Party General Secretary and President of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and President of Argentina Mauricio Macri have agreed to intensify the countries’ comprehensive partnership towards a strategic partnership in the future.

 Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and President of Argentina Mauricio Macri witnessed the signing of some cooperation documents between Vietnamese and Argentine ministries and agencies on February 20. 

 Thousands of young people nationwide are leaving home to join the army for their military service in late February.

 A ceremony was held in Thanh Khe district of the central city of Da Nang, on February 20 to receive the certificate recognising the district’s Cau Ngu (whale worship) festival on the national list of intangible cultural heritage.

 A US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III has landed at Noi Bai International Airport to prepare for US President Donald Trump’s tour to Hanoi for the coming meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 

 Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) proposed launching mobile money services to allow customers to use their telecommunications accounts to pay for goods and services.

Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) has made a second attempt to sell 12 million treasury stocks, equivalent to 1 per cent of its charter capital, from February 27 to March 28.

 Some banks have been given the green light from the State Bank of Viet Nam to enlarge their network size in the first days of Lunar New Year.

 Many banks have seen their employee efficiency increase significantly, with each member of staff earning them more than VND1 billion (US$43,000) in pre-tax profit on average last year.

 Investors have pledged to invest more than VND36.1 trillion (US$1.5 billion) into 19 tourism projects in the central and Central Highland regions.

 The Ministry of Finance has urged measures to improve the efficiency of State capital at the Construction and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Licogi).

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has recently asked the Ministry of Transport to approve its detail planning adjustments for Phu Quoc and Pleiku Airport.

 The Singaporean fund Ardolis Investment Pte Ltd has raised its ownership in the consumer staple firm Masan Group Corporation to 5.67 per cent with more than 65.9 million shares from the previous 4.47 per cent.

 After an image of a homemade plastic screen installed in a taxi was posted on social media, the Viet Nam Register confirmed that such modifications were legal. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has chaired a meeting to review the preparation for the second summit between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the US in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi. 

 The tra fish industry needs to focus on intensive farming this year to increase efficiency and sustainable development.

Thousands of tourists have paid a visit to Hoi An to release lanterns into the Hoai River to pray for happiness, peace, and luck in the year ahead for the Nguyen Tieu festival, which celebrates the first full moon of the new lunar year.

 Hanoi will see a series of activities take place on March 9 in response to the annual Earth Hour, a scheme to increase awareness on environmental issues, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

Hoang Thuy, runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, will serve as a speaker for the ASEAN Youth Engagement Summit 2019 (AYES) that is currently being held in the Philippines.

 A Government decree that sought to remove difficulties and legal barriers for rice businesses to boost their exports, which took effect last October, has not impacted rice exports as much as expected.