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Politics

-- Jaya Ratnam, Ambassador of Singapore to Vietnam, expressed his hope that the two nations would elevate bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2025 during his meeting with Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, in the southern metropolis on Tuesday afternoon.

Business

-- Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam managed to reach its full-year target of attracting nine million visitors within the first nine months of 2024. Of these, international tourist arrivals accounted for 3.6 million, equivalent to almost 30 percent of the country’s total number of international travelers during the nine-month period.

Society

-- Ho Chi Minh City will work to raise the average life expectancy of its residents to 77 years by 2030, with a healthy lifespan of at least 68 years, as part of a scheme recently approved by the municipal administration to transform the local healthcare system into a regional health hub for ASEAN by 2030 and beyond.

-- A 53-year-old man in Quang Binh Province, north-central Vietnam was swept away by floodwaters and remains unaccounted for after he managed to rescue a student from being swept away by flooding on Tuesday afternoon, a local official confirmed the same day.

-- The traffic safety committee of Bien Hoa City in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam announced on Tuesday that local traffic police had imposed administrative fines on over 300 parents for allowing their underage children to ride motorcycles on the road.

-- A 50m-long crack appeared on Phu Gia Mount in Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam and a landslide took place in the area following Tuesday morning's rain, forcing the evacuation of 23 households living at the foot of the mountain, a military official said the same day.

-- All 20 children, aged 2-3, from a preschool in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam are now in stable condition and remain under medical observation after being hospitalized on Tuesday morning over fears they may have ingested rat poison, local authorities confirmed at a press briefing held the same day.

World News

-- Lightning has killed a 34-year-old player and injured four others during a football match in the Peruvian Andes, Reuters reported.

-- Global investors were on edge as Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday, drawing to a close a dramatic U.S. election cycle that has moved bonds, stocks and other assets in recent months and could further sway markets as results become clearer, according to Reuters.

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