VietNamNet Bridge - The biggest rivals of domestic mobile network operators are not other domestic mobile network operators but are rather cross-border multi-service providers who will be their most formidable rivals.

VietNamNet Bridge - Educators have repeatedly called upon schools to intensify life skill lessons, emphasizing that lack of life skills is the biggest problem of Vietnamese students. However, they still don’t know what ‘life skills’ mean. 

 Lack of capital and incentives are hindering the relocation of polluting workshops from residential areas, Deputy Director of Ha Noi's Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Huu Nghia said.

My first view of Moc Chau in Son La Province, about 200km northwest of Ha Noi, came on a fresh morning as we drove through a narrow street hemmed in by limestone walls, where we saw many young couples heading to the market town.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has warned that home vaccination services were unsafe and likely to cause serious side-effects to children if administered at home.

 Viet Nam aims to have bonds outstanding worth 38 per cent of the gross domestic product by 2020, State Treasury's Deputy General Director Tran Kim Van said early this week.

 Tour of exploring Son Doong cave has been closed from thí month to the end of this year, announced director of Tourist Company Oxalis Adventure Tours Nguyen Chau A.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines revealed on September 3 that it was recently named among the Top 10 Most Improved Airlines by the UK-based airline review organisation Skytrax.

 AEON, a Japanese retail giant, will inaugurate its first trade centre in Hanoi on October 28, announced the group at a press briefing on September 3. 

 The Southern Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam will begin construction on the country’s longest sea-crossing cable line in the southern province of Kien Giang on September 4, announced the EVN on September 3.

 National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung left New York for Boston on September 3 (Vietnam time), beginning his official visit to the US after attending the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

 The map the Cambodian Government is using to demarcate the country’s border with Vietnam is identical with the map it borrowed from France, showed the verification conducted by Cambodia’s border commission.

 President Truong Tan Sang joined 30 heads of States and governments and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a ceremony in Beijing, China on September 3 to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over fascism during World War II.

 State President Truong Tan Sang had a meeting with Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping in Beijing on September 3.

 Veteran cyclist Nguyen Nam Cuc of the Sai Gon Velo Team has won the 45km cycling race held annually by HCM City Television and Department of Culture and Sports to mark the Independence Day.

 All Vietnamese competitors were out of the Asian Boxing Championships after Nguyen Van Hai's loss on September 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Becamex Binh Duong became champions of the 2015 Toyota V.League 1 with two matches in hand after a goalless draw with Hai Phong in the 24th round at Lach Tray Stadium on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the new school year approaching this week Ha Noi police called for co-operation from schools to crack down on students riding electrical bikes without wearing helmets.

British DJ Thris Tian and Belgian DJ FCL will perform at The Observatory on September 4 and 5, respectively.  

 Nearly 26 million shares of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAG), worth VND390.5 billion (US$17.4 million), were traded via negotiations during the HCM Stock Exchange's last two sessions.

 The Cen­tral Agen­cy for Ger­man Schools Abroad (ZfA) will help the central city begin a pilot German teaching project at two junior secondary school in Cam Le district in 2015-16.

 The National Wage Council voted yesterday on a 12.4 per cent increase of minimum wage in the year to come.

 Le Ngoc Tung Hospital in southern Tay Ninh Province has been fined VND1.4 billion (US$62,000) for illegally burying untreated medical waste in a local district. 

 Malaysian authorities say a boat carrying at least 70 people has capsized off the country's west coast.

 Thai police investigating the deadly Erawan Shrine bombing in Bangkok say fingerprints on possible bomb-making equipment found at the weekend match those of a man detained on Tuesday.