Plastics and solid waste will be turned into artworks with the aim of protecting the environment, as part of the project World without Waste, launched by UNESCO on Wednesday in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The city’s authorities have just launched an international art photo contest themed Pride of Hà Nội.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the opening ceremony of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit which took place in Brussels, Belgium, on October 18 evening (local time).

 A range of decades-old trees in a forest managed by the two central provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue have been illegally logged. 

 Phuong Nga and 8 other contestants, who won Top 9 photos at the Miss Grand International 2018 pageant, have wowed fans with their wonderful figures in the latest swimsuit photoshoot.

 The official fanpage of Miss Grand International 2018 on October 17 released its current list of Top 10 contestants, who have received the most votes through the Star Phone Application so far.

 Vietnamese fashionista Phi Phuong Anh, actress Hoang Oanh and stylist Kye Nguyen have been listed among having The Best Street Style from Seoul Fashion Week Spring 2019 in the US’s edition of Vogue fashion magazine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you want to try some new and unusual accommodations while travelling, spending a night at a hostel made from discarded containers might the choice for you.

 Vietnam will host the most important annual event on ASEAN tourism cooperation, the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2019, in Ha Long City, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on January 16-18, 2019.

 The National Administration of Tourism have claimed that 40% of foreign visitors returned to Vietnam for a second time according to a new survey.

 The first metro project in Ho Chi Minh City may not be completed in 2020 as scheduled due to funding problems.

 Police in Hanoi have summoned three people to investigate the death of a newborn baby who was found dead after allegedly falling from the 31st floor of an apartment building in Linh Dam Urban Area.

The government has approved the establishment of a Fund for Vietnam Sea and Islands, aimed at promoting activities of the national sea and islands sovereignty protection.    

As many as 28 Vietnamese young leaders will embark on a 52-day voyage with their regional peers with the Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme from October 23 to December 13.

 Employees at state-owned firms are getting the highest payment according to a new report by the General Statistics Office.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts has been illuminated at night following the launch of a lighting project supported by the city of Lyon, France on October 18.

 Two small islands in Vietnam have been named among a list of 10 beaches in Southeast Asia unspoilt by tourism suggested by a travel piece in the UK newspaper The Telegraph.

Head of Vietnam’s Mission to the UN, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, expressed his profound concern over the complicated situation in the Middle East, especially the escalating conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

 Shopee has beat Lazada to become the top e-commerce platform by traffic in the third quarter of this year, according to the Map of E-commerce in Viet Nam recently published by Iprice Insight.

 Vietnam’s young talent Nguyen Van Phuong stopped in the quarter-finals of men’s doubles at the World Super Junior Tennis Championships in Japan on Thursday.

 Real estate stocks might peak in the first half of 2019 or even earlier, in the last quarter of this year, experts have forecast.

Vietnam has free trade agreements with Canada, Japan and Mexico (through CPTPP), and plans to sign an FTA with the EU. These will be advantages in the US - China trade war. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to remove and simplify 202 business conditions under its management, accounting for 36.1 per cent of the total, said Nguyen Anh Son.

 Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy, has valued Viet Nam’s national brand at US$235 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16 per cent.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) injected more than VND41 trillion (US$1.75 billion) into the monetary market in the first half of October to boost the liquidity of the banking system.