Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Fireworks lit up the sky across Vietnam at midnight on Tuesday, drawing millions of people to the streets to celebrate the arrival of 2025 with joy and hope.

-- At exactly 0:00 on Wednesday, Tu Du Hospital, one of the oldest maternity hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, welcomed seven newborns, including four boys and three girls.

-- Police in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City announced on Tuesday that they had initiated legal proceedings and temporarily detained a 43-year-old woman from Quang Ninh Province for allegedly stealing cash, gold jewelry, and mobile phones worth over VND500 million (US$19,619) from her Australian boyfriend, whom she recently met and is currently traveling in the city.

-- The People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province has fined the investor of the Scenia Bay Residence apartment building on Pham Van Dong Street in Nha Trang City VND500 million for multiple operational violations.

-- Police in Hiep Binh Chanh Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday summoned a woman who assaulted a train crossing guard the day before for questioning, took her statement, and sent the guard for a disability assessment to determine the basis for legal action. The woman, riding a motorbike with another person at the time of the incident, attacked the female guard after she refused to lift the barrier and let them pass while a train was approaching.

Business

-- Many hotels and accommodations in Ho Chi Minh City reached 80-90 percent occupancy in the final days of 2024, as the number of international visitors surged with many choosing the city to ring in the New Year 2025.

Lifestyle

-- The Miss Sea Vietnam 2024 pageant concluded in Binh Thuan Province on Tuesday night with Nguyen Hoai Linh from Ha Nam Province winning the crown.

World News

-- Colombia’s armed forces seized 626 metric tons of cocaine chloral hydrate during 2024, up 35 percent year-on-year, Reuters quoted the armed forces general command as saying in a statement on Tuesday.

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