From "Singin' in the Rain" to "The Wizard of Oz," musicals haven't traditionally seen much love from the Oscars. But "La La Land" has changed all that, tapping into a desire for escapism and sending Hollywood scrambling to dust off its dancing shoes.

The talent and skilled hands of foreign sculptors have turned a two-hectare empty lot into a wonderful sand sculpture park in Phan Thiet city’s Phu Hai Ward in the south central coastal province of Binh Thuan.

 Laguna Lang Co, winner of the 2017 IAGTO golf resort of the year award, will be hosting its first-ever Faldo Series Asia Grand Final for young golfers from March 15-17.

 H5N1 and H5N6 bird flu outbreaks are spreading in Quang Ngai and Bac Lieu province. Tens of thousands of fowls have been culled over the past two weeks. Relevant agencies are taking steps to contain the outbreak.

 With demand for environmentally friendly cars increasing in Vietnam, local automakers and traders are going green to win market share.

 Senior economist Nguyen Mai has a look at the international standing before and after US President Donald Trump took office and shares his views on what Vietnam should do to capitalise on the new situation.

Four Vietnamese steelmakers continued to demand new measures to prevent coated steel sheets shipped from mainland China and the Republic of Korea from being sold at cheap prices in the market.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) disagreed with a congressional vote which would mean juveniles are fully subject to criminal charges for rape, deliberately injuring people or kidnapping.

 Sixty six liver transplants have so far been performed across the country, with 34 donors being alive and 32 brain dead, according to the Vietnam Society of Organ Transplantation.

 Researcher Tran Tan Vinh from Quang Nam provincial library has completed a 200-page book on the Co Tu ethnic group’s artistic wood sculptures.

 The Japanese team has won the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017, beating the Republic of Korea team 3-0 at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium in HCM City.

 In recent years, kitesurfing has become popular among tourists, especially foreigners when they visit Mui Ne beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam.

 Vietnam lost to the Chinese province Sichuan 0-1 in the second match of an international football tournament for U19s in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, on February 20.

 Police and customs officers arrested a gun smuggler at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on February 20.

 Snap Inc, owner of popular messaging app Snapchat, kicked off its first investor roadshow on Monday, looking to persuade London money managers to back its initial public offering in the face of concerns about its growth prospects,

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan had talks with Indian Ambassador in Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish on ways to strengthen bilateral partnership in information technology and high quality human resources training.

 Authorities in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have apologised for deforestation violations in the province.

Some debatable issues of a draft law on amendments and supplements to some articles of the 2015 Penal Code are among problems under scrutiny at the two-day seventh session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee in Hanoi. 

 Vietnam will create best possible conditions for enterprises from Timor Leste to operate in the country, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnamese authorities are working hard to verify information related to a pirate attack on a Vietnamese vessel in the Philippines’ waters that killed one.

A Vietnamese delegation attended the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (ASEAN SOM) in Boracay, the Philippines to prepare contents for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat.

 Vietnam is working to verify information about a suspect carrying a Vietnamese passport in the name of Doan Thi Huong arrested in Malaysia, said the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department on February 20.

More than 580 delegates from APEC member economies attended activities and events on various fields within the first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting in Nha Trang city on February 20. 

 The President of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party of Argentina, Humberto Schiavoni has expressed his wish to promote the friendship and cooperation between his party and HCM City. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that Morocco will expand multifaceted cooperation with ASEAN, including Vietnam.