South Korea's Seong-Jin Cho, 21, has won the prestigious 17th international Frederic Chopin piano competition in the Polish capital, Warsaw.

VietNamNet Bridge would like to present the most beautiful and the most odd costumes at the Vietnam International Fashion Week, which took place in HCM City from Oct 14-18..

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ken Research has released its latest publication on “Vietnam E-Commerce Market Outlook to 2019 – Driven by Internet Penetration and Smartphone Usage”, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the e-commerce market in Vietnam.

 Man saved from anaphylactic shock due to bee sting, GMO products good for Vietnam, Police arrest company directors for trading in gold, 224 banh my eaters stricken with salmonella poisoning, 70 pangolins yet to be returned to habitat

UNCTAD is willing to help Vietnam enhance trade, investment cooperation and connectivity with African developing countries, particularly in food security and agriculture, UNCTAD Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi has said.

 Vietnam exported nearly US$17 billion worth of apparel in the first nine months of this year, with the U.S. market accounting for almost half of it, according to the General Department of Customs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young pop star Son Tung M-TP will compete for the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) Best Worldwide Act 2015 in Italy next month.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Wafm Short Feature Film Festival, themed ‘Stories of Youth’, will be held in Hanoi from October 23-26 by the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents, under the Vietnam Cinematography Association,

VietNamNet Bridge - If chosen as a strategic shareholder, the partner from France is expected to actively contribute to the development of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) in its post-equitization period.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nursery schools in HCM City complain that they cannot recruit babysitters because of unreasonable regulations. 

 Traditional costumes and personal belongings of women in the Nguyen Dynasty were on display at an exhibition held at the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in Hue city on October 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Air Defence Technical Institute is the first manufacturer of unmanned aircraft in Vietnam to serve training activities, reconnaissance, survey and photography missions.

 Vietnam Cable Television (VTVcab) has announced their broadcating right for South Korean professional football tournament – K-League – as another of their programmes in their on-pay-TV in Viet Nam.

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the fifth round at the annual SPICE Cup Open, the highest rated international invitational tournament in the US.

 Paris-based fashion designer Alexis Mabille will introduce his latest collection at the Lynk Fashion Show 2015 in HCM City next month.

 Andorra, one of the smallest nations in Europe, is interested in boosting relations with all countries across the globe, including Vietnam.

 Vietnam has proposed several solutions to migration, which has become a global issue, at the 133 rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-133) currently taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from October 17 to 21. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed his support for cooperation between the US’s Oregon State government and Vietnamese ministries and agencies, especially in areas of strength and with high demand.

 A novel, Nguoc Mat Troi (Journey Against the Sun), written by novelist Nguyen Mot, has been translated into English and will be published in the US by Song Magazine.

 While alcohol consumption in other countries has barely changed in the past decade, the number of people consuming alcohol and beer is increasing every year in Viet Nam.

 The retail market in Viet Nam has recently witnessed a boom in development of mini marts and convenience stores with participation of not only domestic firms but also foreign giants.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese have to breathe the polluted air caused not only by domestic thermal power plants, but also from plants in the southern part of China.

 Coastal town Phan Thiet to host seafood festival, Psy to bring 'Gangnam Style' to Vietnam, Vietnam holds tourism road show in Beijing, Quang Ninh to host national Buddhist dissemination festival

VietNamNet Bridge – Some provinces and cities in Vietnam have elected the youngest-ever Party Secretaries and Vice Party Secretaries for the 2015-2020 term. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Malnutrition has greatly contributed to Vietnamese people’s shortness compared with other countries in Asia and Europe, according to the National Institute of Nutrition.