Twelve crews of the ongoing Clipper 2015-2016 Round the World Yacht Race began their race between Vietnam’s central Da Nang city and China’s Qingdao at 4 pm on February 27.

 Twenty key officials from the Liberation Front of Mozambique (Frelimo) will start a three-month training course at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics from March 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Coming to Nhat Tan Village after the Lunar New Year holiday, visitors can see a picture of colorful spring. The remaining peach trees are all blossoming brilliantly.

 Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh on February 26 was knocked out of the Austrian Open badminton tournament in Vienne after suffering a harrowing defeat to Artem Pochtarev of Ukraine 1-2 in the second round.

 Viet Nam will bid for the right to host the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2016.

 Several extracts from famous cai luong (reformed opera) plays will be staged by the Ban Huu Ai (Fraternity) Club in HCM City tomorrow as part of the programme Ba The He Ve Lai Coi Nguon (Three Generations Back to the Roots).

 Japanese sliding door manufacturer Bunka Shutter has bought 30 per cent of the European Plastics Window Company Ltd. (Eurowindow) shares from Private Equity New Markets fund.

 The Vietnamese central bank was seeking to lay the grounds for the development of a debt secondary market in an effort to accelerate the handing of bad debts.

 The 2016 Nha Trang tourism promotion programme promises to bring enormous benefits for domestic and international vacationers in the resort city in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

 The HappyLand motorsport park, the country’s first motorsport facility with international standards, was introduced by Khang Thong Group in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26.

 The Transport Ministry is considering disciplinary action against Chairman of the Viet Nam Railways Corporation (VNR) Tran Ngoc Thanh for failing to direct investment research activities according to government policy.

Chau Van and Hau Dong performances, important rituals to worship Mother Goddesses, transpired on February 26 at the Phu Day relic site in Vu Ban District in Nam Dinh Province.

 The People's Court in HCM City yesterday began the first hearing on the case of property misappropriation and violation of lending regulations, amounting to losses of VND420 billion (US$18.8 million).

 More than 20 members of a rescue team yesterday found the bodies of three foreign tourists in waters below the Datanla Falls site in Da Lat City, according to police.

 Japan, Australia and India on February 26 agreed on the importance of maintaining the rule of law in the East Sea and shared “strong concerns” over tensions in the region amid China’s rising assertive move in the sea.

 HCM City needs an investment of VND495 billion (US$22.5 million) to build 27 environmental measurement systems and 200 semi-automatic environmental measurement points.

 The HCM City Inspectorate has asked the municipal People's Committee to re-open Landfill No 3 at the Phuoc Hiep solid waste treatment complex in Cu Chi District to avoid a company monopoly and to save city funds.

 The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will continue bolstering comprehensive and result-oriented relations with global political parties, a senior Party official said in Hanoi on February 26.

 Xen Ban, Xen Muong, one of the biggest festivals of the Thai ethnic group in Son La Province is held annually in the second lunar month to pray for peace and commemorate founders of ‘Muong’, the land of the Thai people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the 2016 TET Lunar New Year holiday has just ended, local farmers at the Nhat Tan Peach Village in Hanoi have already begun to prepare for the 2017 Tet holiday.