Up to 18 people were killed and 44 wounded in attacks, including a suicide tanker truck bombing, in central and northern Iraq on Tuesday, the police said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The scorching sun and prolonged heat have depleted the water resource, leaving thousands of hectares of land in Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan province uncultivated.

VietNamNet Bridge – Now is not the right time for Vietnam to shift to 4G services while 3G technology has only been commercialized at home over the last three years, said the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

Leading the country in terms of the number and value of heritages, but the heritages still have not been introduced to many travelers from all over the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most banking transactions in Viet Nam, around 80 per cent, will be one through mobile devices in the next five years, says Le Thanh Tam, CEO of International Data Group (IDG) ASEAN.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Water levels of many hydropower reservoirs in central provinces have continued to decline and affected the power generation with some plants running at only one-fourth capacity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the summer holidays fast approaching, parents are thinking about how to arrange a productive summer vacation for their kids.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country's maximum economic growth would be 5.35 per cent this year, according to the Viet Nam Annual Economic Report 2013 that was unveiled in the capital on May 27.

 A new non-surgical suppository treatment for the precursors of cervical cancer has been developed by the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) Vienna, media report said Monday.

 Rubber companies in despair as price falls; VietinBank partners with Japanese Finance Corporation; Vietnam, India sign maritime trade agreement; Vietnam seeks France’s nuclear power technology

 VietNamNet Bridge – 22-year-old pianist Mona Asuka Ott will be the main character of 17th "Hennessy Concert" at the Hanoi Opera House on June 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – High jumper Pham Thi Diem won a gold medal at the International Taiwan Athletics Tournament after passing a 1m91 crossbar.

 Ten months behind schedule, New York City launched what aims to be one of the world's biggest bike share programs, following in the path already taken by Paris, Montreal, London and Barcelona.

 Immunisation services suspended in Tuy Hoa; Month-long campaign targets poor, ethnic children; 4,000 killed on roads in five months; North prepares for further heat waves

The Bureau of Food Safety and Hygiene has  released official information about the test results of ginger, dry vermicelli (in Hanoi) and lemon tea (in HCM City). The test results show that these products are safe. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Argentinean Gaston Merlo scored a crucial goal to help hosts SHB Da Nang fight back to win against Song Lam Nghe 3-2 in V-League at Chi Lang Stadium yesterday, May 27.

 Malaysia Airlines provides attractive tours to Vietnam; HCM City targets 4.1 million foreign visitors; Red River Delta targets 5 million foreign visitors by 2020; Cave Festival opens in Quang Binh

 Doctors from the Ho Chi Minh City - based Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion have successfully conducted the country’s first-ever haploidentical stem cell transplant procedure.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-Korean boy Hwang Min Woo, alias Little Psy, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on May 27 to premiere a new film titled “Saigon Cinderella” co-produced by Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health needs more time to ease the heavy overload at centrally-run hospitals despite recent improvements, says Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.