Vietnam lost to the Chinese province Sichuan 0-1 in the second match of an international football tournament for U19s in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, on February 20.

 Police and customs officers arrested a gun smuggler at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on February 20.

 Snap Inc, owner of popular messaging app Snapchat, kicked off its first investor roadshow on Monday, looking to persuade London money managers to back its initial public offering in the face of concerns about its growth prospects,

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan had talks with Indian Ambassador in Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish on ways to strengthen bilateral partnership in information technology and high quality human resources training.

 Authorities in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have apologised for deforestation violations in the province.

Some debatable issues of a draft law on amendments and supplements to some articles of the 2015 Penal Code are among problems under scrutiny at the two-day seventh session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee in Hanoi. 

 Vietnam will create best possible conditions for enterprises from Timor Leste to operate in the country, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnamese authorities are working hard to verify information related to a pirate attack on a Vietnamese vessel in the Philippines’ waters that killed one.

A Vietnamese delegation attended the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (ASEAN SOM) in Boracay, the Philippines to prepare contents for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat.

 Vietnam is working to verify information about a suspect carrying a Vietnamese passport in the name of Doan Thi Huong arrested in Malaysia, said the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department on February 20.

More than 580 delegates from APEC member economies attended activities and events on various fields within the first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting in Nha Trang city on February 20. 

 The President of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party of Argentina, Humberto Schiavoni has expressed his wish to promote the friendship and cooperation between his party and HCM City. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that Morocco will expand multifaceted cooperation with ASEAN, including Vietnam.

 One successful startup found its way by providing a service that people actually require.

VietNamNet Bridge - Yeah1, the multi-channel network on Youtube and Facebook, has launched a system allowing the sharing of revenue from videos posted on Facebook with fanpages that have at least 10,000 likes in Vietnam. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Ten years ago, Vietnam began calling upon farmers to restructure agricultural production, but no considerable changes have occurred. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese e-commerce market has become more crowded with powerful players such as Lotte, Alibaba, VNG, Vingroup, Aeon and The Gioi Di Dong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese students had little time to prepare for the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), but they returned from the competition triumphant. 

Pham Hong Thai, Head of the General Department for Market Development and Business, speaks to the newspaper Viet Nam Economic Times on the need to have a close link between scientists and enterprises.

Around 8am last Saturday, my son and I were taking a break on the banks of Ho Tay after riding around it on our bicycles. The sun was shining and we were enjoying the moment when it was rudely disrupted by a young couple.