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.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Culture and Arts Publishing House has released a series of five new books featuring seas and islands of Vietnam.  

 Leaders of Amazon Global Selling will lecture Vietnamese enterprises on how to reach over 300 million users of the world’s largest online retailer, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 Vietnam is ranked 128th out of 180 countries and territories with score 55.3 in Heritage Foundation’s latest report on 2019 Index of Economic Freedom, up 13 places from the previous rank of 141st and 53.1 points. 

 Criminal police team in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday announced they have arrested bag snatcher Thach Thanh Tuyen, 24, from the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, for robbing property.

VietNamNet Bridge - Money collection services have brought big money to commercial banks. 

 As per the decree No. 86, public schools and self-financing facilities are entitled to raise tuition fee once every two year whereas other public higher educational institutions subsidized by the government will change tuition fee annually.

In its direction to state agencies in districts about the regulation of wildlife protection, the People’s Committee in Ho Chi Minh City bans gifting rare animals or release dangerous imported animals.

Forty years have gone by since Vietnam struggled against Chinese invaders to protect the northern border, the pangs of Vi Xuyen are still there. 

 Bluebirds’ Nest Book Cafe in Ba Binh District of Hanoi will hold a workshop on the art of paper cutting Kirigami from 1:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 24.

 People visiting some pagodas in HCMC have recently seen statues of rhinos, elephants, and pangolins kneel in prayer to Buddha.

Mobile carrier MobiFone has rolled out a package, named PEACE, designed for international participants in the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea in Hanoi.

 The Ministry of Transport has written to Vinalines announcing the abolition of its two decisions allowing the firm to sell 75.01% of its stake in Quy Nhon Port to Hop Thanh Mineral and Investment JSC, the local media reported.

 Argentina expects to work with Vietnam to further boost its telecommunications and Internet sectors, as a mere nine million of the country’s population have access to broadband Internet, while 60% use 4G smartphones.

 The National Center for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting on February 19 issued a warning over high tides that may exceed alert level 3 and thus trigger flooding in HCMC’s low-lying areas.