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The national COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,523,367 with 204 new cases recorded on December 20, according to the Ministry of Health.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,643 VND/USD on December 20, down 2 VND from the previous day.

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

During 24 hours from 4pm December 19 to 4pm December 20, Vietnam recorded 14,977 COVID-19 infections, with 14,966 domestic cases across 61 provinces and cities – down 1,127 cases from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,184 VND/USD on December 20, down 13 VND from the last working day of the previous week.

After a six-year wait, Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has officially set December 20 for the elections of chairmen and members of provincial administration organisations (PAO) in 76 provinces nationwide outside Bangkok.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,160 VND/USD on December 20, down 3 VND from the previous day.

The Bao Loc silk exhibition and cultural spaces of Ma, Co Ho and Churu ethnic groups along Xuan Huong river will be launched in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from December 20 – January 1.

The State Bank of Vietnam kept the daily reference exchange rate for December 20 unchanged from the previous day at 22,785 VND per USD.

Shares rebounded on December 20 after a brief fall on December 19, boosted by energy and bank stocks on investors’ expectation of positive Q4 earnings from these companies.