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Thai lawmakers on Thursday overwhelmingly passed four draft bills on same-sex marriage in their first reading, moving the country closer towards its legalization in a country with one of Asia’s most open and visible LGBT communities. Thailand’s laws and institutions still do not reflect changing social attitudes and still discriminate …

The peak of Mau Son Mountain in Lang Son Province saw temperatures dropping to minus 2 degrees Celsius Friday morning as Hanoi recorded temperatures at 10 degrees. During the sixth day of the latest cold wave in northern Vietnam regions, average daytime temperatures in the plains were below 15 degrees, …

SJC gold price rose 1.39% to VND76.8 million ($3,164.40) per tael Friday morning, a new historic peak. Gold ring price rose 0.4% to VND62.75 million per tael. A tael equals 37.5 grams or 1.2 ounces. Gold prices have risen more than 3% in the last seven days. Globally gold prices …