VietNamNet Bridge - With enormous profits to be raked in from special service numbers, the Vietnamese mobile network operators have ganged up with content providers to lure customers and further their businesses.

According to a report of the education sector, Vietnam’s two biggest cities - Hanoi and HCM City - have not built any kindergartens in 15 wards and communes. The shortage of state pre-schools has led to overcrowding in private facilities. 

Gun battle between police and Taliban insurgents has left 23 policemen and five civilians dead in Nuristan province in eastern Afghanistan, provincial governor Jamaludin Badar said Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese parents, especially urbanites, have become “enchanted” by mathematical thinking classes which they believe, with modern mathematics teaching methods, can develop their children into math talents.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made public his new cabinet on Wednesday, designating four deputy prime ministers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of cards issued by commercial banks has been increasing rapidly. However, experts have pointed out that the figures do not truly reflect the real situation, because of the high percentage of “dead cards”.

The countdown for the final space shuttle launch began Tuesday afternoon, but unfavorable weather may delay shuttle Atlantis' launch attempt on Friday, NASA announced.

NASA's Juno spacecraft is 30 days away before its first launch window opens, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced on Tuesday.

South Korea's Pyeongchang won the 2018 Winter Olympic Games with ease as it needed just one round of voting by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here on Wednesday.

WB finances construction of Trung Son power plant; VN attains GDP growth of 5.6 pct in first half; Lending interest rate to fall from July; Noodle manufacturers dispute over inaccurate ad; HCMC clears site for US$1.4 bln tourism project

VietNamNet Bridge – The litchi orchards in Luc Ngan, the “chief litchi district” of Vietnam are ripening profusely. Chinese merchants have been waiting here for a couple of weeks to collect litchis to carry to China for sale.

VietNamNet Bridge - An unidentified foreign jet harassed a Filipino fishing boat last month at the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (East Sea), Navy chief Vice Admiral Alexander Pama said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The trans-Vietnam walk with the participation of 1,000 people began on July 3 at Lang Sen (Lotus Village) in the central province of Nghe An, the hometown of President Ho Chi Minh.

Two exciting children TV series this summer; Traditional Vietnamese music course held in Paris; Show to feature songs by Pham Duy; BeyBlade Cup held in Vietnam for the first time; Search on for Miss Teen Vietnam   

VietNamNet Bridge – The smart phones with integrated features and utilities, the products of the latest technologies, prove to be even more useful and dangerous than professional spies.

VietNamNet Bridge - More local people are buying outbound tours to long-haul destinations such as the U.S. and Europe this summer.

VietNamNet Bridge – China has intentionally taken unfair advantage of the name South China Sea (the way Western people call the East Sea) to make misunderstandings that nearly the entire East Sea belongs to China’s sovereignty.

VietNamNet Bridge - Philippine officials have banned a senior Chinese diplomat from meetings for alleged rude behavior, in the latest fallout from a feud over the potentially oil-rich Spratly Islands, officials said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Chinese traders have flocked to the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre to buy large amount of coconuts from Vietnamese dealers although it is not season now. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The government has approved the amendment to Circular 37 on transparency of assets and income.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that he has signed up to Google+, the new social networking platform from Google, according to media reports Tuesday.

Defending world champion and host Germany remains a clean sheet as they defeated France in an exciting match owing to a brace by striker Inka Grings to seal first position at the last match day of group A

With less than a month until the Aug. 2 deadline before the world's largest economy might default on its obligations, U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged the Congress to reach "a balanced" debt reduction agreement.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Le Cong Vinh's five goals against Macau in the second leg of the 2014 World Cup qualifier on Sunday means he is now the country's all-time top goal scorer.