VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a gold medal and broke the CISM Military World Games' record in the women's 200 medley final in South Korea yesterday, Oct 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For more than a year, a group of four young people have traveled around the northern and central regions to making playgrounds for children from scrap materials.

 Trang An and Van Long in Ninh Binh province, and Yen stream in My Duc district, Hanoi and other locations along the Red River are ideal destinations for both amateur and professional photographers in autumn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sinh Village in Thua Thien Hue Province has made folk paintings for the central region for more than 400 years. The paintings are made by farmers during crop intervals. Sinh Village has become a popular tourist destination.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned of a difficult time ahead for Vietnam despite apparent opportunities which the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact will bring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A novel about life at the fight against Chinese invasion in 1979 in the northern border region has won the annual Award for Prose 2015 by the Ha Noi Writers Association.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Strengthening cooperation with key partners and neighboring countries and sharing success stories at international forums are among the key features of diplomatic activities in September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The mountainous district of Tay Giang in Quang Nam Province has gone to great lengths to preserve its natural heritage. Its policies have preserved the lush forest that covers three fourths of the district's 90,000ha,

 Virtue, wisdom and suffering are encoded into Tay Phuong Pagoda, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will organise the first HCM City Open International Women's Football Tournament, starting on November 4 at Thong Nhat Stadium.

Lack of strict punishments have made it difficult for local authorities to tighten control over businesses violating food safety as more and more samples of meat, vegetables and seafood have been found failing to meet hygiene and quality standards,

 Miss Vietnam 2012 Dang Thu Thao discovered two fraudsters have posed as her management to con numerous businesses and charities out of money.

Software helping parents, caretakers and medical staff to detect early developmental and autism spectrum disorders, provide information and give advice on early intervention in order to build appropriate intervention programmes

VietNamNet Bridge - Organizations that supervise the implementation of the government’s Resolution No 19 on improving the business environment said that heads of ministries and branches had disobeyed the government’s request.

VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional artists discussed the conservation and development of the dan bau (monochord), a Vietnamese musical instrument, at a seminar on Wednesday.

 The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet for helping the country's transition to democracy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic exporters have missed many business opportunities in Russia because of lack of market information, payment difficulties and high shipping fees, experts have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Photos of endless golden sand dunes are some of the more well-known images of Vietnam’s central coastal region. Below are the famous sand dunes:

Nguyen Van Tue, head of the Hydrometeorology and Climate Change Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, spoke with Ha Noi Moi newspaper about the effects of climate change in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Kim Phung, acting director of the Higher Education and Training Department, spoke to Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about recruiting new students.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan said the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) creates opportunities but also poses challenges. It will act as a reagent for Vietnam’s agricultural restructuring.

 President Truong Tan Sang recently concluded successfully his official visit to Cuba. This visit contributed to bolstering the fraternal solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two parties, countries and peoples. 

The latest report from Savills on HCM City’s Real Estate released on October 7 showed that 5,220 apartments were sold in the third quarter, an increase of 4 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 59 per cent year-on-year

Many people think the role of directing theatre plays is only suited to men. But the few women in HCM City involved in directing have overcome challenges and proven their ability, not only to theatre-goers, but also to their male counterparts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Former world No 8 Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic has announced his withdrawal from the Viet Nam Open which is scheduled for October 13-18 in HCM City, according to the organisers.