VietNamNet Bridge – The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un in Hanoi caught the attention of the whole world, including local artists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Alain Chevalier from Switzerland went to the Vietnam Stamp Company’s headquarters on Hanoi’s Tran Hung Dao Street four times in just a day.

Chairman of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un will have an official good-will visit to Vietnam today and tomorrow, at the invitation of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam,

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, relevant agencies and local authorities to urgently implement measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever.

South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae expressed disappointment yesterday over the outcome of the second US-North Korea summit, but insisted the two countries have made more progress than ever, even without an agreement,

VietNamNet Bridge – Gia Lam District’s Department of Education and Training in Hanoi on Wednesday suspended a private nursery as one of its teachers was found to have slapped a child on February 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Binh Dien Long An booked a spot in the semi-finals of the LienVietPostBank International Women’s Volleyball Tournament in the northern province of Bac Ninh on Wednesday.

The International Weightlifting Federation has reported that the urine sample of Vietnamese weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh returned an adverse analytical finding for exogenous testosterone and at least one forbidden anabolic agent.

The Ministry of Education and Training’s new national professional standards for kindergarten teachers and principals will act as a base to rebuild training programmes at universities and colleges of education.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a project that encourages the recycling of waste, especially plastic waste picked up by private garbage collectors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat recently released their captain Murphy Burnatowski. The team didn’t explain why they made the move. Burnatowski was the first foreign player recruited by coach Kyle Julius for this season.

Berlin-based sound artist, composer and experimental turntablist Ignaz Schick will meet several Vietnamese performers, musicians and composers who are, according to him, from the “highly unique Vietnamese experimental music scene”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Dang Thanh Huyen’s first solo exhibition is a chance for visitors to the Viet Nam Museum of Fine Arts to admire the beauty of Hanoi and Hanoian women.

Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, the second youngest grandmaster in chess history, will compete in the ninth HDBankCup International Chess Tournament from March 6 to 14 in HCM City,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will screen the movie Cyclo by Vietnamese-born French director Tran Anh Hung today at the Centre for Development of Movie Talent (TPD).

Journalists from around the world covering the second summit between the US and DPRK at the media centre in the Friendship Culture Palace on Tran Hung Dao Street are being served free meals of Vietnamese specialties right at the site.

LienVietPostBank came from behind to beat China’s Fujian 3-2 in the last match of Group A at the LienVietPostBank International Women’s Volleyball Tournament in the northern province of Bac Ninh on Tuesday.

As the world’s lens turns on Vietnam, the country has had a rare chance to put on a show and demonstrate its status as one of Southeast Asia’s brightest stars and worthy of a place in the international political arena.

 This is my first time in Hanoi. Before I got here I was a bit worried about the traffic, because you know your traffic is a lot heavy, we have to be very quick and fast to catch Trump and Kim’s moves. 

 The summit's picture perfect moments through the lens