The European Union (EU) will hold on to the euro and will emerge from the crisis stronger, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly met on Thursday to discuss and deliberate on drafts for labor and price laws, and a proposal to extend maternity leave for female employees for a period of six months.

HCMC youth spend big to buy Christmas spirit; Three possible trends for bank restructuring; Vegetable and fruit exports hit US$600 million; Local mobile operators set prices for iPhone 4S; Five key solutions for industrial development  

VietNamNet Bridge – Taking advantage of a blackout, worker Le Cong Chanh of the Tan Binh Phu Co., Ltd. in the central province of Phu Yen, lied down on a pile of paper on the floor to sleep and he was ground by a paper grinder.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Canadian FC, Vancouver Whitecaps defeated five rivals in the close auction, held by the US Major League Soccer (MLS) to buy Vietnamese origin player Lee Nguyen on December 14.

VietNamNet Bridge – Delivering the message “don’t discriminate AIDS carriers”, a group of students from the central city of Da Nang have won the highest prize of the Asian Student Film Festival in Japan for “Lan, Don’t Cry.”

Rockers, rappers gather for Stay Cool concert in Danang; National broadcaster launches Vietnam’s “Billboard”; Exhibition features four decades of Vietnam film festivals; Hanoi exhibition contrasts pre and post doi moi periods    

Solo exhibition ‘A Herd of Unidentified Cows’ by artist Nguyen The Dzung, featuring 16 artworks of cow portraits with human bodies, will open at Cactus Contemporary Art Gallery tomorrow evening.

The Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) has conferred Victoria’s Multicultural Award for Excellence 2011 on the President of the Vietnam Business Association in Australia (VBAA), Tran Ba Phuc.

The Vietnamese COP 17 delegation has committed to cooperating closely with the international community in the struggle against climate change.

VietNamNet Bridge – Polluting Tam Dao Golf Course in northern Vinh Phuc Province keeps ignoring provincial authorities’ requests to treat its wastes, creating a stir among local residents.

Two people were critically injured in a rampant shooting in the city of Bottrop in western Germany on Thursday.

 Official calls for crackdown on fuel fraud; Two injured in cigarette explosion at café; New terminal opens in Da Nang; Man arrested for attempting to rob taxi

VietNamNet Bridge – The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will operate 11 direct flights from Can Tho to Taiwan (China) and vice versa during the 2012 lunar New Year.

Former French President Jacques Chirac said he would not appeal the verdict made earlier on Thursday which gave him a two-year suspended sentence for corruption.

The State Bank of Vietnam on December 14 unexpected devaluated the dong by another 0.05 percent after the 40-day period of keeping the dong value unchanged. However, people still keep calm with the move.

VietNamNet Bridge – 26-year-old Nguyen Thi Phuong, who mysteriously turned as old as an 80-year-old, has been discharged from the University Medical Center in HCMC after 2 months of treatment.

VietNamNet Bridge – A three-year project will reclaim water space from buildings that have encroached on the Tan Hoa - Lo Gom Canal in the western districts of HCM City.

Not only having to face the sky high landing interest rate and inflation rate, Vietnamese textiles companies, which has been relying on imported materials, are also meeting big difficulties due to the cotton price fluctuations.

Saigon Jewelry Co (SJC) sold 26,000 taels of gold, or 975 kilograms, in the last 3 days when the world gold price started its downward trend.