Concert celebrates late composer Son; Canadian singer to perform in HCM City; Top model Hoang Thuy shines in London; Japanese garden retreat to open in HCM City; Full agenda for movie goers

 Viet Nam bans import of used electronic devices; Steel pipes face high anti-dumping levies in US market; Industrial parks, export zones seek $550m investment capital; Investors still face red tape woes

 40 escape bus inferno unharmed; Information leakage case may be put on hold; Australian fund supports Vietnamese women; Vaccinated not at risk of new measles virus; Open terms on offer for apartment ownership

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has asked the World Bank to continue lending US$450 million for the second phase of the HCM City environmental sanitation project (Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Basin), according to the city's Transport Department.

With VND600 billion (nearly $30 million) of debt, Chairman of the Xuan Kien Automobile JSC (Vinaxuki) has sent a 12-page letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to ask for the government’s assistance to the auto industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Institute of Tropical Biology has successfully researched the method of producing eggs rich in Omega-3, which is 5-8 times higher than normal chicken eggs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Guangzhou Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Company lost their patent for Buon Ma Thuot coffee, according to Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Association on February 19.

 Gov’t, VFF join forces to inspire national unity; Mozambique hopes for enhanced cooperation with Vietnam; Deputy Minister meets top Japanese defence officials

 Vietnam to host tennis play-off matches versus Sri Lanka; Thousand to join fun run to be held in HCM City; Bouldering competition aims to expand

 VietNamNet Bridge – On February 19, the Hospital of Quang Xuong District, Thanh Hoa Province conducted an urgent cesarean to save a mother and her baby, a boy of up to 5.1kg.

675 households in areas at risk of landslides and storms will be relocated this year, and the rest will be removed from the dangerous areas before the end of 2016, according to a plan that has just been approved by HCM City authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge - FPT Software is Vietnam's first business in the list of the top software outsourcing service providers in the world, recently published by the International Association of Outsourcing Providers.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a distance of about 3km, a female taxi driver who faked a Ha Anh Taxi charged two British tourists up to $50. The tourists took pictures of the taxi and sent them to the authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After more than 20 years of smoking, a man in HCM City was hospitalized with a lung tumor of 300gr.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Thanh Hoa FC topped in the best team of the month poll with 64 points, far from Quang Ninh Coal (27 points) and Hanoi T & T (23 points).

Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19bn (£11.4bn) in cash and shares. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 32-episode television film on the legendary Vietnamese spy Pham Xuan An will be shot soon in both the US and Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of students still can move up to the next grades even though they have bad learning records or have the grades below average.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Set top box (STB) manufacturers said they would only make products to the State’s order under the national TV digitalization plan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks now can sigh with relief as the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has decided to amend the regulation on debt classification to save them.