Fifteen collectors are showcasing their antiques and paintings at the ‘Antiques Culture & Contemporary Fine Art Paintings – the National Pride’ exhibition from October 12-19 at No. 628 Hoang Hoa Tham Street in Tay Ho District in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Among the richest entrepreneurs in the early 20th century were the owner of Co Ba soap brand, the king of waterway transport Mr. Bach Thai Buoi, the ‘ancestor’ of the paint industry Ms. Nguyen Son Ha.

 Australian author Richard Flanagan has won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

 Typhoon cancels Japan friendly; Liem draws in eighth round; Can Tho to host international U21 tournament; Dong claims yellow jersey

 American contemporary dancer and Step Up Revolution actress Kathryn McCormick will perform during a gala night on Saturday celebrating the top 20 performers on Viet Nam's So You Think You Can Dance.

 Police in Hong Kong have clashed with pro-democracy protesters as they tried to clear an underpass near the city government headquarters.

Endangered pythons released into the wild; Fire kills one in HCM City house disaster; Six Vietnamese sailors reported missing in Japan; New rule reduces child patient overload; VN stores destroyed in Kazan market fire; 12 held for drug trafficking

 Mobile network operator Vietnamobile has reached a three-year deal with the Chelsea Football Club.

 The death toll from the Ebola virus outbreak has risen to 4,447, with the large majority of victims in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Hollywood action star Gary Daniels (Expendables 2010) of the UK has been cast in the Vietnamese film Quyen, which is expected to be released next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Universities have drawn up their 2015 enrollment plans and created several new groups of exams, leaving students with more questions than answers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of foreign-invested enterprises have allegedly tried to evade tax over the last 10 years but no proof of guilt has been found.

 Azerbaijan to reinforce comprehensive ties with Vietnam; Vietnam vows to join global efforts in disarmament; Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee meets; Vietnam, China foster cooperation on drug crime fight

 Vietnam is currently the only Asian recipient of Belgian development aid and is keen to boost investments from Belgium and Europe, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed.

 Viet Nam and Iran signed an agreement yesterday in Tehran on the co-ordination of administrative affairs in customs.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Highwire, zipline and flyboard are famous imported adventure activities that Vietnam now offers at cities around the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's small mobile carriers have sought a postponement of the implementation of a policy allowing mobile phone users to change network providers without having to change their phone numbers.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Stuttgart city, Baden Wuerttemberg, in the afternoon of October 14 (Vietnam time), beginning his official visit to Germany at the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The impact, if any, of ODA loans on the Long Thanh international airport project on gross domestic product would not be considerable, especially in 2016-2019,

VietNamNet Bridge – Freelance pianist Boris Schonleber of Berlin will perform the music of Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and Frederic Chopin in a solo concert at the Goethe Institute here on Saturday.