For the last one or two months, many Hanoians have been hurriedly looking for the places where they can leave cats and dogs when they are away on Tet holiday.

With global economic growth prospects dampened by the ongoing eurozone crisis, the World Bank has sharply lowered its global economic growth forecast and suggested effective policy actions from different countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has announced to suspend four players who involved in incidents in the third round of the Super League 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – Near Tet holiday, flower, bonsai, decorative item and confectionary shops are very crowded. Prices for most of products have increased.

VietNamNet Bridge – The third preliminary conference for the second Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) was held in New Delhi on January 16-17.

After the Day of Kitchen God (January 17), people begin flocking to flower markets. Here are pictures taken at flower markets in the three cities of Hanoi, Hue and Da Nang.

 Organ transplants a success; Ten Vietnamese fishermen in Thai custody;  Fire destroys 22 homes in Soc Trang; Lunar New Year celebrated abroad

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday showed no sign of giving ground to market calls for boosting her country's contribution to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), after massive downgrades of eurozone nations

Nowadays, when domestic banks tighten consumer credit and say “no” to the individual who borrow money to buy cars or houses, foreign banks have jumped on the bandwagon by offering attractive credit services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 1,000 overseas Vietnamese who returned home from 21 countries attended a New-Year meeting, held by the HCM City Party Committee on the evening of January 17.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy met President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy on Tuesday, exchanging views on combating the ongoing eurozone financial crisis.

Fireworks to light up New Year’s Eve; Army TV channel to be launched; French artist to host solo piano concert in Hanoi; HCMC Opera House to host special performances of ‘Viet Spirit’ for Lunar New Year  

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong expressed his wish that the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) would continue to serve as the country's primary news source during his visit yesterday in advance of the Tet holiday.

The Prime Minister has allowed national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to take over the entire state-owned capital of budget airline Jetstar Pacific.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport's Inspectorate on Tuesday asked the HCM City Department of Transport to revoke the licences of two companies that were inspected recently.

Vietnam's top player Nguyen Tien Minh has risen to the seventh place in the Badminton World Federation rankings.

Vietnam’s top leaders have exchanged congratulatory messages with their Chinese counterparts to mark the 62nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries (January 18).

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the northern province of Nam Dinh announced plans to improve public order at Tran Temple, where a scrabble for papers stamped with the holy royal seal led to a stampede last year.

An agreement was signed between the Ministry of National Defence and the Austrian Government in Ha Noi yesterday on the provision of a project to upgrade ministry-run vocational training schools with funding from Austria.

VietNamNet Bridge – The nation's first experimental photography contest was officially launched yesterday, Jan 18, by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to encourage photographers to experiment with their art.

VietNamNet Bridge - A 15-year-old boy from the southern province of Kien Giang, who tended ducks in Can Tho City, died of H5N1 flu after having temperature and treating himself with medicine.

The plan to change office and school hours in Hanoi, from February 1, 2012, faced doubts from delegates at a meeting held by the municipal Department of Transport on January 17.

Laos' leading mobile operator Star Telecom said it posted a revenue of US$110 million last year, an increase of 80 per cent over 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a guiding decree on aeroplane seizure procedures, following an ordinance issued by the National Assembly Standing Committee 12 months ago.

Having the bad debt ratios increasing and the market share decreasing, operating in a risky legal framework are the real situation of finance leasing companies nowadays.