Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Five scientists, namely Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey E. Hinton, Jensen Huang, Yann LeCun, and Fei-Fei Li, were awarded the US$3-million VinFuture Grand Prize for their groundbreaking contributions to the advancement of deep learning at the VinFuture awards ceremony in Hanoi on Friday.

-- Up to 63 industrial park workers from two companies in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam were hospitalized due to suspected food poisoning following their Friday lunch served by the same food service provider, a local official confirmed the same day.

-- Police in Hanoi have pressed charges against TikTok content creator Mr Pips, who was identified as 30-year-old Pho Duc Nam hailing from southern Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, and 25 other individuals for offenses including fraudulent appropriation of properties, failure to report crimes, and money laundering. The forces also seized and froze assets totaling over VND5 trillion ($196.9 million).

Business

-- Data released by the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism on Friday revealed that international arrivals to Vietnam in November reached 1.7 million, representing a 20.5-percent month-on-month increase and a 38.8-percent year-on-year rise. This also marks the highest monthly total so far this year.

-- The administration of Ho Chi Minh City is calling for investment for seven social housing projects which are expected to provide approximately 3,800 apartments in District 4, District 12, and Thu Duc City, an administrative district-level unit in the southern metropolis.

-- Internet giant Google has announced that its Ho Chi Minh City-based subsidiary, Google Vietnam Co., Ltd., will handle Google Ads tasks and other Google products in Vietnam starting April 1 next year.

World News

-- Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on Saturday, December 7, five and a half years after fire destroyed its roof and spire and caused major damage throughout, Reuters reported.

-- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will address the nation on Saturday morning, his office said, ahead of a planned impeachment vote over his attempt this week to impose martial law, according to Reuters.

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