U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and his entourage arrived in the Union Station in Washington Saturday evening, wrapping up a one-day “whistle stop” inaugural train journey from Philadelphia to the U.S. capital. U.S. President-elect Barack Obama (R) gestures as Vice President-elect Joe Biden (L) and Obama’s wife Michelle look on at the Wilmington Amtrak station, Delaware, [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – A Japanese and an Italian dish were among the winners of a culinary contest for local restaurants at Van Thanh Park in HCM City last Saturday. Raw power: A chef prepares samurai maki, voted the best dish at a culinary contest for restaurants last Saturday at HCM City’s Van Thanh Park.Samurai maki [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The curtain came down on the Lam Dong Tea Cultural Festival in Bao Loc town in the central highland province of Lam Dong on December 7. VietNamNet Bridge – The curtain came down on the Lam Dong Tea Cultural Festival in Bao Loc town in the central highland province of Lam Dong [...]
Thai star Thongchai Jaidee, seen here, fired a two-under-par 70 to join Japan’s Kodai Ichihara and South Korea’s Pyo Suk-min atop the leaderboard at the Hana Bank Vietnam Masters. Thai star Thongchai Jaidee ended his two-year title drought on the Asian Tour with a thrilling play-off victory at the Hana Bank Vietnam Masters on Sunday. [...]
Leaders of the European Union (EU) and Russia on Friday concluded their half-day summit with little tangible achievements. French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks at a press conference of the EU-Russian summit in Nice, southern France, Nov. 14, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)The EU failed to persuade Russia into changing its position on Georgia, a dominant issue at [...]
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months, the U.S. space agency reported on Monday. NASA handout image shows the Robotic Arm on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander with a sample of martian soil.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot’s arctic landing site is not providing enough [...]
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 (G20) major industrial and emerging economies closed their annual meeting here Sunday, vowing to jointly tackle the global financial crisis. Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega attends a press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 9, 2008. The G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governers’ [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-three performances were given by students from high schools and universities across Finland in the final round of the Karaoke Singing Contest 2008 held at the Caisa International Culture Centre in Helsinki last week. VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-three performances were given by students from high schools and universities across Finland in the [...]
