VietNamNet Bridge - More Vietnamese enterprises are buying overseas companies in an attempt to expand their operation.

 Shandong Luneng came from behind to end Hanoi FC’s dream of reaching the AFC Champions League Group Stage for the first time after a 4-1 win in the play-off stage at the Jinan Olympic Sports Centre yesterday. 

 The international women’s volleyball tournament, LienVietPostBank Cup, will be held on February 22 to March 1 at the Bắc Ninh Province Gymnasium.

 Vice Chairman of Cần Thơ City’s People’s Committee, Trương Quang Hoài Nam, expressed a wish to partner with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (ICHAM) in fashion and tourism.

 After a month’s break, the HCMC Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) is opening its new season with a major performance by a visiting choir from Sweden.

 Thousands of people flocked to Cho Lon area in District 5 of HCMC on February 19 to celebrate the First Full Moon Festival, or Tet Nguyen Tieu, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

 Tuong Phieu communal house in Phuc Tho district, Hanoi was designated a national special relic site at a ceremony held on February 18.

 The transportation of pigs has been restricted in the northern province of Thai Binh following an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).

 Vietnam’s U22 team received praise from foreign media outlets for earning a spot in the semi-finals of the ongoing ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U22 Youth Championship after beating Timor Leste 4-0 on February 19.

 A ceremony was held in Hanoi on February 20 to welcome President of Argentina Mauricio Macri and his spouse, who are paying a State visit to Vietnam from February 19-21 to deepen the ties between the two countries.

 Police in Mong Cai City, Quang Ninh Province have arrested two women for children trafficking on February 19.

 The District 1 Court in HCM City has ruled that painter Le Phong Linh (pen name LeLinh) is to be the only author of popular comic series Vietnamese Land’s Prodigy.

The coastal city of Ha Tien in Kien Giang Province yesterday opened the memorial complex of Chiêu Anh Các, a literary and poetry society established in the city in 1736. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of casuarina forests belonging in Thanh Hoa province have been cut down to make room for tourism projects.

Vinachem has decided to pull out of a loss-making potassium salt mining and processing project in Laos’ province of Khammuane after pouring trillions of Vietnamese dong into the megaproject for 15 years, Tuoi Tre Online newspaper reported.

A long-suspended project managed by State-run Thai Nguyen Steel and Iron Corporation (TISCO) saw its total investment skyrocket from the initially approved VND3.8 trillion to over VND8.1 trillion due to poor oversight.

 Vietnamese-American duo Phuong Thao and Ngoc Le, who have more than 25 years in the industry, have released their latest music video (MV) on YouTube.   

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VietNamNet Bridge - Leading technology firms in Vietnam have gathered resources on AI research and development over the last two years and have gained initial results.

 State employees and workers will have eight days off in total during the upcoming holidays such as the Hung Kings’ death anniversary, Reunification Day and International Labor Day.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on February 18 had a working session with a delegation of China’s leading firms.

 After a 26 year-old taxi driver was killed near My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi on the evening of January 29, images of a taxi with a protective screen separating the driver appeared online. 

An exhibition telling the differences between life in a big city and that in the countryside will be held at the VICAS Center for Assistance and Development of Contemporary Arts (VICAS Art Studio) in Hanoi from February 20 to March 12.

Hail and whirlwinds in the northern mountainous region killed one person and injured three others over the weekend.

 Bắc Sơn border guard station under the Quảng Ninh Province Border Guard said on Monday it had arrested 12 people (including seven Vietnamese citizens and five Chinese people) who were crossing the Vietnam-China border illegally.