The Vietnam International Fashion Week returns next weekend to showcase the latest collections by Vietnamese and international designers in what can be regarded as the country’s best efforts to put forward the best ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of poor ethnic minority households accounts for 52.7 per cent of the country’s total poor households, according to Do Van Chien, Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Families in the central province of Ha Tinh who were relocated 10 years ago to make way for a development project still have no access to fresh water.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top tennis pair Ly Hoang Nam and Le Quoc Khanh defeated Congsup Congcar and Kaliyanda Poonacha on the third day of the Việt Nam F4 Futures – Hải Đăng Cup 2018, 

More than 160 tonnes of fish raised in floating cages on Cai Nho River in Tan Thanh Commune in the Mekong Delta Province of Tien Giang have died over the past few days, incurring an initially estimated loss of up to dozens of billions of dong.

A silk painting featuring a woman holding a paper fan by noted painter Nguyen Nam Son, co-founder of the Indochine Fine Arts college, shocked experts after being sold for 440,000 euro (US$504,300) at an auction sale

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition featuring works by two popular Vietnamese ceramic artists – Nguyen Trong Doan and Nguyen Bao Toan – is ongoing at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese cuisine includes many types of chè (pudding) such as chè bà cốt (pudding made of glutinous rice, ginger, and sugar) and chè con ong (honeycomb-shaped pudding).

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City residents have better benefited from the faster administrative services provided by non-state agencies despites shortcomings from these administrative procedures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Queen of Vietnamese Pop’ – diva Thanh Lam, has reunited with her ex-husband, music producer Quoc Trung, for a music project beginning with a concert at the beginning of next month.

The Ministry of Transport said that building a sea dyke connecting the coastal regions of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Tien Giang Province would disrupt the planning of seaports, inland waterways and coastal transport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city of Hanoi recorded 638 cases of fire over the past nine months, with more than half of them occurring at residents’ private houses, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of community-based tours have debuted in Don Hamlet in the central province of Thanh Hoa. 

Vietnam is facing a dual burden of malnutrition and obesity, as its rapid development over the past two decades has resulted in the emergence of developed-world health issues without completely eradicating hunger.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two hundred teachers and administrators from senior high-schools, colleges and universities in HCM City have met with Finnish experts to discuss the education model in Vietnam.

UNICEF and partners are organising a new challenge calling on young innovators in HCM City and surrounding provinces to design solutions that will improve skills and training for young people, and empower them 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people registering to donate organs after death or brain death across the country has reached over 20,000 so far.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Performances by famous Vietnamese and international belly dancers are on show at the Ahlan International Belly Dance Festival held on October 19-23 in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Vietnamese tennis player Vu Ha Minh Duc defeated Wang Kaiwei from mainland China in the first round of the Viet Nam F4 Futures – Hai Dang Cup 2018 on Saturday in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 400-year-old temple dedicated to a mandarin under the Le reign in Dong Son District in the central province of Thanh Hoa has been deteriorating for the past few years.