Malaysian King Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah on February 13 suggested Vietnam and Malaysia step up bilateral cooperation in various spheres, especially in the fight against transnational crime.

NA discusses high-school curricula reform; Legislators debate draft bill on State capital management and use; Vietnam, Cuba holds second Party theory seminar;

 Traffic safety rules tightened at Noi Bai; Pillar collapse kills student in Binh Dinh school; Rotten meat seized in southern province; Bodies of snail farmers found at sea; Nghe An police bust trans-border drug ring