VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese cuisine includes many types of chè (pudding) such as chè bà cốt (pudding made of glutinous rice, ginger, and sugar) and chè con ong (honeycomb-shaped pudding).

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City residents have better benefited from the faster administrative services provided by non-state agencies despites shortcomings from these administrative procedures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Queen of Vietnamese Pop’ – diva Thanh Lam, has reunited with her ex-husband, music producer Quoc Trung, for a music project beginning with a concert at the beginning of next month.

The Ministry of Transport said that building a sea dyke connecting the coastal regions of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Tien Giang Province would disrupt the planning of seaports, inland waterways and coastal transport.

 Vietnam and Cambodia should intensify cooperation in monitoring their export and import of timber and wood products, thus minimising illegal timber trading at border areas, heard a dialogue held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 22. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city of Hanoi recorded 638 cases of fire over the past nine months, with more than half of them occurring at residents’ private houses, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of community-based tours have debuted in Don Hamlet in the central province of Thanh Hoa. 

Vietnam is facing a dual burden of malnutrition and obesity, as its rapid development over the past two decades has resulted in the emergence of developed-world health issues without completely eradicating hunger.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two hundred teachers and administrators from senior high-schools, colleges and universities in HCM City have met with Finnish experts to discuss the education model in Vietnam.

UNICEF and partners are organising a new challenge calling on young innovators in HCM City and surrounding provinces to design solutions that will improve skills and training for young people, and empower them 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people registering to donate organs after death or brain death across the country has reached over 20,000 so far.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Performances by famous Vietnamese and international belly dancers are on show at the Ahlan International Belly Dance Festival held on October 19-23 in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Vietnamese tennis player Vu Ha Minh Duc defeated Wang Kaiwei from mainland China in the first round of the Viet Nam F4 Futures – Hai Dang Cup 2018 on Saturday in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

 Many experts have raised concerns about the quality of language centres in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 400-year-old temple dedicated to a mandarin under the Le reign in Dong Son District in the central province of Thanh Hoa has been deteriorating for the past few years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat had their sights focused on reaching the semi-finals of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), said Le Phuong Khanh, CEO of the team.  

The secretary of HCM City Party Committee on Saturday promised residents involved in the Thu Thiem dispute, especially those living outside the project’s boundary, that swift action would be taken to resolve the issue.

 Nha Trang Bay is facing serious pollution caused by a drain from a surrounding residential area.

 While wastewater is threatening the environment in Hanoi, a wastewater treatment facility has been abandoned for a decade in Thanh Tri District.

 On the occasion of the official visit to Denmark by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc from October 19-20 at the invitation of Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the two sides issued a joint statement.