Here's your Vietnam news brief for today:

Politics

-- The Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea has advised citizens to avoid large gatherings amid widespread protests demanding the resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Society

-- AFP cited the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi as announcing on Thursday a $12.5-million package to help Vietnam boost its maritime law enforcement and combat illegal fishing.

-- Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, also known as Shark Thuy, has been additionally charged by the police with bribery in connection to a case involving Egroup Education Group Joint Stock Company and Egame Investment and Distribution Joint Stock Company.

-- According to Globocan's 2024 report, Vietnam recorded over 180,400 new cancer cases and more than 120,000 cancer-related deaths.

Business

-- NVIDIA announced on Thursday that it is opening its first research and development center in Vietnam, aiming to advance artificial intelligence by leveraging the country's skilled STEM workforce and collaborating with government, industry, and academia, according to the company's website.

Lifestyle

-- The opening ceremony of the 10th Dalat Flower Festival 2024 took place at Lam Vien Square in Da Lat on Thursday evening.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee submitted on Thursday a request to the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism for permission to hold a fireworks display to celebrate New Year.

World News

-- "A 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook a large area of Northern California on Thursday, knocking items off grocery store shelves, sending children scrambling under desks and prompting a brief tsunami warning for 5.3 million people along the U.S. West Coast," the Associated Press reported.

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