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The Greek parliament approved on early Wednesday the country's 2012 budget designed to tackle a severe debt crisis, amid fresh anti-austerity protests that briefly turned violent on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Big spenders Ninh Binh are hoping to sign footballing superstars including Rivaldo and Guti ahead of the upcoming season.

VietNamNet Bridge – A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) led by its Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung attended the ninth Vietnam NA-European Parliament (EP) inter-parliamentary meeting in Brussels on Dec. 5.

The Ministry of Education and Training has announced new regulations exempting 12th grade students who receive prizes for excellence in national contests from sitting for entrance exams in universities and colleges.

The top ten musical events of 2011 were announced by the Vietnam Musicians’ Association and the Vietnam Journalists’ Association at a press conference in Hanoi on December 5.

The Vietnam Kennel Association (VKA) will host two national contests and an international contest for dogs this weekend in HCMC.

The Ministry of Education and Training has finished a working trip with Dalat University to discuss human resource training for Vietnam’s first nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan Province.

A lot of new products have been created after Vietnamese businesses understand that they should not continue competing with Chinese businessmen in collecting materials, but they should find new ways out for themselves.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new photo book that takes a panoramic view of Ha Long Bay was launched by photojournalist Do Khanh Giang last month.

BIDV, Vietnam's second-largest lender by assets, said on Tuesday it has set the starting price for its initial public offering at 18,500 dong ($0.88) a share, lower than those of several major listed banks.

Vietnam’s priority next year will be the aggressive implementation of its plan to restructure the national economy, while placing secondary importance on high economic growth, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told international donors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong separately met with top leaders of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on December 6, during his current three-day visit to Cambodia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Economic restructuring, market stabilising, administration reform and ensuring social welfare would be top priorities of the Vietnamese Government for the coming years.

The economic sanctions imposed by the Arab League (AL) on Syria are viewed by many observers as attempts to step up pressure on the Syrian government, but fears increase that the impacts would harm interests of other countries

VietNamNet Bridge – The southern province of Dong Nai will set up 350 environmental observation stations in local industrial parks and along the main stretch of the Dong Nai River by 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first officer on a Boeing 777 of Vietnam’s national air carrier Vietnam Airlines has died in a hotel in Paris, France.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang presented promotions to nine high-ranking military and police officers in a ceremony in Ha Noi on Monday.

Increasing the ownership ratios that foreign strategic partners can hold at Vietnamese joint stock banks is the proposal by EuroCham Vietnam when talking about the bank restructuring.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tenor Adrian Ward will share the stage with a selection of Vietnamese artists to present Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 during a two-night concert at the Ha Noi Opera House from today, Dec 7.