The Viet Nam Rubber Group (VRG) plans to equitise along with 20 of its subsidiaries in the third quarter of this year.

 Tran Thien Nguyen, who owns shares in a joint stock bank based in HCM City, hopes this year it will pay higher dividends than in previous years.

 Saigon Heat could not extend their winning streak after losing 97-72 to the Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions on their home turf at CIS Arena in HCM City on February 18.

 Vietnamese chess player Pham Le Thao Nguyen ended her tournament at the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship after losing 0-2 to No 2 seed Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine in the third round on February 18.

 Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will kick off his competing in China F2 Men’s Futures tournament on February 20 in Anning city.

 Vietnam came from behind to tie the Yunnan province team 1-1 at the opening of an international football tournament for U19s on February 18 in Kunming, China.

 The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) collected more than 9,300 units of blood from donors on February 18 in Hanoi.

 Four working groups have completed their two-day sessions as part of the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM-1), which is underway in Nha Trang city, in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, from February 18 to March 3.

 The bountiful southern provinces are always known for their elegant dishes which combine the interesting local specialities with simple yet demanding cuisines.

 Though the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s new circular has allowed enterprises more latitude in energy labelling requirements, firms are saying that bureaucratic tangles remain.

 About 7.2 million people are expected to take part in Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017, which will begin at 7 am on March 26.

 Vietnam has been ranked 86th out of 118 countries in the annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index, which measures how countries grow, attract and retain talent.

 Vietnam is not expected to meet its target of generating 800 MW of wind power by 2020 as a proposal to increase the regulated selling price of wind power has been postponed.

 The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa is holding several activities to introduce the beauty of its landscapes and people to international delegates to the APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM 1) in Nha Trang city from February 18 – March 3.

 When mentioning drawing class, people may think about children playing with colours. However, there is a special class in Hanoi for elderly people, who have gone through ups and downs and love to paint.

 Online retailer Amazon is set to create more than 5,000 jobs in Britain this year, the company said on Monday, boosting its investment in the country once more even as it prepares to leave the European Union.

 The Japanese team won the the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 after beating the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) team 3 – 0 at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City on February 19.

 Police from the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien caught red-handed two men trafficking heroin from Laos to Vietnam on February 19.

 Vietnamese and Laos diplomats at the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, engaged in a meeting to enhance their ties on February 17.

 Chairwoman of Russia’s Federal Council Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko is leading a high-ranking delegation on an official visit to Vietnam from February 20 – 22.