Russian Ambassador Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov will wear Vietnamese ao dai (traditional long robe) tailored from a 15m-long bolt of cloth at an event honouring the traditional costume.

The long-lasting beauty of ao dai – the traditional dress of Vietnamese women – has become the inspiration for the film Co Ba Sai Gon (The Tailor), which opens today in theatres around the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said yesterday that she disagreed with some aspects of a Government proposal to grant HCM City greater autonomy,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Paintings of renowned Vietnamese artists are being displayed at Chon Auction House and will be put up for auction this Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four houses were swept away and seven others had to evacuate after a riverside bank collapsed on Monday evening in Vinh Binh Commune in the Mekong Delta Province of Ben Tre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of a section of National Highway 10 across Quang Trung Commune in Hai Phong City’s An Lao District has been suspended for two days due to protests by locals. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese movie star and director, Ngo Thanh Van, known as Veronica Ngo, will star in the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi, confirmed its distributor, Walt Disney Studios.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Children at kindergartens in 41 out of 63 provinces and cities studied English in the 2016-2017 academic year, an increase of 20 areas compared to the 2013-2014 period, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Bien Hoa City yesterday opened a criminal trial against two people for charges related to the collapse of the Ghenh Railway Bridge in southern Dong Nai Province, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Da Nang Hospital have successfully removed a 2kg tumor from a woman’s neck after surgery lasting two hours.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trung Khanh chestnuts are one of the nation’s tastiest and meatiest fruits. They have won a following among locals and foreigners.

The art of making poonah paper from the bark of a tree for artwork and votive offerings is being revived in Yen Thai, a village outside Ha Noi that made the product for at least 600 years.

Tran Tuan Minh of Viet Nam shared top place with other athletes following the first round of the World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championship in Tarvisio, Italy, on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shortage of space has been identified as the main hurdle to the development of HCM City’s bus services and lack of adequate bus stations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new exhibition at the Ha Noi Museum features work by two painters whose contrasting themes and styles portray the world’s diversity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since 2012, over 12,000 households in the northern mountain province of Son La have been plagued by water pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of reservoirs across the country are at risk of breaching as they reach full capacity after heavy rainfall in recent weeks, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s top player Ly Hoang Nam is seeded No 6 at the Viet Nam F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, which began yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Park Hang-seo is confident of securing a win for Viet Nam in his first match as coach in today’s 2019 Asian Cup qualifier clash against Afghanistan.

 An explosion in a tugboat in Hai Phong City on Sunday left four people injured with critical burns.