The State Agency for Technology Innovation (SATI) under the Ministry of Science and Technology and its partners from the Republic of Korea have signed a cooperation agreement on energy-saving technology transfer.

 Cua Ong Temple Festival in the northern province of Quang Ninh receives the national intangible cultural heritage status at a ceremony held in the locality on February 28.

 Nearly 30 firms and 20,000 farmers will take part in producing 25,000 tonnes of tea of international standards in a project to promote the private-public partnership (PPP) model in tea production.

VietNamNet Bridge - Five leading businesses hold 98 percent of Vietnam’s film distribution market, with three of them foreign invested.

 The State visit to Vietnam by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will be a historical milestone and open a new chapter in the two countries’ friendship and cooperation, said President Tran Dai Quang. 

On March 1, the first APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM1) and related meetings entered the 12th working day - the last working day of APEC committees before SOM1 begins its two-day gathering on March 2.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko began the first State visit to Vietnam with a meeting with volunteers of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on late February 28.

 Vietnam resolutely opposes and rejects China’s new regulations on a fishing break at sea, Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Hai Binh has said. 

 China's largest auto glass manufacturer, Fuyao Glass Industry Group (600660.SS), will press ahead with investments worth about $1 billion in the United States this year despite criticism at home amid growing China-U.S. tensions,

 The Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean became the first nation on Tuesday to ratify a 2016 accord to cut the use of powerful factory-made greenhouse gases, saying the survival of the nation was at risk from climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Spring and the Lunar New Year is a great time for many obvious reasons.

 German police on Tuesday searched more than 20 properties in Berlin with links to a mosque visited by the Tunisian asylum seeker who killed 12 people at a Christmas market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The doctors at the Military Hospital 103 have successfully conducted the first lung transplant operation in Vietnam, saving the life of a 7-year-old child who was born with bronchiectasis.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi authorities are trying to recall 2.5 million old motorbikes which discharge harmful substances to the environment. However, observers don’t think the solution is feasible. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of Chinese travelers to Vietnam in 2016 accounted for one-third of all foreign travelers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While some analysts jeer at the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs’ (MOLISA) plan to export unemployed university graduates, others support the idea.

 The Red River Delta is the cradle of the ancient Vietnamese wet rice civilization and culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many infants have been abandoned at Ky Quang II Pagoda in HCM City’s Go Vap District which is also home to children with disabilities.

 Increasing numbers of Hanoi’s pavements, particularly in the city centre, have been encroached upon despite measures by municipal authorities to deal with the problem.

Vietnam remains the most attractive investment destination for Japan’s manufacturing firms in the medium-term prospects, according to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).