While saltwater has intruded deep into the Mekong Delta, it is also affecting water sources for production and daily activities in nearby Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnamese powertlifters have secured two official tickets to the Rio 2016 Paralympics after winning two gold medals at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 Vietnam welcomed over 1.63 million foreign tourists in the first two months of 2016, up16 percent compared to the same period last year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on February 24.

 Kazakhstan has ratified a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

A seminar titled “East Sea: security and economic implications” took place in New Delhi, India on February 24, attracting prestigious scholars from India and diplomatic corps from Russia, Japan, Australia and Singapore.

 The content and agenda of the 11th meeting of the 13th National Assembly (NA), to be held in late March, were among the talking points of the NA Standing Committee’s 45th session on the morning of February 24.

 The government and Prime Minister’s working report for the 2011-2016 tenure received strong approval from the National Assembly’s Standing Committee during its ongoing 45 th session in Hanoi on February 24.

Leaders of the Cambodian People’s Party gave a warm reception for the special envoy of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Hoang Binh Quan in Phnom Penh, who is on a visit from February 23-24.

Vietnam welcomes and offers all possible support to Kyushu firms to do long-term and effective business in the country, President Truong Tan Sang assured President of the Kyushu Economic Federation Aso Yutaka on February 24.

 Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has affirmed the country’s commitment to work closely with the UNDP to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 A major wind and snow storm downed power lines, closed highways and schools and grounded hundreds of flights over a wide swath of the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday.

Cutting-edge technology will be applied in the cultivation of tomatoes and low-potassium lettuce in Vietnam as part of an agriculture collaboration between FPT and Fujitsu.

 Journalist and historian Philippe Devillers, a close friend of the Vietnamese people, has died at the age of 96. He was one of the first French journalists to base himself in Viet Nam shortly after the August Revolution in 1945.

 No endangered animal has died at Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc Zoo Park, the southern Kien Giang Province's department of agriculture and rural development said in its latest report.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed Decision No. 6 on the exemption of personal income tax for foreign experts working on foreign aid projects in Viet Nam.

Vietnamese weightlifters will participate in a training course in the United States, starting next month.

 Six Vietnamese movies will be screened at a special programme entitled New Action! Southeast Asia at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2016 from March 4 to 13.

  The management board of Van Phong economic zone (EZ) in Khanh Hoa Province announced yesterday the bidding plan for a construction of a road that leads to the EZ.

Hai Phong has decided to release Pham Duc Hieu as director of the Project Management Unit of Regional Transport Works for slow implementation of projects. He was asked to take up another posting at the municipal Department of Transport.

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