.5 million via the World Bank this year, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Quoc Tri told a conference on Wednesday.

-- State President Vo Van Thuong on Wednesday signed a decision to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 18 prisoners.

-- The People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, has issued a dispatch announcing the six-month suspension of Nha Trang Port for maintenance and repair. Accordingly, the port will be closed off to domestic vessels, but will still receive international cruise ships during the period.

-- Police in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam, confiscated some 400,000 vaping atomizers of unclear origins after raiding a warehouse at the Khuc Xuyen craft village industrial cluster in Bac Ninh City on Tuesday.

-- Temperatures in the northern region are forecast to increase by 2 - 3 degrees Celsius on Thursday, while many central provinces will experience moderate to heavy rains, according to the national weather center.

Business

-- Several leaders of banks and real estate firms are rushing to buy millions of their entities’ shares to raise their ownership.

Lifestyle

-- Khanh Hoa Province Intellectual Association has proposed that the provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee recognize the circular Dam Market as a provincial cultural historical relic.

-- A semi-realistic art program kicked off at Ponagar Tower in Nha Trang, a popular beach city under Khanh Hoa Province, on Wednesday night to provide visitors with knowledge about the Champa kingdom and offer them a festive atmosphere.

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