When mentioning drawing class, people may think about children playing with colours. However, there is a special class in Hanoi for elderly people, who have gone through ups and downs and love to paint.

 Online retailer Amazon is set to create more than 5,000 jobs in Britain this year, the company said on Monday, boosting its investment in the country once more even as it prepares to leave the European Union.

 The Japanese team won the the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 after beating the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) team 3 – 0 at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City on February 19.

 Police from the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien caught red-handed two men trafficking heroin from Laos to Vietnam on February 19.

 Vietnamese and Laos diplomats at the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, engaged in a meeting to enhance their ties on February 17.

 Chairwoman of Russia’s Federal Council Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko is leading a high-ranking delegation on an official visit to Vietnam from February 20 – 22.

 More than 390 representatives from the APEC working groups were brought together in Nha Trang city, in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, on February 18, to map out cooperation orientations in 2017.

Ca ho (Catlocarpio siamensis), vo co (Pangaius sannitwongsei) and tra dau (Pangasianodon gigas) living in the Mekong Delta are all large-size fish which can reach 300 kilos in weight and three meters in length. They are all in danger of extinction.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that Vietnam should focus on producing high-quality rice instead of striving to earn money from selling low-cost rice products.

Most of the students following the advanced training program have been able to find jobs after graduation, according to a report from MOET that reviewed the eight-year program implementation.

 Authorities need to keep their eye on the ball economically-speaking, notwithstanding the solid indicators from 2016.

Professor Nguyen Quang Thai, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Economics Association (VEA), tells VET’s Nguyen Ha about the outlook for Vietnam’s economy in 2017.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s new draft decree on goods, services, and localities subject to state monopolies has received barracking from local and international experts.

 Australian state invites Vietnamese investors, 14.3-million-USD cattle-feed factory inaugurated in Nghe An, Firms to observe laws when investing abroad, VIB deposit certificates a superior investment tool

 Health minister visits HCM City health facilities, Lâm Đồng farmers yet to grasp hi-tech concept, VietGap a windfall for shrimp farmers, Turin gathering highlights Vietnam-Italy relations

 The Dao San country fair in Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province is busy and colorful on spring days. At this time of the year, groups of H’mong, Dao, and Ha Nhi flock to the Dao San market on Chung Sua Dan mountain to trade their specialties.

 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the decisive engagement in the first Indochina War (1946–54).

 The museum – Thanh Ha Cultural Terracotta Park – in Hoi An ancient town presents an overview of the history of terracotta in different countries and cultures around the globe.

Demand for affordable apartments makes it a segment of great potential for developers but sustainable, long-term investments are required.

 Ho Chi Minh City has been developing Oriental medicine streets in District 5 into an attractive tourism destination while helping pharmaceutical and medicinal expand their business.

 “Colors of the Northwest” is selected as the theme for National Tourism Year 2017 which opened last weekend in Lao Cai city, Lao Cai province.

 The Quang Binh Department of Tourism on February 17 launched an English version of its tourism portal, the Zing Online newspaper has reported.

 The city of Hanoi has unveiled plans to give the iconic Nhat Tan Bridge a new look and outfit it with thousands of LED lights that will display a variety of artistically vivid undulating designs nightly.

 Vietnam’s economic model in the post-renewal process has yielded high growth rates and helped the majority of the population escape poverty. But increasing social inequality has become an issue of concern for authorities.

 Back in June of 2016, Britain sent shockwaves throughout Vietnam and around the globe by voting to leave the EU.