Today the 2019 National Football Championship, V.League 1-2019, will officially kick off with the first-round opener between Thanh Hoa FC and Becamex Binh Duong at Thanh Hoa Stadium. 

 Con Dao Express 36, a newly launched high-speed passenger ship, on February 21 encountered technical problems 15 minutes after departing from Cau Da wharf in Vung Tau City.

 Viet Nam imported nearly 11,700 cars worth more than US$273 million in the first month of this year, marking the fifth consecutive month with a volume of at least 10,000 units.

 Residents of the area around the dumping ground in Vinh Long Commune, Vĩnh Linh District, the central province of Quang Tri have blocked garbage trucks attempting to carry waste to the dump.

 The Tà Xùa Adventure Run is scheduled to take place on February 23 and 24 in Bắc Yên District, Sơn La Province.

 German band MAM will perform at Viet Nam Youth Theatre tonight (February 21) to kick off the New Music series in Hanoi, which includes concerts, workshops and artist residencies.

 Street dance groups consisting of students from 23 high schools across Hà Nội will compete at the HighSchool Best Dance Crew 2019 - The Warrior Return on March 3.   

 Two people were killed and one was injured in a road accident on Thăng Long Boulevard in Thạch Thất District, Hà Nội on Thursday morning.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), relevant agencies and localities to take prompt measures to control African swine fever (ASF) in Viet Nam.

 German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on February 20 described the ongoing visit by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh as laying a foundation for both countries to develop bilateral strategic partnership.

 Metfone, the Cambodia-based affiliate of the military-run telecom group Viettel, has sustained its share of 48 percent, also the biggest, in the local telecom market after operating here for a decade.

Argentine President Mauricio Macri has affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of Argentina and his visit to the country aims to consolidate bilateral relations.

 A Vietnam-Argentina business forum took place in Hanoi on February 21 with a view to promoting cooperation between the countries’ enterprises.

 The reclassification would help Vietnam’s stock market become more attractive in the eyes of new investors, facilitating a new wave of capital into the country.

VN and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) established diplomatic ties on January 31, 1950, making the DPRK the 3rd country to set up diplomatic ties with Viet Nam after Russia and China. 

 Cooperation between Viet Nam and the US has expanded quickly over the past years and the latter is one of Viet Nam’s biggest trade partners.

 Although the US-China trade tension impacted negatively investors' sentiment during the end of 2018, postive signals about the US-China agreement have partly helped boost Vietnam’s market confidence.

 Vietnam has been named among nine countries where the US dollar is the strongest in 2019, according to a list released by Smarter Travel, a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.

 Profit generated from the group’s previous projects in Vietnam would be utilized for the race-track complex project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every year when Tet, or the Lunar New Year festival, begins I fondly remember my childhood.