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 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and foreign fashion designers will introduce luxury and ready-to-wear clothing and accessories at the Elle Fashion Journey 2016 at HCM City’s Gem Centre this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - For every pair of shoes worth $100, Nike makes a profit of $20, while Vietnamese workers earn $0.6. In order to have enough money to buy a pair of Nike shoes, a Vietnamese worker has to make 166 pairs of shoes.

FPT is preparing for 4G trial, while Vietnamobile has announced it wants to join the 4G playing field. However, the telcos will have to wait until 2017 to attend the auction for the 4G 2.6GHz frequency band.

 Viet Nam plans to launch a new commodity exchange in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Singapore-listed logistics firm Straits Financial Group and the Viet Nam Commodities Exchange (VNX).

 The national U19 women’s football team have gathered in Hanoi in preparation for the 2017 AFC U19 Women’s Championship’s qualifying round to be held in Hanoi from October 29 to November 6.

 Trio Nguyen Thai Linh, Tran Hong Nhung and Do Thi Nguyen helped Vietnam beat Myanmar in the Women’s Trio final of the Sepak Takraw event for a gold medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games on September 27.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City parents and students are frustrated that the city’s education department has made many new decisions related to English teaching and learning. 

 Worship paintings of Vietnam’s northern ethnic groups are associated with Buddhism and Taoism and reflect ethnic cultural origin and customs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every region in Viet Nam features unique culinary specialties. Pho hails from Ha Noi. Bun bo comes from the central city of Hue.

Vietnamese senior fashion designer Minh Hanh's collection called "The breath of the Vietnamese jungle" was introduced to French audiences at the Maison Vietnam in the Albert Kahn Museum in Paris last weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam, up to 77% of men drink alcohol compared to 44% in Africa, 73% in Europe and 48% on average in the world.

 Vietnam will step up improving the investment climate and hopes to see Japanese firms increase investments in agriculture in the coming time, a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development official said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Due to the decline of agriculture and mining, the economic growth rate of Vietnam in 2016 forecasted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been adjusted to 6 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recent incident at Song Bung Hydropower Plant has alerted Vietnam to reconsider the construction of so many hydroelectric plants, which have been compared to “timebombs”.

As trade is expected to increase between Southeast Asian countries and between them and the world, there will be more opportunities for logistics services providers in the region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists believe that the current three-crop-a-year production policy will not help farmers escape poverty, and will only worsen saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 800 cheo (traditional opera) artists from traditional troupes nationwide are performing at the Cheo National Festival 2016 in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

 Vietnam is expected to see the highest growth within ASEAN through 2017, thanks to its strong performance in manufacturing and foreign direct investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Small businesses should not sell low-quality food products that come from unclear sources, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said to fruit vendors in the capital’s Hoan Kiem District early this morning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of representatives from various ethnic groups will participate in cultural activities organised at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism between November 18 and 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Referee Nguyen Ngoc Chau of Binh Duong won the 2016 Golden Whistle Award, the Viet Nam Football Federation announced on September 27.

 So far this year the State Bank of Vietnam has bought over 10 billion USD in foreign exchange, increasing the country’s reserves to a record high of more than 40 billion USD.

 The fate of the long-delayed Vina Universal Paradise Trade and Service Complex (Vina Universal Paradise), invested by Tan Tao Group subsidiary Vina Film Studio and Tourism Zone Investment JSC, will be decided within a week.

  Microsoft Viet Nam and Vietnam Silicon Valley (VSV) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on supporting and developing information and technology application for the country's startup community on September 26.