HANOI -- Vietnam's economy is forecast to grow 6.1 percent in 2024 and 6.5 percent in both 2025 and 2026, up from 5 percent in 2023, the World Bank said on Monday.

The Southeast Asian country's economic growth is expected to pick up in 2024, driven by a rebound in manufactured exports and tourism and recovering consumption and business investment, Vietnam News Agency cited the bank's latest Talking Stock report. (Vietnam-Economy)

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DHAKA -- The floods in parts of Bangladesh have left 23 people dead, affected nearly 6 million people, and displaced hundreds of thousands of families.

According to the daily disaster situation report by the country's National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRCC) under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, 57,01,204 people were affected due to floods in 11 out of the country's total 64 districts as of Monday afternoon. (Bangladesh-Flood-Death)

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HANOI -- Vietnam's top legislature on Monday approved the appointment of three deputy prime ministers, two ministers, chief justice of the Supreme People's Court and prosecutor general of the Supreme People's Procuracy, Vietnam News Agency reported.

The three new deputy prime ministers are Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court Nguyen Hoa Binh, Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son. (Vietnam-Appointment-Deputy PM)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least 53 people including security personnel were killed and scores of others injured in a series of attacks in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Monday, officials said.

The proscribed organization Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which claimed responsibility for the offensive, launched attacks shortly before midnight, continuing their assault into the morning with gunfire, grenades, suicide bombings, and bomb attacks. (Pakistan-Counter Terrorism) Enditem

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