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.

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.