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.

The Department of Health of Nghe An Province urgently asked for support from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday after two out of 20 students in Que Phong District’s Dich Hanh Commune, who contracted acute glomerulonephritis, died.

 Local cement producers worry that their exported products could struggle to compete with foreign firms in term of price, a concern voiced at an online forum held in Ha Noi yesterday.

 Platinum Cineplex, the biggest cinema operator by screen in Ha Noi, will be forced to cease operations at three Vingroup trading centres on Friday ahead of an expiration date agreed in the lease with Viet Nam’s largest real estate company.

Quang Binh Province launched a number of new tours last year. One of the more popular is a tour of the 700 year old plus Hoang Phuc Pagoda, one of the oldest temples in the country.

 To celebrate Safe Internet Day, authorities held a symposium on digital citizenship toward a safer Internet in Hanoi on February 22.

 2017 seems to be an unpredictable year for the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, when both the world economy and politics fluctuate.

 Nguyen Hoang Yen of HCM City won the title in the women’s standard category of the National Chinese Chess Championships in Vung Tau City on February 21.

 The đàn bầu, Vietnam’s indigenous monochord zither produces sounds which represent the Vietnamese soul. It fascinates locals and foreigners and is an important part of the nation’s musical legacy.

 One of the country’s largest festivals, the Quan The Am festival in central Da Nang city, will be held on March 16 at the Quan The Am Pagoda in Hoa Vang district.

 Vietnam came from behind to defeat Thailand 3-1 in the last match of the 2017 Yunnan-ASEAN International Youth Football Tournament for U19s in Kunming, Yunnan province, China  on February 22.

 During the past three decades many of the ASEAN member economies have developed robustly thanks to export. Experts say the drop in oil prices and a slowdown facing major economies have made impact on regional development. 

 Asian stocks pulled back from a 19-month high on Thursday, while the dollar tried to steady from losses suffered in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve minutes indicating a cautious approach to more interest rate increases.

 Vietnam's footwear export nears $60 billion in 6 years

 The Hanoi People’s Court handed down the death penalty on two former officials at Vinashin Ocean Shipping Company Ltd (Vinashinlines) for embezzlement.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed the new Ambassador of Slovenia, Janez Premoze at a reception on February 22.