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World stocks rallied to their highest levels since late 2022 on Wednesday, with year-end optimism high on hopes that major central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates early next year. U.S. stock futures were flat a day after the S&P 500 touched its highest …

Vietnam’s total fertility rate this year is at 1.95 children per woman, a drop compared to last year’s 2.01 ratio and a replacement ratio of 2.1. Mai Trung Son from the Vietnam Population Authority under the Ministry of Health said at a session on population data on Tuesday that falling …

The sentence for former deputy foreign minister To Anh Dung for receiving bribes in organizing Covid-19 repatriation flights has been reduced from 16 years to 14 years in prison. An appeal court on Wednesday in Hanoi also commuted the sentence for Do Hoang Tung, former deputy head of the Consular …

Hanoi’s air quality monitoring systems on Wednesday morning showed unhealthy air quality levels, with four areas showing very unhealthy levels. All 35 air quality monitoring stations by the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and the Environment showed air quality index (AQI) at 100-300 at 9 a.m., meaning air quality was …

The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution to officially designate the Lunar New Year as a floating holiday, which means a paid day off from work. The resolution passed on Dec. 22 “recognizes the significant importance of the Lunar New Year and urges U.N. entities at headquarters and …

Apple on Tuesday appealed a decision to ban imports of its watches based on a complaint from medical monitoring technology company Masimo, after U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration declined to veto a government tribunal. The tech giant also filed an emergency request on Tuesday for the U.S. Court of Appeals …

The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, issued an apology in Hebrew to the Jewish community on Tuesday for his past antisemitic remarks, saying he sought forgiveness and regretted any pain that his words had caused. Ye’s apology, posted to X and Instagram, follows reports that the release of …

The highest Tet bonus for an individual in Vietnam this year might be VND5.7 billion ($234,327), while the lowest is as low as VND20,000 (82 cents). As of Tuesday, 23 localities have announced their Tet (Lunar New Year) bonuses, which do not include Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The …

A ring of suspected traffickers, comprising two women and a man, were arrested for allegedly posing as marriage brokers to trick Vietnamese women into being sold into captivity in China Van Tuyet Mai, 40, Nguyen Thi Nho, 38 and Tran Quang Phat, 34, are currently in detention and being investigated …

Severe cold in Vietnam over the past week has sent increased numbers of the elderly and children to hospital for respiratory illness. Ta Huu Anh, deputy head of the Intensive Care Department at the National Geriatric Hospital in Hanoi, announced on Monday that hospitals have admitted increasing number of patients …