Japan-based real estate firm Sanei Architecture Planning Co., Ltd, is expected to purchase an additional 2.4 million shares in local firm Netland Real Estate JSC (NRC) to raise its stake to 18.75%.

The VND10-trillion flood-control project in HCMC, which resumed construction on February 27, will be completed at the end of 2019 or in the first quarter of 2020 if HCMC authorities hand over cleared sites as scheduled by end-June.

Only 1,800 local households have installed rooftop solar power systems over the past two years, with a total capacity of 30 megawatts. 

Vietnamese telecom firm Viettel has been fined VND109 million for violations it committed in supplying mobile telecom services, inspectors of the Ministry of Information and Communications said on February 25.

Foreign investment pledged to Vietnam in the year to date through capital contributions and stake acquisitions accounts for 61% of the country’s total foreign investment commitments, exceeding foreign direct investment (FDI) for the first time.

 Nguyen Thanh Tam, a retired teacher in HCMC, has created miniatures of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from eggshells.

 The Republic of Korean-based food-tech firm Woowa Brothers Corp has acquired online food ordering platform Vietnammm.

 Kim Kwang-soo, chairman of the Republic of Korea-based Nonghyup Financial Group (NHFG), has proposed to support Agribank in its equitisation.

African hog cholera outbreaks have been detected in six cities and provinces and may spread to many more localities in the country.

Sizzling hot weather is forecast to last until mid-April in southern Vietnam, where residents have been facing a heat wave, with temperatures regularly hitting 35 degrees Celsius.

Hosting the recent summit between the DPRK and the USA was a big success for Vietnam, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said while chairing a regular government meeting in Hanoi on March 1.

Do Nhat Ha, winner of Tiffany Vietnam 2018, has revealed some images of the national costume she will wear for the ongoing Miss International Queen 2019, a transgender beauty pageant, taking place in Thailand.

Many groups of international tourists were waiting on the streets of Hanoi, hoping to get a glimpse of the vehicles carrying US President Donald Trump and DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un, some for up to two hours.

FOX Sports Asia have chosen the five best players from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U22 Youth Championship which recently concluded in Cambodia. Included in the list was Vietnam’s Tran Danh Trung.

 South Korea's singer and actress Ham Eun-jung (T-ara) has joined a TV series aimed for promoting the culture and tourism of the central city of Hue.

 A list of Vietnam’s 500 fastest-growing companies in 2019 (FAST500) was announced on February 28 by Vietnam Report, a corporate assessment agency.

 The official Vietnam visit by Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK Kim Jong-un will represent a historic landmark in relations between the two nations.

 The high-level People’s Court in Hanoi has announced that it will open the appeal trial on an online gambling case involving huge amount of money mounting to trillions of dong and two former generals in the public security sector on March 5. 

 Viet Nam’s role and position was recognised and highly appreciated by the leaders of the DPRK and the USA, as well as the international community, spokesperson of Việt Nam’s Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

 The Vietnam National University - Hanoi on February 28 announced that its three training branches have been named in the world top 500-600 by education organisation Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).