Ambassadors and international and Vietnamese sports fans were impressed with designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam’s Ao dai collection, which features 22 national flags, at an event to celebrate hosting the upcoming Formula One race (F1) in Hanoi.

The HCMC Department of Information and Communications yesterday announced the launch of the annual ‘Vietnam Information Security Day 2018’ with the theme ‘Cyber Security for the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Devices’.

The deputy chairman of Can Tho city People’s Committee, yesterday afternoon answered press queries about the decision to return 20 diamonds and 19,910 artificial stones to Thao Luc Jewelry Shop in $100 exchange case.

 The head of the National Institute of Nutrition Le Danh Tuyen said that Vietnam is one of top iodine –deficient countries suffering a lot from lack of iodine.

 Renowned Austrian pianist Robert Lehrbaumer will perform at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (ANAM) in Hanoi on November 13 and at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on November 15.

 New industrial property projects will come online just as foreign investors relocating due to the US-China trade war will boost demand in Vietnam.

Toe replacement surgery for thumb rehabilitation is a difficult technique that has been performed successfully at the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.

 More commercial banks expect their credit growth limits to be expanded this year after Techcombank became the first to get the nod to do so from the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) recently.

 Free trade agreements may have significantly reduced import tariffs in many markets for Vietnamese goods, but administrative reform, reduction of trading costs and improving the business environment are key to improving national competitiveness

 Tax payers and businesses that are completing their dissolution procedures shouldn’t be allowed to postpone their late tax payments and charges for late tax payment.

 The eighth National Sports Games will start in Hanoi on November 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms have launched inbound and outbound tours as well as promotion programmes to meet demand for the upcoming New Year holiday and Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  People’s Artist, theatre director and scriptwriter Dinh Bang Phi, a leading tuồng or hát bội (classical drama) performer in the 1980s-90s, will stage a mini live show in HCM City on November 9 night.

Food lovers will have a chance to enjoy several traditional dishes from Peru and learn about the rich cuisine of this South American country when the "Peruvian Gastronomic Days” kick off today in Hanoi.

Discussions and forums on the South China Sea have become sources of interdisciplinary study among scholars and researchers from the fields of politics, social policy, environment and strategy over the past decade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – German and Vietnamese authors are gathering in Vietnam for a cultural exchange including talk shows, excavations and reading sections.

Only a few Vietnamese enterprises have become vendors that supply components and accessories to multinationals, though Vietnam has vowed to develop supporting industries.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of condotel projects in the tourism city of Nha Trang have been put up for sale, but demand is weak.

The Ha Noi People’s Committee wants special powers to help restore old buildings. They have asked the Ministry of Construction to put their proposals to the Government in the hope of easing difficulties with building projects.

The Government of Viet Nam spends about VND65 trillion dealing with the consequences of alcohol each year, while alcoholic beverage firms contribute roughly VND50 trillion to the country’s economy,