The Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) is planning to sell more than 350 million shares, or a 10 percent stake, to foreign investors in the first half of 2018.

 The supply, price and use of herbal medicines will be tightened by strengthening policies on quality assessment at medical facilities, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has stressed. 

 The upcoming State visit to India by Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, from March 2-4, is expected to help promote cooperation between the two countries, while deepening ties in national defence and security.

Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung attended the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council which opened in Geneva on February 26.

 The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has sent an official document to its chapters nationwide asking for giving up the practice of burning votive paper offerings at Buddhist worshiping establishments.

Nguyen Hai An, 7, of Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District, took her last breath on February 22. But before she passed away in her K Hospital sickbed, she and her mother agreed that she would give her cornea to children

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s upcoming official visit to Australia in March will set up an important milestone in the relations between the two nations, creating a solid foundation to raise the bilateral ties.

 Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has approved the award of a certificate of merit to Do Van Bang, a student in Soc Trang province who returned a lost wallet with a large amount of cash to its owner. 

 Automobile imports in Vietnam plummeted in the first month of 2018, also the time before Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay State visits to India from March 2-4 and Bangladesh from March 4-6.

 Vietnamese shares rallied on February 26 but the uptrend weakened towards the closing minutes due to selling pressure in a number of blue-chips, especially during the ATC session.

 The Yen Tu Spring Festival is taking place in the northern province of Quang Ninh. The festival is part of the National Tourism Year activities hosted by the locality.

Three major spring festivals – the Mother Au Co Temple Festival, the Tinh Dien (Ploughing) Festival and the Vieng Market Festival – began on Fiday, as part of the festive season in the north of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – V.League 1 club, SHB Da Nang have signed Brazilian striker Diogo Pereira from Becamex Binh Duong ahead of the upcoming season.

 During the early days of the new lunar year, Vietnamese people often visit a pagoda to pray for good luck and happiness. These days, temples and pagodas are filled with crowds of pilgrims.

Though Vietnam has managed a modest rise in its overall score, it still is at the bottom position in the region in the latest ranking by the US-based Heritage Foundation in terms of economic freedom.

 This year, Vietnam’s social security policy focuses on improving human resources, increasing job opportunities, and fine-tuning labor institutions, all aimed at ensuring social welfare for all.

A group of reporters from Tap chi Bao ve Rung va Moi Truong (Forest and Environment Journal) have been able to penetrate a large-scale wildlife trafficking ring which carries out both domestic and cross-border affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge - After seven years of research, a female Vietnamese scientist has discovered a new transmitter to help prevent Alzheimer’s.

 Tran Hong Ha, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, speaks about his commitments to assure Viet Nam will be wealthy and clean.

Tran Thi Hoai Anh is the founder of GlobalLink, a company that has brought dozens of famous fashion brands like Celine, Balenciaga, Lanvin, Chloé, Moncler and Loewe to its multi-brand chain of concept stores called Runway. 

 With its unique fragrance and taste, Dien pomelo is a precious gift and a speciality of Hanoi.

Associate Professor Dr Tran Dinh Thien, director of the Viet Nam Institute of Economics, talks to Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper on what the country should do to gain strong economics development in 2018.

 Hospital attackers to be given stringent punishment, Doctors save patient after firecracker accident, One dies, two injured in motorbike accident, Winter-spring rice yields big profits for farmers

 Australian delegation to learn about Vietnamese shrimp production, Viet Nam fruit exports skyrocket, Foreign investors register to invest 1.25 billion USD in January, Agro-forestry-fishery exports exceed 6 bln USD in first two months