Numerous flagship/anticipated real estate projects with foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan are expected to launch for sale in 2017. 

 Vietjet stock (HoSE: VJC) is the hottest of all the listed companies’ stocks today as investors were still queueing to buy three million of the stocks as of the end of the trading session.

Today, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and US tech giant Microsoft Corporation signed an MoU to promote collaboration, particularly in the information technology development. 

 Hundreds of local backpackers have joined in a campaign to collect rubbish from Ba Den Mountain tourist site in Tay Ninh Province.

Over 20 years of development, Vietnam’s internet has made sustainable contributions to society and Government policies have resulted in 60 percent of the population using the web.

 Small-sized enterprises are concerned that they would have to borrow from credit institutions at higher rates when a new lending regulation takes effect next month.

 The first round of the National Billiards and Snooker Championship will be organised from March 5 to March 14 in Quang Ngai Province.

The best place to grab a free and quite amazing perspective of the city of Hue is from atop Ngu Mountain located in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

 Dang Nhat Minh recently received Licorne d’Or d’Honneur (Golden Unicorn Award) at the 36th Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM) for his life-long contribution to filmmaking.

 Hue on February 28 opened an exhibition showcasing the history of Vietnam and Japan trade relations.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee has announced it is embarking on an advertising campaign with CNN, the 10th largest network in the US in terms of viewership with 1.2 million daily prime time viewers.

 The Asian Volleyball Confederation has chosen Vietnam to host the Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Cup this year.

 No 4 seed pair Ly Hoang Nam and Sun Fajing lost 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-10 to wildcard holders Bai Yan and Cai Zhao in a surprising defeat at the ongoing China F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament’s first round.

The State Agency for Technology Innovation (SATI) under the Ministry of Science and Technology and its partners from the Republic of Korea have signed a cooperation agreement on energy-saving technology transfer.

 Cua Ong Temple Festival in the northern province of Quang Ninh receives the national intangible cultural heritage status at a ceremony held in the locality on February 28.

 Nearly 30 firms and 20,000 farmers will take part in producing 25,000 tonnes of tea of international standards in a project to promote the private-public partnership (PPP) model in tea production.

VietNamNet Bridge - Five leading businesses hold 98 percent of Vietnam’s film distribution market, with three of them foreign invested.

 The State visit to Vietnam by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will be a historical milestone and open a new chapter in the two countries’ friendship and cooperation, said President Tran Dai Quang. 

On March 1, the first APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM1) and related meetings entered the 12th working day - the last working day of APEC committees before SOM1 begins its two-day gathering on March 2.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko began the first State visit to Vietnam with a meeting with volunteers of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on late February 28.