China will ratchet up planned steel production cuts and target illegal factories in an effort to reduce pollution during the winter, an official said on Wednesday.

 David Bowie was named the winner of the Mastercard British Album of the Year prize for "Blackstar" at the BRIT Awards in London on Wednesday.

 Angelina Jolie said on Tuesday she hoped her family would be stronger after her divorce from Brad Pitt, but that the actress still thinks of him as a wonderful father.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese investors say they do not like algo trading because they believe robots cannot help them make money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although no H7N9 avian flu infections have been reported in poultry or humans yet, the likelihood of outbreaks in Viet Nam is high,

 The city has land to develop suitable low-cost houses for only 1 percent of those in need, its real estate association said.

 Nominations for the Devotion Music Awards 2017 were announced by the Vietnam News Agency’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) newspaper in Hanoi on February 22.

 Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished.

 The ASEAN Foreign Ministers agreed to turn the grouping into a shining example of a regional organisation at their recently concluded retreat in Boracay, the Philippines.

 The friendship between the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has been reinforced in recent years, according to Ogata Yasuo – JCP Vice Chairman and Head of the JCP’s International Affairs Department.

 Vietnam and Israel should promote cooperation in high-technology transfer, research and development as Israel boasts various advantages in this field, said Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam.

 Most enterprises required to be transferred to State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC), the Government’s investment arm, have failed to do so despite the prevailing rules and the Prime Minister’s orders.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Paternal themed film Father and Son, directed by Luong Dinh Dung, will compete for the Remi Award at the 50th WorldFest Houston.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) will perform with German tenor Martin Lattke today and tomorrow at the Ha Noi Opera House.

 Vietnam has climbed 2.51 points in the 2017 international intellectual property index, reflecting the country's intensified attention and improvement in the area.

 Fishermen near Vung Ang Port are still making big catches despite recent concerns over the polluted discharges from Formosa Ha Tinh into the local water.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new cultural and music project to introduce Viet Nam to people at home and abroad has been launched by several TV stations and HCM City organisations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city will start putting in place an individual medical records system for locals next month,

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities plan to offer support to Can Gio District, the "green lung" of the city, to develop eco-tourism and resort tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, Vietnamese doctors successfully performed a lung transplant from two living donors, doctors announced yesterday in Ha Noi.