The political coalition backed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki came first in races for provincial councils in Baghdad and predominantly Shiite provinces. Electoral workers tally votes at a polling station in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, January 31, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq (IHEC) released Thursday the [...]
The Veterinary Agency (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has said that by February 5, bird flu appeared in the southern province of Ca Mau and Soc Trang, the central province of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa and the northern province of Thai Nguyen. VietNamNet Bridge – The Veterinary Agency (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural [...]
Red roses, yellow daisies besides portraits of irresistibly beautiful women light up the painting exhibition “Beautiful Women and Flowers” at Y Ngoc – Sy Hoang Gallery, HCM City, which opened on Wednesday. VietNamNet/VNE
The largest snake the world has ever known — as long as a school bus and as heavy as a small car — ruled tropical ecosystems only six million years after the demise of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. This artist’s rendering shows the colossal prehistoric snake Titanoboa cerrejonensis, whose remains were found in a Colombian [...]
“American Idol” cut 43 hopefuls on Tuesday during the first round of Hollywood Week. “American Idol” season 7 winner David Cook (C) celebrates his win on the show in this April 15, 2008 file photo. (Source: China Daily/Agencies)The 147 contestants plucked from nationwide auditions performed an a cappella song of their choosing on the Kodak [...]
Over 1,500 enterprises with the total registration capital of nearly VND6tril were granted business registration certificates in January 2009. This is really an unexpected thing in the current difficulties. Investors are waiting at the HCM City Business Registration Office On February 4 in the afternoon, nearly one hundred people were seen at the HCM City [...]
A bird flu epidemic has swept through two communes in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, forcing authorities to destroy more than 3,000 ducks. An official from the provincial Bird Flu Prevention Committee said after the virus broke out in the flock belonging to Nguyen Van Dong in Khanh Binh Commune late last month, the [...]
Shares continue to drop on economic worries; Tra Noc IZ II draws 107 million USD in investment; Road-building may help ease cement glut; Vietnam offers preferential loan for Laos’ road project The Government has approved a proposal by the ministries of Transport and Construction to study the possibility of using cement to build roads to [...]
Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha.VietNamNet Bridge – With Hanoi reeling from a measles outbreak, Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha, deputy director of the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, has advised residents to get themselves vaccinated against the highly infectious disease.With the onset of measles, both adults and infants have symptoms like fever, cough, runny nose, [...]
Vietnamâs stock market regulator, the State Securities Commission (SSC), will focus on stabilizing the stock market this year, SSC Chairman Vu Bang said Wednesday. Bang told a press briefing in Hanoi that many foreign financial firms predicted that the market, which plummeted 66 percent last year, will rally in the third quarter.âBut we [SSC] expect [...]
