V.League's Dong Thap sacked their new foreign player Udo Fortune after the tournament's opening match last Sunday.

 HCM City will launch a series of cultural and arts activities featuring the traditional Vietnamese ao dai during March as part of the city's third annual Ao Dai Festival.

 The Quang Ninh International Airport will open and welcome its first flight by the end of 2017, authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh said.

 More than 43,000ha of cajuput trees in Ca Mau province's U Minh Ha forest, the country's largest cajuput forest, face the threat of forest fires as prolonged drought has caused water levels to decline rapidly.

 The interprovincial water supply system project across the Mekong Delta region will receive financial support of 1.3 billion USD, said Nguyen Tuong Van, deputy head of the Technical Infrastructure Department at the Ministry of Construction.

 The Ho Chi Minh City will host the International Fair on Environmentally Friendly Technologies 2016 (Ecotech Vietnam) which is scheduled for May 5-7.

 As many as 73 riders from 25 countries and territories worldwide gathered in southern Ninh Thuan province’s Ninh Chu Bay on February 25 to participate the Kiteboard Tour Asia’s X-champs 2016.

The bilingual Vietnamese-Russian edition of “Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) was launched in Hanoi on February 25 by the Russian Culture and Science Centre and the Vietnam Writers’ Association.

 Ba Trao, the traditional singing by fishermen in the central province of Quang Nam, has been recognised as a national intangible heritage.

  The central city of Da Nang on February 25 opened a Kayak racing competition on the Han River, attracting the participation of over 200 lovers of the sport.

 The Government has approved a bilateral agreement on air traffic service with Turkey on regular flights between and across the two countries’ territories.

 Vietnamese and foreign drivers can now register for international driving permits in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam always attaches importance to further developing friendship and cooperation with Denmark, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh told newly appointed Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Charlotte Laursen.

 President Truong Tan Sang appreciated contributions made by Indian Ambassador Preeti Saran to the friendship between Vietnam and India, when he received her in Hanoi on February 25.

  The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up its 45th session on February 25, during which the committee agreed that the 11th meeting of the 13th NA will open on March 21.

 First death caused by meningitis confirmed, Japan engineering firm eyes int’l hospital construction in Danang, Child helmet use increases 11 percent, Japanese cherry trees take root in Da Nang, Dry weather raises fire alert across nation

VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign-invested enterprises have successfully developed products made of pure Vietnamese materials.

VietNamNet Bridge - Zincox Resources Plc from the UK plans to spend $115 million to build a plant to treat the dust produced by electric arc furnaces from the steel mills in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A lot of people well known on Facebook have been unexpectedly renamed ‘Vu Dinh Dung’ in recent days. This mostly happened with personal Facebook fanpages with hundreds of thousands of viewers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Teachers and students in localities may have to accept textbooks compiled by local education departments.

VietNamNet Bridge – More and more local small and medium-sized enterprises are aiming to join the global supply chains of multinational corporations.  

VietNamNet Bridge – When in Tien Giang Province, the gateway to the Mekong Delta, tourists should give themselves a reason to drop by Binh Duc Commune in Chau Thanh District to take a close look at different snake species

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national women's football squad will leave for Japan today faced with big challenges at the last Olympics qualification.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 636 meter high TV tower project of the State-owned Vietnam Television (VTV) needs at least US$1.5 billion of capital, which goes against the world trend.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is proposing to stiffen administrative punishments for both the use of banned substances in animal husbandry and for slaughtering and processing animals containing banned substances.