EU leaders named Luxembourg central bank chief Yves Mersch to a top European Central Bank post Friday after his nomination was held up for months by objections that there were no women candidates for the job.

The new tuna fishing technology imported from China has generated an “exploit” to the fisheries industry in Binh Dinh province. However, while helping increase the output, the technology will push the industry to the verge of an abyss.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese hip-hop team S.I.N.E won three champion titles at K-Battle International 2012 held in Korat City by Thailand's Ministry of Culture.

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VietNamNet Bridge - On November 21, a bomb and mine clearance team of the Ministry of Defense unexpectedly found a big rocket in a rice field in Phong Hao village in Vinh City, Nghe An Province.

On November 23, the National Assembly passed the Law on Anti-Corruption. However, the establishment of an independent anti-corruption agency or the commission on corruption investigation under the NA is not included in the law.

 Viet Nam and other ASEAN countries have regularly held consultations on the issues in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi told journalists at the ministry's regular press conference in Ha Noi

VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Arts Agency has released a decision on licensing 21 more songs of famous songwriter Pham Duy in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the capital city's most iconic structures, Long Bien Bridge, has proved to be a fertile source of inspiration at a festival celebrating Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Day in Ha Noi.

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.

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 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.