The special ASEAN-US Summit kicked off in Sunnylands, California, the US, on February 15 (US time) with the presence of US President Barack Obama and leaders of the 10 ASEAN member countries.

Despite geographical distance and cultural differences, the project to connect classes in all nations worldwide has helped students of all nationalities come closer to each other and it has offered an interesting playground for them all. 

Thailand has begun taking water from the Mekong River and pumping it into its northeastern areas, which are suffering from drought. However, it did not consult in advance with neighboring countries, which are all members of MRC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A trip can definitely be much less fulfilling if one cannot keep photographs of places visited, beautiful scenery, happy locals or even just miscellaneous things that catch one's eye.

 The Ha Noi-Sai Gon Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) opened its fully-owned SHB Bank Limited in Laos in mid-January by upgrading the transaction office it had set up in 2012.

 HCMC businesses will need 19,000 new workers after Tet, Tourism industry strained by influx of visitors, A warm Tet holiday in Truong Sa, Vietnam sees surge in Chinese tourist arrivals, Young people dread Tet

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mr. Thieu Phuong Nam, CEO of Qualcomm Indochina, has saidthe 5G market in the coming years has a lot of potential and would go commercial by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ranks 82nd out of 109 countries and territories on the global talent competitiveness report 2015-2016 (Global Talent Competitiveness Index - GTCI).

 The Government has approved a plan to help Vietnamese businesses directly participate in foreign distribution networks through 2020 to help Vietnamese goods penetrate international markets, a senior Government official said.

 Besides the dramatic beauty of the landscape, visitors to the northwest region of Vietnam easily fall for the H’mong ethnic women’s silver earrings.

VietNamNet Bridge – Once only access ible to wealthy families, the Narcissus flower has come back into style as a delicate way to ring in the lunar New Year.

 Charnel-house statues – part of the unique cultural identity of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) ethnic groups, are likely to disappear, experts warn.

 The first thought coming to everyone's mind when thinking about holding and burying aborted fetuses is fright. To Nguyen Khac Toan, he turns such frightening feelings into deep sympathy and determination to devote the rest of his life

 The World Trade Organisation's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will boost customs reforms to facilitate trade across borders in line with international standards, an official has said.

 “Hat Xoan” (Xoan singing), a celebrated art form in Vietnam’s northern province of Phu Tho, has been revived after its recognition as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding by UNESCO.

 Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are considered the most investor-friendly cities among 10 Asian destinations, as surveyed by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade.

 Vo Van Thuong, the youngest member of the 12th -tenure Politburo, has been appointed as head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission.

 Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh has been named head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission for the 2015-2020 tenure. 

 Russia's consumer safety watchdog said on Monday the country had registered its first case of a person infected with the Zika virus, an unnamed female who had been on holiday in the Dominican Republic.

World stocks rose on Monday as China's central bank fixed the yuan at a much stronger rate and oil prices held on to recent gains, easing fears of global deflation. 

The Federal Reserve's rate path "dot plot" has become increasingly detached from financial markets' interest-rate projections and risks sending an overly hawkish message that may undermine the central bank's credibility. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - With the average price of crude oil at $32.4 per barrel, some subsidiaries of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) like PVEP and PVOil suffered losses in January 2016.

Some local newspapers recently quoted the Vietnam Beverage Association as saying that in 2015 Vietnam’s beer output reached 3.4 billion liters, an increase of 40.72% compared with 2010 and alcohol output (industrial production) of 70 million liters.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam wants to drive the capital flow from kieu hoi, or overseas remittance, into production and business, rather than spending. 

Gia Long, also known as Dray Sap Thuong, is a waterfall on the Srepok River in Dray Sap commune, Krong Ana district of Dak Lak province, and Dak Sor commune of Krong K'No district of Dak Nong province.