Commercial banks have committed to arrange sufficient money to provide to businesses in the year-end production season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of young Vietnamese are expected at the Viet Nam National Museum of History this weekend to enjoy a German Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is at the end of the rainy season, but the central region is still in hot weather. Millions of farmers are facing the risk of having a bad crop owing to drought and rampant pests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was shockingly defeated by underdogs Ukrainian Andrey Sumets in the second match of the 2012 Furajha International Chess Championships in UAE on November 15.

 Australia and the United States will have a bilateral discussion on energy supply and security in 2013, Australian Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson said in a statement on Friday.

Thousands of local people have been ordered to move to higher ground as a tropical low pressure system is heading for the southern coast.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam won their sixth and seventh gold medals in the Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Championship after winning team events on the fourth day on November 15. 

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ha Thanh added one silver and one bronze to Viet Nam's medal haul at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships which are ongoing in Fujian Province, China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Roger B. Myerson, a 2007 Nobel Laureate for Economics, arrived in Hanoi on November 14 for the 4th ASEAN event “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace”.

 British energy giant BP said Thursday it had agreed to pay more than $4.5 billion in US fines related to the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including a record $4.0 billion to settle criminal claims.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 90 per cent of NA deputies endorsed a draft resolution on State budget collection and allocation for 2013 in which 10 per cent will be set aside to raise wages for State employees.

 Europe's main stock markets retreated on Thursday following news that the 17-nation eurozone economy fell into recession in the third quarter as a result of the region's sovereign debt crisis, dealers said.

The bailouts worth tens of trillions of dong sound very imposing. However, they are still insufficient enough to rescue businesses.

Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh has extended congratulations on Cambodia’s fine performance as ASEAN Chair in 2012 and successful organisation of ASEAN related meetings, including the ADMM.

The trend of opening mini-marts and mobile stores to sell stabilised-price goods at HCM City's export-processing and industrial zones has been popular with workers and, at the same time, has helped companies reduce their inventories.

VietNamNet Bridge – Electronics and refrigeration enterprises fear that from January 1, 2013, their refrigerators and air conditioners would not be launched into the market because of the delay in energy saving labeling.

 Plainclothes police to catch traffic violators; HCM City to drive south-east growth; Sales of imported flu vaccine suspended; Trafficked babies rescued, gang held

 Duo d’Accord comes to town; Japanese film week in Phan Thiet; Local talent vies for beauty crown; Vinh Long hosts jam-packed music fest 

The requirement that contractors have to spend all the monthly disbursement in full, about 4 trillion dong a month, which was thought to be applauded by contractors, has turned out to be a big problem for them.