The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced Wednesday that Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant will be launched with its full capacity early February, the official IRNA news agency reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Na (not her real name), a 35-year-old resident of Tien Du District in northern Bac Ninh Province, has been the victim of domestic violence for about four years now.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities have asked the local People’s Council’s permission to raise the registration fee of motorbikes and cars.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), at least 50,000 businesses have dissolved or stopped operation. However, the number of applications filed for bankruptcy can be counted on the fingers.

Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut its workforce by 17,000 worldwide by the end of 2013, the company said in a statement on Wednesday in Espoo, Finland.

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Thursday urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to accelerate moves to tackle the debt crisis already threatening Europe's core economies.

Egypt's ruling military council apologized for the deaths in the latest round of clashes which started over the weekend, it said on its official Facebook page early Thursday.

VN group starts huge sugar project in Laos; Vietnam-Kansai economic forum opens in Da Nang; Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group unveils projects in Laos; Air Mekong opens Vinh-Pleiku route; Toyota Vietnam to recall 320 Camry 3.0 cars to check defect

VietNamNet Bridge – Transport Minister Dinh La Thang committed to reduce the number of traffic accidents by 5-10 percent from 2012, but he refused to answer the question “when will traffic jam end?”

VietNamNet Bridge – The local media has talked a lot about matters related to overseas Vietnamese Che Linh’s shows in the last one month. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has to raise its voice over this case.

European Commission chief on Wednesday firmly defended the proposals for jointly issuing "Stability Bonds," otherwise known as eurobonds.

The gold and non-dollar deposit interest rates have been escalating in recent days, signaling a new interest rate race among banks. Experts have warned that the race will distort the monetary market and raise new risks for the banking system.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Art Agency has permitted Phan Thi Mo, who was in the top five the Miss Vietnam World 2010 pageant, to participate in Miss Earth 2011. Mo will go to the Philippines today, November 24.

VietNamNet Bridge – The orchestra plays as a large crowd of people listen attentively, seemingly oblivious to the street noise and roaring traffic that can also be heard at this outdoor concert.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tens of paintings by five Vietnamese talented painters are displayed at an exhibition entitled “Hanoi Dreams” in Toronto, Canada.

Japanese businesses are flocking to Vietnam to seek investment opportunities in the wave of relocating production bases to other countries to avoid high labor cost and natural calamities.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Environment Administration is drafting a set of regulations to prepare for the opening of a network to boost communication about the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court in Can Tho City on Tuesday sentenced four members of a kidney-trading ring to prison for five to six years each on charges of "organising people to flee the country".

ASEM high-level forum on employment and social policy; Police seize bike racers using fishing nets; Mekong River Commission hands HYCOS over to Vietnam

“Rice is our advantage and the selection of history. Vietnam doesn’t produce rice to ensure world food security but for our country,” said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development at the question and answer session on November 23.