Ficombank, TinNghiaBank and Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) have become the first three banks to be merged, as the State Bank of Vietnam begins to implement its plan on restructuring the banking system.

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The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US signed a joint declaration on the intention of cooperation in civil space and aviation activities in Hanoi on December 5.

After 20 years of reform, the number of state owned enterprises (SOEs) remains relatively high, while SOEs have not abandoned the lucrative business fields such as real estate or retailing.

Vietnamese people and astronomers will have the chance to see the second lunar eclipse on the night of December 10.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay a State-level visit to Cambodia from December 6-8 at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange won leave from the English High Court on Monday to ask the country's Supreme Court to examine his bid to avoid extradition from Britain to Sweden.

Defending V-League champions Song Lam Nghe An will meet Navibank Sai Gon in what is expected to be a tough encounter for the Super Cup match, the season opener, at Vinh Stadium next Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities have issued an anti-illiteracy and educational development plan which aims to reach national standards on anti-illiteracy in all districts and communes.

“If nets and fishing equipment are still set in the passage, our ship may change its schedule and not dock at Chan May port anymore because of safety,” said the captain of a foreign cruise ship.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides personal shows, periodical programs are also scheduled in December.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) this year is expected to reach US$119 billion, while per capita income will be roughly $1,300, according to Vu Huy Hoang, the Minister of Industry and Trade.

In the last few months, only SJC has been allowed to import material gold. Meanwhile, non-SJC goldsmith companies have just been told to stop making bullion gold.

The smartphone market in Viet Nam would develop strongly in the next two or three years, said general director of Huawei Zhao Wei Jun.

The Vietnamese Air and Air Defense Force on December 4 executed the firing of real rockets, anti-aircraft artillery, and ZCY-23 self-propelled artillery, as part of its 5-day drill in Bac Giang Province.

The U.S. Justice Department Friday approved Google's 400 million dollar acquisition of Admeld, a company that provides an online advertising platform for publishers.

The non-performing loan (NPL) situation in Vietnam proves to be worse than previously thought. Dealing with bad debts is one of the most important things Vietnam needs to do in the banking restructuring.

Rumors are spreading that the cap on deposit interest rates may fall to 12% per annum from the current 14%, but at a regular meeting of the Government last Thursday, State Bank Deputy Governor Nguyen Dong Tien neither confirmed nor rejected it.

A Hebrew University brain researcher was awarded the U.S. Society for Neuroscience's (SfN) Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, the university said in a statement issued Sunday.

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