For years, ornamental tree planting has helped people in the northern province of Bac Ninh  increase their income and improve living standards.

 The northwestern mountainous province of Lao Cai has invested in tourism in an effort to make it a key economic sector.

 A nuclear study by three Vietnamese scientists has been published by Physical Review Letters, marking Vietnam’s debut in the physics journal.

 Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has signed an instruction to strengthen measures to ensure safety in educational establishments.

 Average life expectancy will rise in many countries by 2030, breaking through 90 years in some places, and policymakers need to make more efforts to plan for it,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Quy Phuoc won two gold medals at the eighth Lisbon International Meeting which closed in Oeiras City, Portugal, on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The only Cham Tower in Vietnam's Central Highlands, Yang Prong Tower is situated in Ea Sup District, 100km away from Buon Ma Thuot City. 

While foreigners are enchanted by Vietnam’s tropical fruits, Vietnamese are spending trillions of dong to buy imported fruit, with import turnover increasing steadily in recent years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tribute concert dedicated to singer and songwriter Tran Lap – the late frontman of rock band The Wall, who died in March last year after a short battle with cancer, will take place in Ha Noi this weekend.

It's not just women who are getting ready for the Oscars' red carpet on Sunday. Employing everything from paint to cosmetic procedures, Hollywood's leading men are increasingly getting a little help to look their best

 Mau Son tourism zone in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son will be developed as a national tourism destination, with typical forms such as spiritual and eco-tourism under a master plan recently approved by the Prime Minister.

 Unseasonable weather in southwestern provinces during the dry season has led to an increase in cases of diarrhoea, dengue fever, and hand, foot and mouth disease, all of which usually occur during the rainy season, according to health experts.

 The “Nouveau Cirque du Vietnam” (Vietnam’s New Circus) troupe made its Australian debut with a circus dance “A O Lang Pho” which delighted the local audiences.

 The Vietnamese sport team started the first day of competition at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Japan’s Sapporo city on February 20, with athletes Trinh Dinh Thoi and Nguyen Thai Binh competing in single-board skiing. 

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has climbed three places from the 634th to the 631st in the latest world rankings announced on February 20.

Reorganising production and producing high-quality rice with retraceable origins will increase Vietnamese rice’s value on the international market amid fierce competition from foreign products, experts have suggested.

 FPT Securities Joint Stock Company (FPTS) has obtained approval from the State Securities Commission to lift its foreign ownership limit.

Steelmaker Hoa Phat Group plans to increase its charter capital to VND15.2 trillion ($675.6 million) this year, double the current level of VND8.42 trillion.

 Kiu, a B2B e-commerce platform with the support of the Mekong Business Initiative (MBI) project, was officially launched in Hanoi on February 21.

 Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has highlighted that ASEAN should focus more on improving the quality of people’s life, ensuring all equally benefit from the building of the ASEAN Community.