One Malaysian and two Italian fashion designers will join 24 Vietnamese colleagues to introduce more than 1,000 designs at the Vietnam Spring -Summer Fashion Week 2017.

 Democrat Hillary Clinton sought on Tuesday to keep Republican rival Donald Trump on the defensive a day after their first U.S. presidential debate with accusations he is a sexist, racist and tax dodger,

 During the recent six months, Vietnam has seen the most exciting changes in high personnel at domestic banks, showing that the bank restructuring process is gaining momentum, according to newswire Cafef.vn.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and foreign fashion designers will introduce luxury and ready-to-wear clothing and accessories at the Elle Fashion Journey 2016 at HCM City’s Gem Centre this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - For every pair of shoes worth $100, Nike makes a profit of $20, while Vietnamese workers earn $0.6. In order to have enough money to buy a pair of Nike shoes, a Vietnamese worker has to make 166 pairs of shoes.

FPT is preparing for 4G trial, while Vietnamobile has announced it wants to join the 4G playing field. However, the telcos will have to wait until 2017 to attend the auction for the 4G 2.6GHz frequency band.

 Viet Nam plans to launch a new commodity exchange in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Singapore-listed logistics firm Straits Financial Group and the Viet Nam Commodities Exchange (VNX).

 The national U19 women’s football team have gathered in Hanoi in preparation for the 2017 AFC U19 Women’s Championship’s qualifying round to be held in Hanoi from October 29 to November 6.

 Trio Nguyen Thai Linh, Tran Hong Nhung and Do Thi Nguyen helped Vietnam beat Myanmar in the Women’s Trio final of the Sepak Takraw event for a gold medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games on September 27.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City parents and students are frustrated that the city’s education department has made many new decisions related to English teaching and learning. 

 Worship paintings of Vietnam’s northern ethnic groups are associated with Buddhism and Taoism and reflect ethnic cultural origin and customs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every region in Viet Nam features unique culinary specialties. Pho hails from Ha Noi. Bun bo comes from the central city of Hue.

Vietnamese senior fashion designer Minh Hanh's collection called "The breath of the Vietnamese jungle" was introduced to French audiences at the Maison Vietnam in the Albert Kahn Museum in Paris last weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam, up to 77% of men drink alcohol compared to 44% in Africa, 73% in Europe and 48% on average in the world.

 Vietnam will step up improving the investment climate and hopes to see Japanese firms increase investments in agriculture in the coming time, a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development official said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Due to the decline of agriculture and mining, the economic growth rate of Vietnam in 2016 forecasted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been adjusted to 6 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recent incident at Song Bung Hydropower Plant has alerted Vietnam to reconsider the construction of so many hydroelectric plants, which have been compared to “timebombs”.

As trade is expected to increase between Southeast Asian countries and between them and the world, there will be more opportunities for logistics services providers in the region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists believe that the current three-crop-a-year production policy will not help farmers escape poverty, and will only worsen saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta.