VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting gift shops these days, many people are astonished to see gifts for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) which are worth from several thousands to dozens of thousands of USD.

Three people were wounded by gunshots on Tuesday morning at Gardena Senior High School in the Los Angeles area, as the police were searching for a student who may have brought a gun to the campus.

China on Wednesday will begin its annual Spring Festival travel rush, with an expected 2.56 billion passenger trips in the coming 40 days.

Former Haitian President Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who returned from France to the country on Sunday, was detained on Tuesday, police said.

The 3rd seed Kim Clijsters started her Australian Open in a thrilling form here on Tuesday by shocking a devastated Dinara Safina with a clean sweep in a clash between two former world No. 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to todayonline.com, Southeast Asian countries will campaign for hosting the World Cup 2030.

Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of Tunisian capital Tunis on Tuesday to protest against the new-born interim government, announced only one day before, demanding the ruling RCD party to give up power.

A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday among a group of police recruitments in Iraq's northern city of Tikrit, now leaving at least 60 people killed and around 150 others wounded, a local police source in Salahuddin province told Xinhua.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) raised its forecast Monday for global oil-demand growth this year, encouraged by outlook of continued world economic recovery.

Chinese President Hu Jintao landed in the U.S. capital of Washington Tuesday for a four-day state visit aimed at enhancing the positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship between China and the United States.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of staff and a proper treatment network has denied many HIV/AIDS patients access to antiretroviral treatment, according to the latest research by the Ministry of Health's Administration of HIV/AIDS Control.

Court upholds Filipino drug sentences; HCM City plans to bury electrical cables; High school students faint en mass; Thai Consul General presents Tet gifts to disabled children

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is to host the Asian Volleyball Women's Clubs Championships this year following an announcement by the Asian Volleyball Confederation.

VietNamNet Bridge – A programme organised by HCM City's Environmental Protection Agency saw around 1.25 million people joining various community-based environmental protection activities . . .

Flowers, drinks fest planned for Tet; Collected works of Uncle Ho released; Noble prizes to be announced; HCM City TV spreads Tet cheer; Ha Noi waiter represents region

Nation marks 61 years of diplomatic ties with China; Deputy PM sends condolences to Indian state after deadly stampede; Argentina party secretary praises Vietnam’s renewal; National Assembly delegation visits Laos

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Association for Information Processing VAIP has, for the fifth time, announced its figures of information technology (IT) readiness and its assessment of the IT development environment in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – What to buy as Tet gifts now gives many a headache. As the living standards have improved, people nowadays tend to become choosier about Tet gifts.

The central province of Quang Tri has officially unveiled a project to develop a marine economic zone and a deep water seaport that are expected to help it better exploit the Trans-Asia Highway, now called the East-west Economic Corridor.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Personal Income Tax (PIT) Law is likely to be amended in 2011 with aims to lowering the burden on taxpayers all over the country.