Vietnamese fashionista Phi Phuong Anh, actress Hoang Oanh and stylist Kye Nguyen have been listed among having The Best Street Style from Seoul Fashion Week Spring 2019 in the US’s edition of Vogue fashion magazine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you want to try some new and unusual accommodations while travelling, spending a night at a hostel made from discarded containers might the choice for you.

 The first metro project in Ho Chi Minh City may not be completed in 2020 as scheduled due to funding problems.

 Police in Hanoi have summoned three people to investigate the death of a newborn baby who was found dead after allegedly falling from the 31st floor of an apartment building in Linh Dam Urban Area.

The government has approved the establishment of a Fund for Vietnam Sea and Islands, aimed at promoting activities of the national sea and islands sovereignty protection.    

As many as 28 Vietnamese young leaders will embark on a 52-day voyage with their regional peers with the Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme from October 23 to December 13.

 Employees at state-owned firms are getting the highest payment according to a new report by the General Statistics Office.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts has been illuminated at night following the launch of a lighting project supported by the city of Lyon, France on October 18.

Head of Vietnam’s Mission to the UN, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, expressed his profound concern over the complicated situation in the Middle East, especially the escalating conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

 Shopee has beat Lazada to become the top e-commerce platform by traffic in the third quarter of this year, according to the Map of E-commerce in Viet Nam recently published by Iprice Insight.

 Vietnam’s young talent Nguyen Van Phuong stopped in the quarter-finals of men’s doubles at the World Super Junior Tennis Championships in Japan on Thursday.

 Real estate stocks might peak in the first half of 2019 or even earlier, in the last quarter of this year, experts have forecast.

Vietnam has free trade agreements with Canada, Japan and Mexico (through CPTPP), and plans to sign an FTA with the EU. These will be advantages in the US - China trade war. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to remove and simplify 202 business conditions under its management, accounting for 36.1 per cent of the total, said Nguyen Anh Son.

 Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy, has valued Viet Nam’s national brand at US$235 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16 per cent.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) injected more than VND41 trillion (US$1.75 billion) into the monetary market in the first half of October to boost the liquidity of the banking system.

Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) has announced a temporary foreign ownership limit at 22.532 per cent of charter capital to prepare for a private placement.

The Viet Nam F4 Futures tennis tournament – Hải Đăng Cup 2018 is scheduled to take place in the southern province of Tay Ninh from October 20-28, and players will competing for a record US$25,000 in prize money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s U19 team is ready to compete in the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship’s finals in Indonesia, according to head coach Hoang Anh Tuan.

VietNamNet Bridge - The pork market has heated up again, with more imports, especially from the US.