VietNamNet Bridge – State-owned telecom giants Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone continue to dominate the Vietnamese telecom market, indicating a less competitive year in 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Corps No. 2 of the Ministry of Defense has successfully organized an exercise of the largest scale since 1975, in order to deal with the hypothetical situation: the enemy lands in Vietnam by air.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is intent on generating 1.6 million jobs in 2013, reducing the unemployment rate in urban areas by around 4 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As one of the 20 largest waterfalls in the world, Ban Gioc Waterfalls in Cao Bang Province is a hugely popular destination and on a recent northern tour we gave into temptation.

The Government tasked the Ministry of Home Affairs to revise the draft Directive of the Prime Minister on strengthening the implementation of the Public Administrative Reform Master Program for the period 2011-2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A host of changes are set to be made this year to the process by which hospitals nationwide bid for drugs, in a concerted effort to halt violations in the price management of medication.

 The Milky Way contains at least 17 billion planets the size of Earth, and likely many more, according to a study that raises the chances of discovering a sister planet to ours.

VietNamNet Bridge - Although they are Vietnamese, many artists choose “hybrid” stage names or odd stage names to make them different.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Private film producers in HCM City are working hard to release new productions for the festive season during Tet (Lunar New Year), creating a stiff competition in domestic market.

Finance approved to build power plants; Quang Ngai chases investment; Vietnamese property developer targets Myanmar; Tourism industry fears surge in visa prices; Viet Nam expects over 7 million visitors in 2013

The new standards for general education accreditation applied as of January 2013 have made schools puzzled, because they don’t know what they have to do to be recognized as the national standard schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) whose owners have fled is growing, but it is not easy for the authorities to handle such cases.

A lot of students complained that though they have fulfilled the training curricula, they still cannot graduate from universities, because they cannot meet the requirements in the English skills stipulated by the schools.

"The Government will continue to report on the earthquakes and dam safety of the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant. The National Assembly will consider to continue using this work or not," said the Deputy National Assembly Chairman.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Monday, Jan 7, abolished a regulation that restricted traders to importing mobile phones, wines and spirits and cosmetics through three specific routes.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – The German photographer and artist Ulrike Ottinger will exhibit a representative selection of her works on portraits, everyday life scenes, architecture and travel photographs at Hanoi Goethe Institute on January 11.

The People’s Committee in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has proposed to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to recognize the ‘Azakooh’ festival and ‘Zeng Weaving’ in A Luoi District as national intangible heritage.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Today, January 8, Vietnam’s top badminton player Tien Minh is playing the first game of the South Korea Open, which has a record prize fund of $1 million. He is anticipated to reach the quarter-finals.

 Apple announced on Monday that more than 40 billion applications have so far been downloaded from its online App Store, which was launched in 2008.