The U.S. stocks soared on Monday, with the S&P 500 snapping a seven-day losing streak, as investors were encouraged by strong holiday sales and new hopes for a more radical European debt solution.

Foreign firms, with their deep pockets, cornered a lion's share of advertising on television, with their local rivals, especially small and medium-sized ones, unable to match them in the spending stakes.

Experts say the animal husbandry is trying to build a house with no foundation, because both the input materials and the sale of finished products have been relying on foreign companies.

The U.S. FBI and police in the Philippines have arrested four alleged hackers in Manila with connections to a terrorist group in Saudi Arabia, according to media reports Monday.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Some people are ready to pay up to VND70 billion ($3.34 million) to own a three-room timber-made house with fine bas-relieves, pillars of dark-red color with veins in Bac Giang city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two hundred and fifty of the best photos at the sixth International Artistic Photo Contest in Viet Nam are now on display at the Temple of Literature in Ha Noi.

Fitch Ratings on Monday lowered its outlook on U.S. credit rating to "negative", warning to slash U.S. triple-A credit rating if policy-makers failed to agree on a cut plan in 2013 to address the country's ballooning budget deficit.

VietNamNet Bridge – One week after being trounced 4-1 by Myanmar in Indonesia, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the coaching board of U23 Vietnam squad met on November 28 to analyze the failure.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mister Vietnam 2010 will participate in the beauty contest for men in Bangkok, Thailand from December 7 to 17.

Governor of the State Bank Nguyen Van Binh is a newly appointed minister, but he has to deal with old problems – high interest rates and weak banking system.

After exploring My Son Sanctuary and the ancient town of Hoi An, the two World Cultural Heritage sites in Quang Nam Province, tourists should stop by Phu Ninh Lake to enjoy a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.

“Hue Rainy Color” group exhibition by three artists, Dang Mau Tuu, Phan Thanh Binh and Le Nhuong, opened at Phuong Mai Gallery in HCMC’s District 1 on Sunday, bringing to town a different color tone and pensive look about rain.

Belgium-backed Phuoc Nam-Enfinity renewable energy project in southern Ninh Thuan province will delay construction to late 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the night of November 27, there was a big explosion from the earth’s womb in the downstream area of Song Tranh 2 hydro-power plant in Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam province.

VietNamNet Bridge –  Tran Vuong Mai Khanh won a silver medal in the girls' U-8 category at the World Youth Chess Championships in Brazil on Sunday.

Danish Crown Prince Frederik is on a visit to Vietnam from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1 at the invitation of Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The recently reported sharp increase in lead poisoning among children is raising alarm around the effects of fake oriental medicine on children's physical and mental health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send a delegation of 160 members to the Southeast Asian ParaGames in Indonesia on December 12-20.

VietNamNet Bridge – While climate change is still a hot topic at workshops and meetings, where scientists and state officials discuss measures to curb its impacts, the central coast of Vietnam is experiencing erosion.