VietNamNet Bridge – More young women in HCM City are learning sewing and embroidery to escape stress in their daily lives.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For visitors to the ancient city of Hue, King Tu Duc’s tomb is one of the biggest attractions.

VietNamNet Bridge - Technology firms, which have incurred loss of revenue because of copyright infringement, have decided to rent, rather than sell, software to businesses at low fees.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh speaks to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about the nation’s determination to win the war against border smuggling and fraudulent trading.

Veteran singer and performer Cher is not slowing down at 70, bringing her catalog of classic pop hits to a new North American residency show early next year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - If anywhere in Vietnam could be described as the "Vietnamese Riviera," it would surely be Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Below are the top destinations in this southern province:

 VietNamNet Bridge – A female artisan of the M’nong people in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Nong has devoted herself to keep alive traditional music and literature for younger generations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Tuyet Nhung, 55, had suffered pain for two months earlier this year before she decided to visit Binh Chanh District Hospital for treatment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's representative Nguyen Thi Loan ranking 3rd at the national costume event of the Miss Grand International 2016 with her four-panel traditional dress (ao tu than), a perfect representation of Vietnamese culture.

 Mrs Vietnam World Tracy Hang Nguyen will represent the country to compete at Mrs World set to take place in the Republic of Korea in November.

 South Korea's stock market operator reported yesterday that it had secured a contract with its Vietnamese counterpart to set up the IT infrastructure for the Southeast Asian nation's equity trading.

 With a world-class furniture and chemical emissions testing laboratory expected to open in the country early next year, furniture manufacturers will be able to save money and expand into global markets.

 Fish sauce makers and food technology experts are voicing their scepticism and discontent towards an announcement on the high arsenic content in fish sauce, an essential element in Vietnamese cuisine.

 A delegation from the Ministry of Health has arrived in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to inspect the suspected Zika-linked microcephaly case reported earlier in the locality, an official said on October 20.

 Vu Thai Binh is confident showcasing his skills with do (poonah) paper at a painting exhibition in Hanoi’s Old Quarter Culture Exchange Centre that began on October 19. 

  The fourth Latin American Film Week will take place in Hanoi from October 24-29 at the National Cinema Centre. 

  Chess player Luu Duc Hai will represent Vietnam at the 2016 U50 and U65 Asian Chess Championship, according to the General Department of Sports and Physical Training. 

 The Government will submit a tax reduction plan to the National Assembly (NA) this month, which aims to meet a target of increasing the number of efficient enterprises in the country to one million by 2020.

 The governments of Vietnam and Luxembourg have signed a protocol to support the State Securities Commission in its implementation of the Vietnam Stock Market Development Strategy 2016-2020.

 Vietnam hopes that newly-elected UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will actively mobilise resources and partnerships to successfully realise the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.