The State Treasury mobilised VND20.9 trillion (US$916 million) by auctioning government bonds at the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX) early this year.

This year may continue to be another eventful year for the stock market with a number of debuts from big corporations including Petrolimex, PV Power, VEAM and Loc Troi Group.

 Viet Nam is ranked 37th among 45 countries in the latest Intellectual Property (IP) Index report compiled by the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Centre.

 FLC Thanh Hóa are currently at the V.League’s top position in all five rounds.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam was knocked out in the semi-finals of the China F1 Men’s Futures losing in men’s doubles yesterday in Anning Province.

 Viet Nam will try to put in their best display as they travel to China for an international youth football tournament, which kicks off today in Kunming.

 The Lộ sáng (Exposed) exhibition will open at 4pm on February 21 at the Việt Nam University of Fine Arts, 42 Yết Kiêu Street.

Thai Duong Ha, a fishing village sitting on the coast of central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, holds a festival every three years to honour the supernatural forces which they believe govern the sea.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday said he was always open to hearing ideas on nation-building from any scientist.

 Experts have expressed alarm over the nation’s poor management of invasive and harmful alien species after two cases were widely reported by the media this month.

 HCM City authorities plan to relocate some of the city’s wholesale and retail markets to ease traffic congestion and ensure safety for residents.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has said investment attraction policy for coastal economic zones (EZs) should be made more inviting with international competitiveness for better development of these zones.

VietNamNet Bridge - The tariff cuts applied to imports from ASEAN and the luxury tax based on cylinder capacity are expected to encourage the import of more low-cost models. 

 A number of science and technology events will be held during the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM-1) in Nha Trang city, in the south central province of Khanh Hoa, on February 18-21.

The string JK Chamber Orchestra of the Republic of Korea is due to perform at the Vietnam National Accademy of Music’s Grand Concert Hall in Hanoi on February 18. 

  The international windsurfing competition - Fun Cup 2017 was held in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan on February 17-18.

 The ASEAN Women’s Football Championship 2017 will be delayed until late this year, according to a decision made at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Council Meeting in Yangon, Myanmar on February 17.

PV Gas and the PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) inked on February 17 an agreement in principle on cooperation in developing phase II of White Lion gas field.

Gau Tao festival is the most important festival for Mong ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang. 

 A project to use foreign teachers for teaching English at schools will be implemented at primary and junior and senior high schools in the northern province of Bac Giang in the 2016-2017 academic year.