VietNamNet Bridge – There are two different segments taking shape in the Hanoi hotel market. Businessmen are choosing new hotels in the western area, while normal travelers choose the hotels in the central area.

The year 2010 is the warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said here on Thursday, warning that the warming trend may trigger more extreme weather events.

“India and Sri Lanka have chosen white lotus as their national flower so Vietnam can take pink lotus as its national flower. This flower is appropriate for our standards,” said the Chief of the Art, Photography and Exhibition Department.

Eight-time Grand Slam singles champion Andre Agassi has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, officials confirmed on Thursday.

More than 110 suspects, including organized crime members and associates, were arrested on Thursday in one of the largest such operations ever in the United States, officials said.

Forty-five Shiite pilgrims were killed and 110 others were wounded in two suicide bomb attacks in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, south of Baghdad on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese fashion designers introduced their impressive collections to their colleagues from many countries at the Hong Kong Fashion Week from January 17-21.

Washington attracted worldwide attention Wednesday when Chinese President Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, held talks at the White House.

An old women was found dead in a house explosion in Germering, a town near German city of Munich, police said on Thursday morning.

The death toll caused by the storms since Jan. 11 in southeastern Brazil now stands at 772, the Brazilian Health and Civil Defense Ministry said Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The prolonged and damaging cold spell has attacked the northern and central regions, deeply disrupting the daily life of the local people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese world No 8 Nguyen Tien Minh easily overcame Kazushi Yamada of Japan yesterday, Jan 20, at the Proton Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuala Lumpur.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City inspectors on Wednesday decided to shut down an illegal orphanage in Binh Tan District for multiple violations in management and childcare services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lam Thi Hoang Ching, a fourth-year student at the HCM City National College of Education, was all smiles when she received a free bus ticket to go home for Tet from the Student Assistance Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nine more hospitals in HCM City are set to open tuberculosis departments this year to combat the spread of the disease,

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VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received special envoys Thongloun Sisoulith of Lao Party General Secretary and President Choummaly Sayasone, and Wang Jiarui of Chinese Party General Secretary . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam has attracted the international attention. Below are photos taken by foreign news agencies of the most significant political event in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic fines will be doubled and police will have greater powers to impound vehicles in a move to help keep traffic order during Tet.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tour operators and travel agencies are preparing to welcome tens of thousands of foreign tourists for the nation's biggest traditional festival, the Tet.

Results of the survey on the quality of mobile networks in Vietnam released by Buu dien (Post) newspaper has raised the opposition of many mobile service providers who believe that the survey was not conducted using a reliable scientific method.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of trucks carrying Vietnamese farm produce exports have been standing in a long queue of several kilometers, waiting to go through the customs agencies to China.

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VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's bookshops are busy with customers looking for Vietnamese versions of well-known foreign titles to read on Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.