It is very cold now, while the Tet holiday last for a long time. Therefore, the Lang Son yuan market has only opened up since the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi voiced his hope on Wednesday that nuclear talks between Tehran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany will be held in the near future.

Israeli President Shimon Peres told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday that Israel's talks with the Palestinians in Jordan were not at an end despite a series of fruitless meetings between the two sides in recent weeks.

Most companies in HCM City have resumed work after Tet (the Lunar New Year), but face the usual labour shortage that plagues them at this time of the year when many workers decide to stay back in their hometown

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Kalydeco for the treatment of a rare form of cystic fibrosis in patients aged six years and older who have the specific G551D mutation in the CFTR gene.

A meeting to mark the 82nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Feb.3) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 1.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he could offer government posts to his political opponents if he won the presidential election.

Local residents in Mekong Delta in the south of Vietnam put a high hope on the first wind power plant in the delta, located in Bac Lieu province, which is expected to generate power in early 2012.

The local sea tourism having suffered bad performance in many previous years has gradually revived in recent times and this year it even has strong expectation of achieving better growth, local agents said.

Lan Ha Bay is part of the Halong Bay community but unlike its more famous neighbor it boasts some amazing sandy beaches.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new magnolia species has been discovered in the Bidoup – Nui Ba national park in Lam Dong province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

VietNamNet Bridge - The traditional ball scrambling festival in Thuy Linh village, Linh Nam ward, Hoang Mai district, Hanoi is held on the afternoon of  the sixth day of the first month of every Lunar New Year.

Over 120 people have been killed by Tuesday while over 400 others are being treated in various hospitals of eastern Pakistani city of Lahore following the consumption of substandard heart drugs on the prescription of cardiologists.

Some lakes and ponds in Hanoi have disappeared during the urbanization, while many others are getting narrowed, and many of them are getting seriously polluted.

King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday called for intensified efforts by the international community to find a just solution to the Palestinian issue, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

Ngo Luc, the pioneer in body painting art in Vietnam, has introduced his latest artworks. Under Ngo Luc’s fine paintbrush, model Loan Tran’s back has become spring flowers.

“His learning records have been just normal in the last few years, with no outstanding achievements,” said Deputy Headmaster of the Dai Kim Secondary School Pham Thi Thanh Ha about Hoang Than, who was called a “child prodigy.”

VietNamNet Bridge – With the State Bank’s tentative policies on the gold market management, gold would become an investment channel with high risks, at least in the next two coming years.

The Washington-based World Bank Group cautioned Tuesday that global food prices were high and volatile, and that the world needed to remain vigilant to the trend.

VietNamNet Bridge – The US was Vietnam’s enemy in the past. Today, though there is difference between the two sides but the US is still Vietnam’s partner, said Vu Khoan.