China's central bank said on Wednesday that it will lower banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 50 basis points starting Dec. 5.

The Paris-based UNESCO on Tuesday added 11 new items to the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding as it concluded the sixth session of its Intergovernmental Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge – The impacts of hydropower plants on the virgin forest in Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai River and over ten of million of people in the downstream area are real. But the truth has not been checked thoroughly.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Tuesday issued a statement to refute some security flaw claims on its LaserJet printers.

World number one women's tennis player Caroline Wozniacki won the Danish Tennis Association (DTA) Player of the Year Award for the fifth year in a row here on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many pictures, maps and items that prove Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands) several centuries ago are preserved at the Museums of Quang Ngai province and Da Nang city.

All the current factors make people think that bank shares are losing their attractiveness. But things are quite different in reality.

Britain is withdrawing diplomats from Iran following the incursion into its embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, British Foreign Office said in a statement on Wednesday.

Paper makers face challenges; Saigon Centre's second phase begins; Plastics firm hits record low on market; State enterprises need restructure; IZs, support sector link up to push growth; Water prices likely to be hiked by 4 times  

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities will apply various measures to restore order in the taxi market, including halting the establishment of new taxi companies, setting rules on color of taxis, etc.

Exhibition “Nguyen Linh III”; Music Night “A Journey of 55 Years”; Screening of “Un Secret”; Screening of “Les Mains en L’Air”; Run for Children Hanoi 2011; Art in the Auditorium; Exhibition “Assumption”; Landscape Painting Exhibition

A Los Angeles judge Tuesday sentenced Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal physician, to a maximum of 4 years of imprisonment on involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the death of the pop star.

VietJet Air announced it would begin domestic flights from December 25, four years after it gained approval to become a privately owned airline in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese actress Ngoc Trinh and her Korean husband have opened a 3D painting exhibition at Thien Son building in Phu My Hung urban area in HCM City.

Int’l photos exhibited in Hanoi; Ethnic costumes go on parade in Hanoi; Columbian Pacific Salsa group to perform in Vietnam; Festival spotlights creativity of young artists; Hanoi contemporary female artists to exhibit women’s conflicting status    

Growth in the United States faces serious headwinds and the country's high unemployment will linger for many years, said a high-ranking official of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The event opened on November 28 in Hanoi. Below are designs that were introduced on November 28 and 29.

VietNamNet Bridge - Giving the right to fix prices of goods and services back to the market will not affect the state’s power, said experts.

Vietnam and Denmark on Monday established a strategic partnership on climate change, environment, energy and green growth as the Crown Prince of Denmark began his four-day official visit to the country.

Finance ministers of the eurozone countries late Tuesday signed off on an 8-billion-euro (about 10.7 billion U.S. dollars) aid payment to Greece, part of the first international bailout package agreed with Athens last year.

Below are designs performed on November 29.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2011 VNR500 – the list of the Vietnamese biggest 500 enterprises – was released on November 2011, which names 30 enterprises having joined the one billion dollar club.

American Airlines' parent company AMR Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday to unload massive debt acquired by years of soaring fuel prices and labor costs.

The Institute of Geophysics has asked the Union of Vietnam Geographic Sciences Associations to invest VND500 million ($25,000) to set up three working groups to research underground explosions in Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer of the Year 2010 Tung Duong will perform the songs that created his reputation during his first ever live show in Ha Noi this week.