Vinamilk (VNM) is planning to acquire a French business, aiming at expanding production and export to the European market, a source from the company said.

 The Health Ministry is speeding up its equitisation plan, with eight medical enterprises expected to be equitised this year.

 The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors has approved an additional 100 million USD loan for an ongoing project to help improve living standards for the poor in six northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has launched a national system for foreign investment.

 Vietnam and the UK focused on issues surrounding international economic integration, national defence-security and recent global developments during their fourth strategic dialogue in Hanoi on February 27.

The heavy snow close to the avalanches site in Panjshir province, east Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2015. The death toll has risen to more than 250 while a number of others remain missing after avalanches struck parts of Afghanistan

Vietnam and Italy have agreed to quickly deploy their Action Plan for 2015-2016 for accelerated cooperation, focusing on the spheres of politics and diplomacy, economics, development, culture and education and security-defence.

 Vietnam always supports the Look East policy of India and welcomes the country’s greater presence in Southeast Asia and Vietnam in particular.

The growth rate of the commercial electricity sector and power production in the last four years was 3-4 percentage points lower than predicted, according to the latest report to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT).

 Nguyen Manh Ha, Head of Housing and Property Market Department spoke to the Vietnam Economic Times about prospects of the real-estate market in Viet Nam in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Son Tra Nature Reserve in Da Nang, known for its rich biodiversity, is home to 200 Red-Shanked Doucs - a kind of langur that was declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2013.

 In order to enjoy tax incentives, entities importing goods from an ASEAN Member State must comply with the Rules of Origin under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “ATIGA”).

Nguyen Thi Lan volunteered to work as a teacher in Yen Bai Province after she graduated in 2007, and she is still there, working with ethnic minority students and working to convince villagers of the importance of education for their children.

 Major Vietnamese business people have geared up to take over State-owned enterprises, which were recently equitised, in the role of strategic partners.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee in collaboration with Vietnam Airlines have embarked upon a marketing campaign aimed at increasing the number of inbound and outbound travellers between HCM City and Australia.

Visitors to Coc Pai market in Xin Man district, Ha Giang are impressed by fresh vegetables, fruits, and animals of different species, and traditional costumes of the H’Mong ethnic minority group.

VietNamNet Bridge – A photo of Vietnamese war veterans taken by Spanish photographer Sergio Diaz had its name on the shortlist of the Sony World Photography Awards 2015. 

 2014 was an unforgettable year for Don Ca Tai Tu Nam Bo (southern amateur traditional music)  as it was officially recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Only when Vietnam tightens fiscal policy and loosens monetary policy will it be able to make a breakthrough in allocating resources, which would untie the knot of the national economy, experts have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The U Minh Forest is a huge cajuput forest covering approximately 2,000 km2 of Ca Mau and Kien Giang provinces.

 Sapa Town in northern Lao Cai Province is as famous for its natural beauty as its unique cultural identity, expressed by the spring festivals of its many ethnic minorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess players are expected to shine in the Zone 3.3 Championships 2015 for Open and Women on March 6 in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoi An's Cam Thanh Village started offering tours of nipa palm forests and opportunities to participate in afforestation efforts.

 Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Moscow to honour opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday.

 Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked relevant agencies to work to ensure absolute security and safety for the upcoming 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Hanoi.