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Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and former President of Myanmar Win Myint (R) at a trial in Naypyidaw on May 24, 2021 (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) and army chief of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing reduced the prison sentence of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years on December 6, reported AFP. Earlier, she was sentenced to four years in prison for incitement against the military and breaching COVID-19 rules. Both Aung San Suu Kyi and former Myanmar President Win Myint have their sentences halved to "two years’ imprisonment". Myanmar has been in a political deadlock since February 1, when the military detained government leaders, regional and state governors, and senior members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party over the charge of electoral fraud. After seizing power, the military junta declared a one-year state of emergency and pledged to hold elections and hand over power. VNA …

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Hearing impaired young people from Hà Nội Sign Language Training Centre express their feeling in a K-pop music video. Photo courtesy of Korean Cultural Centre HÀ NỘI A series of music videos by the hearing impaired has been launched, aimed at improving the rights of the Vietnamese deaf community. The video features six young students from Hà Nội Sign Language Training Centre: Đỗ Hoàng Phú, Nguyễn Thị Nhật Lệ, Hoàng Thị Phương Thảo, Nguyễn Thị Thảo, Hoàng Thị Ánh Hồng and Trần Lệ Quyên. "It is interesting experience for me," said Nguyễn Thị Thảo. "This is the first time I have had a chance to enjoy K-pop in this amazing way. I hope that the Vietnamese hearing-impaired community will enjoy K-pop through my performance in the music video." "I'm happy that I seem to have gotten closer to my peers around me who are K-pop lovers," Phú said. Thảo, Phú, Lệ and Phương Thảo performed with sign to BTS's Permission to Dance in the first music video. It was launched by the South Korean …

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The automobile market has become bustling again after the Government cut by 50 percent the vehicle registration tax. Car sales in the first three quarters of the year witnessed a sharp fall of 46 percent compared with the same period last year. However, the market has warmed up since the second month of the fourth quarter, when pandemic developments became less complicated and the vehicle registration tax was reduced by 50 percent. More than 40 domestically assembled car models, from low-cost to luxury ones, are getting benefits from the Government’s tax cut policy. With the tax cut, people can save from tens to VND100 million when buying cars. Nguyen Van Truong in Dong Anh district in Hanoi decided to buy a Hyundai Tucson shortly after the release of the new policy. “If you buy cars right now, you will get benefits from both the price discount policies applied by sale agents and the registration tax cut. If you are hesitant, you may miss the golden opportunity as car …

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The Korean diplomat, Head of the RoK’s ASEAN SOM, is in Vietnam to participate in the Vietnam - RoK Consultation at the deputy minister level on the Coordination of the ASEAN - RoK Relationship in the 2021-2024 period, and the ASEAN High-Level Forum on Sub-Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth. At the meeting, the Vietnamese FM stressed that Vietnam and other ASEAN countries highly appreciated the RoK’s support in COVID-19 pandemic response over the past time and wished to further cooperate with the country to ensure vaccine supply and enhance regional cooperation in technology transfer for vaccine production. FM Son said that the two sides should maintain trade and investment exchange, support and create favorable conditions for Korean investors and businesses to overcome the impacts of the pandemic, stabilize and expand production and business. The Vietnamese diplomat also announced that as the coordinator of the ASEAN - RoK relations, Vietnam …

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Asia was the first to experience the virus, the first to exit lockdown, and now has new spikes. Asia was the first place to experience the coronavirus, impose lockdowns and then emerge from them. It was also the first to experience new groups of infections, with clusters from nightclubs in Seoul, the Russia-China border, and elsewhere. Although it is early for conclusions, can lessons be learned? 1. Wave, spike or cluster - it's unavoidable Terms such as second wave, spikes or clusters of cases are bandied around, but what do they mean? Medically, a second wave refers to the resurgence of infection in a different part of a population after an initial decrease. The WHO says past pandemics have been characterised by "waves of activity spread over months". In Asia, we have been seeing isolated clusters and regional spikes in infection numbers. and it is hard to predict how they will develop. But for Jennifer Rohn, a cell biologist at University College, London, a second …

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Vietnam Economic Forum scheduled for December 5 The event will take place at the International Convention Centre in Hanoi on December 5 to review Vietnam’s economic development in 2020-2021, and policies adopted to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it will give insight into the trend of economic restructuring and changes in production and business models due to pandemic impacts, along with policies that have been rolled out in the world to tackle COVID-19, thus withdrawing lessons for Vietnam in this regard. The organisers launched the official website of the forum, at diendankinhte.quochoi.vn, in Vietnamese and English languages. Reference exchange rate stays stable on Dec. 3 The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,117 VND/USD on December 3, unchanged from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,812 VND/USD and the floor …

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These newly listed monuments are expected to soon become attractive tourist destinations in the future. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently announced eight new National Monuments in 2021, two of which are related to President Ho Chi Minh. Various artifacts were found beneath the Lo Giang Palace in Thai Binh Province. Photo: Institute of Imperial Citadel Studies - The relic of Nguyen Thi An’s House (Phu Thuong Ward, Tay Ho District) is where President Ho Chi Minh lived from August 23 to September 2, 1945, when he returned from the Viet Bac Revolutionary Zone to Hanoi to declare the Independence of Vietnam on September 2, 1945. - Lo Giang Palace is a spacious wooden palace that was built in the Tran Dynasty (1225 to 1400). It is one among numerous palaces built outside Thang Long Citadel as a retreat for the kings. Local archaeologists have discovered many valuable artifacts beneath the 554-squared-meter large architecture. - Kim Ninh …

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Americans are lining up for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines at a record pace, with concerns about the newly-detected Omicron coronavirus variant spurring millions to get shots, the U.S. government said on Tuesday. Just under a million people a day received booster doses of one of the three authorized vaccines last week, the highest rate since U.S. regulators gave the nod to additional shots for some adults in September, government data shows. "In the last week, we've gotten nearly 7 million people a booster; that's a million booster shots in arms a day. And that's more people getting a booster shot per day than ever before," White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Tuesday. Around 55% of people aged 65 and older who are eligible for a booster have received one, he added. All in all the United States administered 12.5 million vaccines in the last week, Zients said at a White House briefing, its highest rate since May. U.S. regulators expanded eligibility …

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