Director Luu Trong Ninh, 61, has created dozens of films and TV series on different themes – romance, history and war. Among them, Ben Khong Chong was selected to be shown at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001.

The central province of Ha Tinh has been through its share of difficulties, but after six years of building new-style rural areas, the province is full of fields and gardens of high economic value.

Dr Bui Sy Loi, Vice-chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Social Affairs, spoke to the newspaper The gioi & Viet Nam on what Viet Nam should do to make the best use of its ageing population.

Since joining APEC in 1998, the forum has become an important driving force in helping the country carry out reforms, peform economic restructuring and integration, propel the nation’s growth

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Thi Bang began the Asian Women’s Amateur Boxing Championships with a perfect win against Aya Shinmoto on Thursday in HCM City.

 The APEC bloc will hold its most important event this year on November 6-11 in the central city of Da Nang. Leaders from 21 member economies will gather for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 

Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage site, charms visitors with its picturesque riverside, brightly coloured old houses; great street food; fine-art galleries and rural villages.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 500 illegal foreign workers at Vinh Tan Power Centre have been reported to Binh Thuan Province People’s Committee

 VietNamNet Bridge – Management of the Muong Phang forest in the northern mountain province of Dien Bien had faced a number of difficulties, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The power of storm No 12, internationally called storm Damrey, which is forecasted to hit the central and southern regions, has been strengthened and it is moving toward the west, 

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan of Viet Nam has asked his players to have convincing victories at the upcoming qualifier of the 2018 Asian Football Confederation U19 Championship.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Take more than a year if needed, but get good advice and avoid previous education reform mistakes, NA deputies told the Government on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The traditional Ngo (Khmer boat) race will close the six-day Ooc Om Boc Festival in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang tonight.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to establish a national steering committee on restructuring the economy and renewing the growth model.

 VietNamNet Bridge – No 2 seed Pham Cao Cuong advanced to the quarter-finals at the Beer Lao International Series badminton tournament yesterday in Vientiane, Laos.

Viet Nam’s agricultural production not only met domestic demand, but was exported to 180 countries, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong told the National Assembly

National Assembly deputies raised a host of concerns on Thursday, including the failure to nip wrongful appointments in the bud, the quality of growth and healthcare services, and relevance of training given to workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam, for the first time, will host the Asian Women’s Amateur Boxing Championship from November 2 to 8 in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lost 1-5 to Malaysia in the semi-final match of the AFF HDBank Futsal Championship in HCM City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The cap sac (maturity ritual) of the Dao ethnic group may be recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage.