A concert featuring pieces of classical music by the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra will take place at Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on February 24.

 American stand-up comedian William Childress William Childress will perform at Game On Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City and at Standing Bar in Hanoi on February 22 and 23.

 Nguyen Le, a French Jazz musician and composer of Vietnamese ancestry, will tour Vietnam in a programme entitled “Hanoi Duo” from February 24 to March 1.

 The President has decided to present ten Ho Chi Minh Awards and 56 State Awards for Literature and the Arts to outstanding works from across the country.

 Long An FC were fined VND100 million (US$4,400) for their bizarre protest after conceding a soft penalty in the V-League Round 6 clash against hosts Ho Chi Minh City at Thong Nhat Stadium last weekend.

 Vietnam is fast becoming a treasured production base as well as consumption market for the world’s leading confectionery manufacturers.

Nguyen Quang Tien, director of the General Department of the Taxation's Department of Tax Reform and Modernisation, said Uber had paid VND10bn of VAT and corporate income tax.

 Dung Quat Refinery in Quang Ngai province is aiming to decrease its turnover by 17 per cent this year, a 2017 target of VND62.4 trillion (US$2.77 billion).

  India’s state-owned mining enterprise, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), is in talks with Masan Resources to buy a partial stake in the Nui Phao tungsten mine, according to Indian media reports.

 The transfer of State enterprise ownership to the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has been disappointing, Nguyen Dinh Cung, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), said at a conference in Ha Noi yesterday.

 Authorities in the south-central province of Binh Thuan have turned down a proposed titanium mining project, saying that it could contaminate underground water resources and the environment.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam earned a berth in the second round of the China F2 Men’s Futures tournament in China yesterday.

 Trinh Dinh Thoi finished 18th out of 24 athletes in the Snowboarding’s men’s slalom event at the ongoing Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan.

 Police in northern coastal Quang Ninh Province have decided to impose fines amounting to VNĐ16 million (US$700) in total on four Chinese nationals for illegally entering Viet Nam from China.

 Numerous places of interests in Ninh Binh, Ha Long Bay, and Quang Binh are revealed in the trailers of the much-anticipated movie Kong: Skull Island.

 Quang Binh provincial authorities have announced the submission of a proposal to hold the national costume round of Miss Grand International 2017 at the Thien Duong Cave.

VietNamNet Bridge - Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011 Hoang Thuy and Trang Pham are two Vietnamese models to grace the catwalk at the London Fashion Week 2017.

 On February 21, a passenger bus suddenly exploded at 10.30pm when it ran on Highway 18 from Que Vo District, Bac Ninh province to Quang Ninh province, killing two people and injuring more than 10.

 About 76% of European enterprises operating in Vietnam said they are optimistic about business prospects in 2017, according to a Business Climate Index (BCI) survey for the fourth quarter of 2016 conducted by EuroCham.

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