Transport Minister Dinh La Thang yesterday said his ministry expected Long Thanh International Airport to cost around US$15.8 billion, drawn from the State budget and outside sources.

VietNamNet Bridge – Official statistics show that Vietnam has two dollar billionaires and hundreds of super-rich, but the actual figure is believed to be higher if it includes the hidden billionaires.

 The German parliament is set to vote on a plan to extend financial aid to Greece by another four months.

Dozens of ecotourism sites in Mekong Delta provinces are in the peak of tourism season on the lunar New Year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's No 1 tennis player Ly Hoang Nam is seeded ninth for the Chang Thailand ITF Junior Grade 1, to be held in Bangkok from March 2 to 7.

 FPT Online, the leading Vietnamese software outsourcing multinational company with branches in 14 countries, and D.A.Consortium (DAC) recently announced a new platform partnership licensing agreement.

 The fifth International Women’s Cycling Tournament (Biwase Cup 2015) will take place from February 28 to March 8 in the southern province of Binh Duong.

 Twenty-four teams from across Vietnam will compete at the National U15 Football Championships to be held from March 21 to April 12, announced the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on February 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Operation Game Change (OGC) - a new alliance aimed at reducing wildlife crime - will be launched at a ceremony held in Hanoi on March 3.

The Bach Khoa Anti-virus Center (BKAV), Vietnam’s leading internet security firm, said that errors occurred when accessing Google.com.vn and the Google’s DNS (domain name system) on February 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese, Russian and Belarusian artists will entertain spectators at a circus to tour Viet Nam from this Sunday in Ha Noi.

HCM City People’s Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan yesterday said that the city would get VND23 trillion (US$1.08 billion) in loans from international banks to speed up progress of anti-flooding projects in the city.

 The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee (HCYUC) launched a tree-planting festival at the Truong Bon historical relic site in Do Luong district, the central province of Nghe An, on February 26 with thousands of locals in attendance.

 The 65,000-strong Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic stay calm after the February 24 shooting incident in Zlin province’s Uhersky Brod town that killed nine people.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has proposed that Vietnam and Sri Lanka strengthen their trade partnership while continuing to foster affiliation in investment, tourism, agriculture and seafood.

 Discussions on the Long Thanh International Airport project in southern Dong Nai province was the highlight of the ongoing 35th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on February 26.

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed to allocate about VND2 trillion ($94 million) from spare government bond capital from 2012-15 to a programme upgrading schools during their ongoing 35th session on February 26.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception for newly-accredited US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius.

 Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has instructed the Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to set up a pilot project to sell the operation rights of Phu Quoc International Airport in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Philippines navy on February 23 seized a Vietnamese ship offshore the island of Pata suspected of illegally transporting 116,000 bags of rice, according to the Inquirer.