Criminal proceedings launched on elephant tusk smuggling case, Hanoi kicks off southern road construction, Vietnam’s gay-themed movie to premiere online, Maximum number plate fee to rise to VND20 million

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many works on Nguyen Hue walking street still maintain their ancient and modern features, confirming the historical value of old Saigon.

 Babies born less than two years after their mothers have weight loss surgery may face a higher risk of serious complications than infants delivered after more time has passed, a U.S. study suggests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 19-century Buddhist statue, a treasure of the Me So Pagoda in Hung Yen Province’s Me So Commune, Văn Giang District, was stolen earlier this month.

Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday all new Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) models will come with hardware to enable them to be fully self-driving,

 VietNamNet Bridge – No 5 seed Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the Viet Nam Men’s Futures F7 tennis tournament in Bình Dương Province yesterday, Oct 19.

Thanks to dairy cow breeding, the average income of households in Moc Chau Farm Town is VND35-VND40 million ($1,600-$1,900) a month. All 600 families here are Vietnamese dong billionaires.

VietNamNet Bridge - On October 12, Samsung announced that it will stop making Galaxy Note 7 after realizing that the phone may still bring high risks to users despite great efforts to improve the product.

Republican candidate Donald Trump refused to say on Wednesday that he would accept the outcome of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election, leaving open the possibility he would challenge the ultimate outcome. 

Among 8 million fixed internet broadband subscribers, there are 5.5 million FTTH (fiber to the home) subscribers. The modest number of FTTH subscribers means there are still opportunities for new service providers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The name Mang Den may not be familiar to those of you who love traveling in Viet Nam. But if I tell you it’s the “second Da Lat” in the Central Highlands, I’m sure you’ll want to visit it.

VietNamNet Bridge –The InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, built by Sun Group, on October 15th received three prizes from the World Travel Award (WTA) Asia-Oceania: the most luxurious resort in Asia;

 Slow ODA disbursement is badly affecting Vietnam's credibility and development according a workshop on ODA programmes heard on October 18 in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After an unexpected meeting with the administrator of the Bretagne-Vietnam Association in Hue City, a young French photographer committed to help disadvantaged children in Viet Nam

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Binh Dinh is home to Quang Trung, the revered king of a humble background, and Binh Dinh Gia, the Vietnamese martial art that has been recognized worldwide. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The prevalence of fake and substandard fertilisers is a pressing issue that has caused economic losses worth billions of dollars and turned the livelihoods of many farmers upside down.

 It has been five years since the economic restructuring programme was launched, and despite some improvements to the Vietnamese economy, there has been little change in the growth model.

 Folk dancing has long been an inseparable part of the K’ho ethnic minority culture.

VietNamNet Bridge – The stress of having an autistic child was multiplied manifold for four long years as Nguyen Thi Ha tried to find a school for her son.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Son, director of the New Technology Solutions speaks to Hai Quan newspaper about weaknesses in the Master Plan on the Development of Viet Nam’s Coal Industry by 2020 and Vision 2030 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contestant Nam Em won the silver medal for the talent competition of the Miss Earth 2016 beauty contest for the song "You Raise Me Up".

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has told the Government to present a separate detailed report on the need to build an expressway linking the north and south of the nation.

The Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) has come to a cooperative arrangement with FPT Retail to open a retail store chain selling Vinamilk products. 

Phuong Linh, representing Vietnam at Miss International 2016 in Japan, has come bearing a distinctive gift of a ship painting decorated with a set of chopsticks made of sandalwood for the contest committee.

  Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on Tuesday signed a licence allowing Gtel Mobile Joint Stock Company (Gtel Mobile) to provide 4G telecommunications service in Viet Nam.