VietNamNet Bridge – The ao dai collection "Drought and Rain" by Cong Tri closed the first international fashion week in Vietnam on Saturday night.

VietNamNet Bridge - Eight private and state owned automobile and mechanical firms have decided to combine to protect domestic production before the tariff reduction commitments that go into effect in 2015.

WB vows to assist Vietnam’s economic restructuring; PM reiterates determination to develop defence industry; Austrian President believes in Vietnam’s development prospect; 15th AAFV national congress opens in France

 VietNamNet Bridge – Situated 13km northeast of Quang Ngai City and in the centre of Tinh Khe commune, the Son My Sanctuary revisits the tragic My Lai massacre, memorialising wounds still raw after four decades.

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will hold the ninth round of negotiations on their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) from December 8-12, according to the RoK Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on December 7.

Reviewing the effectiveness of rice exports and solutions to improve the position and role of farmers is the subject in the recent research "Structure of the rice industry and the interests of small producers" by the Agricultural Alliance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 100 yews (Glyptostrobus pensilis) in the central province of Dak Lak are dying but scientists say they are still trying to choose the correct way to save them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of State-owned cinemas all over the country are now like zombies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many questions have recently surfaced over a lot of macroeconomic issues in Vietnam, especially the use of official development assistance, the country’s rising public debt, and institutional changes among others.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the third night of Vietnam International Fashion Week in HCM City, Vietnamese designer Le Thanh Hoa debuted the collection "Flowers", which was inspired by the image of the swan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam National Administration of Tourism announced a stimulus program for domestic tours in an effort to offset the falling number of international arrivals in the last six months.

The Government still targets a GDP growth rate of 5.8% this year though economic challenges remain. Ha Quang Tuyen, head of the System of National Accounts Department, talks about factors that will help the Government obtain the goal. Excerpts:

Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2015 will be held at Vietnam Television's studio S14 in Hanoi from December 7-10, offering a useful playground for young talents in the fashion industry to improve their skills.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ban Gioc is the most beautiful waterfall in Vietnam, the largest waterfall in Southeast Asia and the world fourth largest cross-border waterfall.

 Uber Technologies Inc. will expand its presence to other cities in Vietnam while the online car-booking company is facing accusations of illegal taxi service and tax evasion in this market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sugi Ryotaro, Viet Nam-Japan special ambassador, has been recognised as an honorary citizen of Ha Noi for helping develop co-operative relations between the two countries in the past 20 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Dung traded his lucrative business career for the unique joys of hunting down antique clocks.

Vietnam spends a great deal of money every year to treat scrap paper and to import scrap paper for domestic pulp and paper production. The huge domestic resource of scrap paper is being wasted, and it is also causing major environmental problems.

 U23 Vietnam will face the U23 teams of Japan, Malaysia and Macau at the Group I qualifying round of the 2016 Asian U23 Football Championships.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer in Da Lat City has successfully cultivated “clean strawberries” by using an electric current to kill insects.

An exhibition on truc chi art themed “Truc Chi - Symbiotic - Return” is taking place at Sao La Gallery in HCMC’s District 1 until next Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Raising wild animals for fun or profit has become a hobby of wealthy Vietnamese businessmen.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If the head of a public sector office fails to perform assigned duties, he/she may be transferred to another position, Tran Anh Tuan, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs tells Nguoi Lao dong (The Labourer).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has handed over a detailed map of the areas prone to landslides and flash floods

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a cool autumn day, my friend and I were lucky enough to visit Ma Pi Leng Pass, considered the king of all passes in Viet Nam, which locates in Meo Vac District in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.