Ta Pa Valley in southern Vietnam comes alive during harvest season, with rice fields glittering at dawn alongside sugar palms and Khmer temples.

Thailand, the second largest economy in Southeast Asia, received 31.76 million foreign visitors so far this year, down 7.25% from the same period a ‌year earlier.

Oman Air will operate non-stop flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Muscat, the capital of Oman, four days a week starting July 2 next year.

Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, received 12.76 million foreign arrivals between January and October this year, marking a 10.32% year-on-year increase.

Hong Kong was named the world’s second most visited city for international arrivals this year, after Thailand’s Bangkok, with 23.2 million visitors, according to global market research company Euromonitor International.

Indonesia has banned British porn star Bonnie Blue for 10 years, immigration officials said on Dec. 22, after her deportation over content production that could cause “public unrest”.

Lao cuisine ranked 96th out of 100 in the world’s best cuisines list this year by international food magazine TasteAtlas, up three places from last year and the lowest among Southeast Asian countries.

Singapore joined a list of 15 most expensive cities for tourists in the world as voted by British travel magazine Time Out based on a survey of over 18,000 people.

As the year comes to a close, Ho Chi Minh City’s cafes glow with Christmas spirit, from snow-themed interiors to vinyl corners that invite guests to savor the season.

Six Indonesian men aged between 23 and 29 were arrested early on Sunday for illegally entering Singapore by sea.