VietNamNet Bridge – The domestic wooden furniture market reportedly is worth three billion dollars, but it can bring only 20 percent of the total income of domestic wooden furniture manufacturers.

 The European parliament on Thursday called a definitive halt to shark finning, the long contested practice of fishermen slicing off fins and throwing the live body overboard to drown.

 British oil major BP and Russian group Rosneft said Thursday that they have signed a final agreement on the sale by BP to Rosneft of half of the third biggest Russian oil company, TNK-BP, as part of a major shift in strategy by the British company.

  Vietnamese army finances Cambodian facility; President to visit regional countries; Defence dialogue boosts Vietnam-Singapore partnership; US war veterans welcomed in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player successfully turned the table and defeated Taiwan’s Hsu Jen Hao to qualify for the finals of the Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships on November 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly passed the Law on the Amendment and Supplement to a Number of Articles of the Law on Personal Income Tax with a majority of votes on November 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has made a formal request to China to cancel inaccurate details on its map of the nine-dash line as printed on recent e-passports for Chinese citizens. 

Starbucks Coffee, the well-known coffee brand, will surely be present in the Vietnamese market. The first shop of the chain will be in HCM City, not far away from the New World Hotel in the central district No 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ministries, agencies and localities should continue promoting the combined strength of the entire political system to fight terrorism, maintain political stability and ensure social order and safety.

The Hanoi Education and Training Department has applied drastic measures to prohibit official teachers to run after-school hour extra classes. This has given more job opportunities to tutoring centers.

State agencies have been requested to prioritize to buy information technology (IT) products from Vietnamese IT firms. However, Vietnamese products still have been refused.

 Argentina said it will appeal a US judge's ruling ordering it to pay $1.33 billion to investment funds holding bonds that the country defaulted on in 2001.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam currently has more than 200,000 veterans exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin and infected with some diseases identified by the US Medical Academy.

Specialty retailing is believed to be the dominant tendency in the near future, because this is the only model to be able to exist in the cutthroat competition among retailers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A foreign media group, IMG, is the winner in the auction for the copyright of the Premier League (EPL) in Vietnam for the 2013-2016 period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year’s Terry Fox Run will start at 8:00 a.m. at the Crescent Area in Phu My Hung, District 7 on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 860 foreign tourists have received value-added tax (VAT) refunds at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, four months after the VAT policy was introduced to increase tourism and shopping in the country.

A blind girl who is an amateur cook became the champion of the U.S. MasterChef 2012. A veteran chef won the Gold Cup at an international culinary competition in Beijing. They are the ones who have promoted Vietnamese cuisine in the world.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is compiling the plan on protecting elephants in three provinces of Dak Lak, Nghe An and Dong Nai.

 Google has jumped into the debate over a UN telecom gathering set to review regulations affecting the Internet, claiming it is "the wrong place" to make decisions about the future of the Web.

Answers yet to be provided for high inventory puzzle; FPT Software enters German market; East Asia financiers to meet in Hanoi; $2.5bn Starlake ready to twinkle; $200m for nitrate plant; Paper plan looks wrapped up

 Nine foreign sailors were rescued by two Vietnamese fishing vessels 118 nautical miles off southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province at 7am on November 21, said the National Committee for Search and Rescue Office.

 NASA downplayed Wednesday talk of a major discovery by its Martian rover after remarks by the mission chief raised hopes it may have unearthed evidence life once existed on the Red Planet.

VietNamNet Bridge – Along with the Mongolian, American and Russian troupes, the Vietnam Circus School won a gold medal for the “Highland Festival" performance at the fourth International Circus Festival in Hanoi.

  VNA fetes Spanish friendship; Jazz concert features French saxophonist; Exhibition recalls ‘Dien Bien Phu in the air’ battle;  Lam Dong honours beverage steeped in tradition